~Team Ropelato Rules!!!~

Jerry, my father in law, is big into track and field stuff. He has competed in track and field events all over the world, from Australia to Italy to all over the USA. A few months back he told the family that he wanted to take us all down to the Utah Summer Games to compete in some events. He'd already reserved the hotel rooms so we'd better put those dates on our calendar. He even signed us all up for different events. Now me, not being athletic at all, was not at all thrilled about this. But I was a good sport and went anyway :) The Ropelato family did awesome down at the summer games. I think we ended up taking home 32 medals in all. Everyone who competed recieved some medals. Team Ropelato Rules!!!
The whole family sporting our medals.
We had quite the little camp set up. We had everything from chairs, blankets, umbrellas, coolers, toys, treats, etc. The kids had a lot of fun watching everyone compete and playing with their cousins.

So Dave won 4 medals. Gold in the 4by100, silver in the triple jump, and high jump, and bronze in the long jump. Way to go Dave!!!

I won gold in the javelin and in the 4by100. I took silver in the long jump. Yeah me!!!

The Ropelato girls 4by100 team.
Hunter won bronze in the high jump. Whoot! Whoot! Hunter by far had the most competition in his races/sports. In some, he went up against 12-15 kids, so he did extremely well. Also, he was competing against 9 and 10 year olds instead of boys his age.
Hunter warming up for his jump.
All the little girls did really well for spending the entire day at the track field. They practiced different events, played in the long jump pit, warmed up, and had fun running around. Next year we will have to sign the older girls up for some competitions.
Our little family with our medals. We had a really fun time down at the summer games!