Hockey Tournament - Phoenix AZ

We had a WONDERFUL Memorial Day weekend in Phoenix for a Hockey Tournament. We stayed at the Westin in Scottsdale. I highly recommend this hotel... especially if you have kids. The hotel had a Indiana Jones Theme with lots of activities for kids. We enjoyed having Justin, Amber, Chris, Kenzie, Stevie & Cynthia at the tournament with us. Paul, Justin, Stevie & Chris were on the same team during the tournament.

We started off the weekend staying at Dave & Christina's house in Avondale. Thank you so much Dave & Christina for opening up your beautiful home to us. It was so nice spending time with you. Your house is just as lovely as you 2. It was truly a blessing to spend time with you.

On Friday afternoon Kaimon participated in an Indiana Jones Scavanger Hunt throughout the premise of the hotel ... without parents. The hotel had tons of game coordinates, tour guides, etc. with the intent of keeping the kids busy and give the parents some free time. After the scavager hunt we enjoyed smores at the fire pit.

On Friday night Paul had a late night hockey game. We won 6 to 4, which started off the Tournament on a positive note. It was a really good game.

The Phoenix Zoo brought animals to the hotel. We saw up close and personal many cool animals.

Saturday afternoon Paul had another hockey game. It was a huge win for us -- 11 to 0. The team we were playing was in the wrong league. They didn't stand a chance. They had 2 females on their team -- the goalie was a female. I felt sorry for them.

That evening Kaimon had a PJ party at the hotel. He had a great time. He went dressed in his PJs, enjoyed Pizza, a movie, video games and they shot guns and threw axes -- Indiana Jones style. We went out to dinner with the hockey team --- a nice dinner at Morton's Steakhouse. Wow, their food is awesome. Expensive, but awesome. After dinner we went to pick Kaimon up from his PJ party and he wasn't ready to leave yet. So we went back to our room and was able to watch a movie ourselves. Great time for Kaimon and us.

Paul had another game on Sunday morning. We got beat ... 4 to 0. We couldn't get the puck in the net for anything. It was very frustrating. It wasn't from lack of trying. The goalie was huge and just about covered the entire net.

By this time we were in 2nd place, which put us in the Semi-Finals. Unfortunately, we lost the game during the semi-finals therefore we were knocked out of the Finals. The team we played was so obnoxious. The spectators were extremely noisey and the kids intollerable. The team on the ice were the worst bunch of sore winners we've ever seen. For a non-contact hockey league, it was very physical.

Even though we didn't win the tournament, we had a great time!! I look forward to this hotel next year.