Texas Heat

 Last trip of the summer - why not melt??

We headed to Dallas TX early Thursday morning - picked up our mini van rental car, headed to grocery store for some drinks and snacks, then to the hotel. We hit up the pool for a couple hours, attempted a nap, and then it was game time. Ended up with only 8 skaters for the trip - so was a long weekend with lots of ice time. The Flying Hamsters were troopers through it all. 

First new eat of the weekend was Cowboy Chicken - chicken was good, the rest was so so. 

Friday/Saturday/Sunday we played at 10:30am each day. 

We hit up Marble slab creamery for ice cream after one game. 

Had lunch with the Dallas Jr Star team for Italian (pizza/pasta) one day. 

Checked out the Stockyards and Billy Bob's bar one day. 

Hardeight BBQ for dinner one night, was an experience. 

Spent each night hanging with our new hockey friends/families - playing games and laughing. 

Tried to let the siblings coach the boys all weekend, but they got kicked off the bench before game 2, so Ed coached 2 games, and two other dads coached one game. Lots of catch/500 in the pool. 

Eddie and some boys got a picture with some pretty girls at the bar. 

Eddie wanted to have his picture taken with Mom, so I obliged!