Once again, Manuel and his team took first place in Shelly, Idaho. It was the first time for tournaments to be held there and the guy did a good job, the fields were set up great, and enough room for the spectator sport :). Chace and Dad played, this tournament however, I didn't get any pictures of their team :( next time. So it started Friday, we headed over to Shelly after Manuel and I got off work, first stop...Taco Bandido, always a must...I love that place. We made it to Shelly around 10:30, went to the field, which by the way, was really hard to find in the dark, we dropped Dave off and then we went on our long journey of trying to find our hotel. My aunt told me to look for the Hospital or "H" signs...uhmmm the way we took, no H signs were around, it was awful, we were both tired and lost in Idaho Falls..hahah...we stopped and got some directions, they were okay but we still had to navigate ourselves, taking turns we weren't sure where they would take us... We finally found it and I don't know if I even hit the pillow before I was asleep, we were both so tired. Saturday started off with breakfast (Go Hampton Inn's Fake EGGS...blahhh), then the guys left for the field, I took a lil'nap, then got ready and mom and I were off to the field. Once again feeling a little lost bc the directions I had, ummm no streets were found off of there. So I just made it some how to the main street then I remembered where to go from there.
Once at the field, we were watching games from the start- Crystal and Kody came, and it was really funny, because I forgot to tell Crys, that sometimes the balls come thru the net and you sometimes get hit, well she was standing by Dad's truck and moved to the side and bam...a ball pinned her, she didn't get hit, although it hit Dad's shiny white truck and then splatted on her hair. Andy and Lacey came over as well. We had quite the crowd, if there was an award given for the teams with the most spectators, I think Crusade Red, Crusade Blue and Verdict would definitely win. It's so fun getting a bunch of people to watch, I love all the family time, glad Dad and Chace are hooked for now.
So Crusade Red dominated and they had to prove it twice. The game that they first won, well it went over by 2 minutes and the opposing team protested, even with the protest, and another match, Crusade red still dominated, it was exciting. When Crusade Red team members get fired up, you might as well give up.
It was a day of victory for us :) After they awards were given, all the gang gathered at the hotel and decided we were going to eat at TGI Fridays, Manuel and I piled in with Crystal and Kody, mom and dad followed along with Milan's family. Well Kody googled TGI Fridays on his phone and oh my gosh...we were driving around forever, we were following the directions but who in this knows where we ended up, not at the restaurant that's for sure. After driving around for a bit, dad finally got the directions and we found it just fine. Dinner was great, Thanks DAD! and it was fun how we had Mom's "50th Birthday" hahha, good one Kody! They came out singing happy birthday and all and she was just laughing, good times. SO once we left the restaurant, come to find out the hotel was just 2 minutes away from TGI Fridays, I don't trust Google anymore, it got us lost too many times that weekend.
Once again, Manuel and his team took first place in Shelly, Idaho. It was the first time for tournaments to be held there and the guy did a good job, the fields were set up great, and enough room for the spectator sport :). Chace and Dad played, this tournament however, I didn't get any pictures of their team :( next time. So it started Friday, we headed over to Shelly after Manuel and I got off work, first stop...Taco Bandido, always a must...I love that place. We made it to Shelly around 10:30, went to the field, which by the way, was really hard to find in the dark, we dropped Dave off and then we went on our long journey of trying to find our hotel. My aunt told me to look for the Hospital or "H" signs...uhmmm the way we took, no H signs were around, it was awful, we were both tired and lost in Idaho Falls..hahah...we stopped and got some directions, they were okay but we still had to navigate ourselves, taking turns we weren't sure where they would take us... We finally found it and I don't know if I even hit the pillow before I was asleep, we were both so tired. Saturday started off with breakfast (Go Hampton Inn's Fake EGGS...blahhh), then the guys left for the field, I took a lil'nap, then got ready and mom and I were off to the field. Once again feeling a little lost bc the directions I had, ummm no streets were found off of there. So I just made it some how to the main street then I remembered where to go from there. 
Once at the field, we were watching games from the start- Crystal and Kody came, and it was really funny, because I forgot to tell Crys, that sometimes the balls come thru the net and you sometimes get hit, well she was standing by Dad's truck and moved to the side and bam...a ball pinned her, she didn't get hit, although it hit Dad's shiny white truck and then splatted on her hair. Andy and Lacey came over as well. We had quite the crowd, if there was an award given for the teams with the most spectators, I think Crusade Red, Crusade Blue and Verdict would definitely win. It's so fun getting a bunch of people to watch, I love all the family time, glad Dad and Chace are hooked for now.
So Crusade Red dominated and they had to prove it twice. The game that they first won, well it went over by 2 minutes and the opposing team protested, even with the protest, and another match, Crusade red still dominated, it was exciting. When Crusade Red team members get fired up, you might as well give up. It was a day of victory for us :) After they awards were given, all the gang gathered at the hotel and decided we were going to eat at TGI Fridays, Manuel and I piled in with Crystal and Kody, mom and dad followed along with Milan's family. Well Kody googled TGI Fridays on his phone and oh my gosh...we were driving around forever, we were following the directions but who in this knows where we ended up, not at the restaurant that's for sure. After driving around for a bit, dad finally got the directions and we found it just fine. Dinner was great, Thanks DAD! and it was fun how we had Mom's "50th Birthday" hahha, good one Kody! They came out singing happy birthday and all and she was just laughing, good times. SO once we left the restaurant, come to find out the hotel was just 2 minutes away from TGI Fridays, I don't trust Google anymore, it got us lost too many times that weekend. 
2 comments:
What a funny post! It sounds like a blast and I'm sad I missed out. I feel like such an outsider with the fam's obsession with paint ball. So sad. I'm glad you had fun and found time to post about it. You always add so much personality to your posts. I love it and you!
Hey, congrat on the paintball tournament! It made me laugh that you got lost so many times because I know how confusing Idaho Falls can be. Who laid out that city anyway?
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