Walking the Vegas Strip

Walking the Vegas Strip wasn’t as horrible awful as we were told it would be. Yes there was some homelessness. Yes there was some dressed rather disgustingly. We prepared T for all of that. He said why would anyone wanna dress that way anyway to which his dad and I were like exactly. Smart kid. He did get this mask and we got to watch a water show to music and because of copyright laws I can’t post the video we got of it. I can post some of the pictures though. T had a great last evening here in Vegas. The lights on the strip were amazing. Next time we will have to make sure he gets to ride the roller coaster that was on the strip. He did get to do the Big Shot drop thing on top of the Stratosphere. He loved that. 

US Open 2019 is in the Books

It was a good learning experience for T. He drew a National Champion first round so that cushioned the blow some when he lost. He told his Master he still has a lot to work on and told him what it was he needed to work on and that shows a lot of maturity on his part. He’s learning a lot and he earned ranking points so that’s good. Every ranking point he can earn is a good thing. 

Fight Day!

T is so ready for fight day. Looking forward to watching him at his first US Open event. It’s going to be a fun day. 

Schedule and Bracket for Tomorrow

T has to win four fights to medal and five to win Gold. We don’t know most of these kids. It’s his first time fighting many of them. It doesn’t look like T’s rings will be live-streamed. Looking forward to tomorrow. So excited for him to be competing in such a prestigious event. 

The Fetching Post

The Fetching Post sent us these beautiful flowers in memory of Dexter. How absolutely sweet of them. Our dogs loved going there together to be boarded. They get so much love and attention it’s like they aren’t being boarded at all. They would jump in the van to go to The Fetching Post. Tucker will still love going there. He’s adjusting better than we expected.

Officially Weighed In for US Open 2019

T is officially weighed in for the -30kilos weight group. He weighed 29.2kilos. It converts to 64.3 pounds. 

AAU National Team Jacket

It is one of T’s goal to earn one of these jackets. They embroider your name on the front of it. 

Elvis Picture

So the Elvis Statue and this picture are specifically for mine and Scot's mom because they love Elvis. 

Big Drop Ride

The boys loved the Big Drop ride on top of  the Stratosphere Resort and Hotel. They had a blast and rode more than once. 

Master Hama gave T this T-shirt

Master Hama is speaking into T’s life. He gave him this shirt after the training session to speak positively into him that he will be an AAU National Team member. Such an exciting day today that he got to train with the current AAU National Team Members in preparing for his fight Friday here at US Open. 

He was also given this pin:

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”