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Las Vegas Spring Break, March 12-16, 2022

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The MGM pool has a lazy river, 2 pools, and 2 hot tubs.  They also have a nice bar to order Strawberry Daquiris, Pina Coladas, and nachos. The girls bought cute swimsuits at Ron Jon Surf shop. Just Lloyd and I went to Hakkasan nightclub is inside the MGM Grand.  They have neat light displays, beautiful dancers, and talented DJs.  We had the most fun people watching.  Dress Code is upscale fashionable attire. They do not permit: hats, sandals, sneakers, hard soled shoes and boots, ripped or baggy clothing and athletic wear. The Bellagio 8.5-acre lake has 1,214 jets that rocket streams of water 460 feet into the air. The attraction was created by WET Design. The shows are so complex, there’s a staff of 30 working seven days a week, 365 days a year to clean, maintain and make emergency repairs on the fountains between shows. House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants. It was founded by Isaac Tigr...

CSI State Championships (February 26-27) and CSI Silver State Championships (March 4-6)

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  I have been spending a ton of time on my kids sports over the last month.  I love seeing all of their hard work pay off. I don’t encourage my kids to do sports so they are the best athletes.  I just believe that sports really prepare you for real life: disappointments, injuries, problem solving, fear, exhaustion, relationships… They teach you how to be successful in the real world. I encourage my kids to work hard and not give up. Carly made it to State in the Medley Relay and Freestyle Relay so I bought her a blanket to celebrate this accomplishment. We stayed in Westminster for the weekend.  She got Freestyle PR of 29.62.  Previous time of 29.69 Watching her warmup was pretty humorous with everyone crashing into each other. She got a Backstroke PR of 34.99.  Previous time of 35.04 State was at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center, which is huge.  I actually completed in a swim meet there when I was on Rock Tri Club. ...