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Posted by David Wallace | Permalink

I hope you had a great Labor Day weekend. I took off Friday and didn't get back in the office until today so I have been playing "catch up", thus the reason for a delayed newsletter. My family and I spent a few days in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Normally I wouldn't even think about visiting Lake Havasu on a holiday weekend as it attracts so many people and as you might expect, can become extremely crowded. However, my son Andrew had a football game there on Friday night. He plays starting defensive tackle on the varsity football team. Therefore we decided to stay overnight rather than make the three hour drive back the same evening. It was a very exciting game indeed as it even went into overtime. Andrew was a key player in this game and I am very proud of him (bragging a bit). Unfortunately, we lost by just a few points. We almost had them.

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