After missing Hunter's Boulder Tournament last year, Broc and I decided to squirrel away some money so that we could take the family to Boulder this year. The tournament ended up being over Father's Day weekend and I don't think Broc would have wanted to spend it any other way. The night we were supposed to leave, however, we almost ended up staying home! The Durango started to overheat on my way to drop Maddie of at Andi's. We ended up limping into a repair shop and begging them to take a look at the engine. We were supposed to leave town at 4:00 but at that point we still didn't know what was wrong with the car and if it would even be fixed in time to leave. Luckily we were able to squeeze Hunter into the last car leaving town so that if we couldn't leave for Colorado until Friday, he would at least be there for his first game Friday morning. When word finally came at 5:30 that the car was fixed and we could leave town, the kids were so restless and anxious that I couldn't wait to be gone! We finally left around 7:00. After this car ride I determined that the best invention for family trips is a portable DVD player. The kids were gems! We stopped a couple of times to get out and strech and by the time we reached Cheyenne I told Broc that he'd better get me to a bathroom soon or I was using one of Keraghan's diapers to pee. Wouldn't you know as we got off the exit there was road construction ALL over and we couldn't find a turn into a gas station! We finally pulled into our hotel in Longmont around 2:30 in the morning.
Broc could give a play by play of every game that was played this weekend, me...not so much. What I can say is that Hunter played amazing and his team took the Gold Medal for their age division. 5 games in 3 days, he took a couple of ice baths (Iain and Jentzen stood outside the bathroom door and laughed themselves silly because Hunter was screaming like a girl, Broc just told them that one day they would understand). We had lots of fun with the team, a picnic on Friday afternoon and dinner together at The Sink Saturday night. Depending on what happens with High School tryouts in the Spring we may or may not get to go again next year.
This was the first "family" trip that we have all been on together. The last time we went anywhere Jentz was only 3 months old. Iain and Jentzen love road trips and Keraghan is happy as long as she is with her brothers.
After missing Hunter's Boulder Tournament last year, Broc and I decided to squirrel away some money so that we could take the family to Boulder this year. The tournament ended up being over Father's Day weekend and I don't think Broc would have wanted to spend it any other way. The night we were supposed to leave, however, we almost ended up staying home! The Durango started to overheat on my way to drop Maddie of at Andi's. We ended up limping into a repair shop and begging them to take a look at the engine. We were supposed to leave town at 4:00 but at that point we still didn't know what was wrong with the car and if it would even be fixed in time to leave. Luckily we were able to squeeze Hunter into the last car leaving town so that if we couldn't leave for Colorado until Friday, he would at least be there for his first game Friday morning. When word finally came at 5:30 that the car was fixed and we could leave town, the kids were so restless and anxious that I couldn't wait to be gone! We finally left around 7:00. After this car ride I determined that the best invention for family trips is a portable DVD player. The kids were gems! We stopped a couple of times to get out and strech and by the time we reached Cheyenne I told Broc that he'd better get me to a bathroom soon or I was using one of Keraghan's diapers to pee. Wouldn't you know as we got off the exit there was road construction ALL over and we couldn't find a turn into a gas station! We finally pulled into our hotel in Longmont around 2:30 in the morning. 
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