Kira's choir and swim

Kira spent most of her friend time with her choir friends.  She has really been enjoying her point and shoot Canon G11 camera.  It's funny that with the advancements in iphone cameras, kids want to travel back in time to use older technology.  I like it though.  Some of these were shot with the 5d mkiv, can you tell which?  

End-of-the-season swim banquet at Northgate chapel

 

Las Vegas

We went to Las Vegas for spring break, Tuesday-Sunday.  First we stayed at the Circus Circus.  That place is a dump but $50/night is pretty sweet.  Nice to have Kira as a secondary photographer.

I read The Hail Mary Project and The Martian, by Andy Weir.  They were both good but I really liked the former.  Ryan Gosling is the star of the movie and the book details a lot of problem solving with math and I just can't see Gosling doing that since he was Ken in the Barbie movie.  Britton said the movie was good, though.  

For two nights we stayed at the Grandview Resort.  For $100/night it was pretty sweet since it had a separate bedroom and kitchenette, complete with oven, range and microwave.  

The view from the Westgate.  We went to a timeshare presentation to get free breakfast and discounted Cirque du Soleil tickets.  Those guys are aggressive salesmen and don't take rejection easily.  

The presentation had the energy of the NYSE floor.  Thank goodness for the earplugs.  Bacon was good though, yogurt was rotten.  

Train watching at the Tehachapi Loop, an engineering marvel that allows trains to scale the steep hill and travel over themselves.  

 RC boat bash at Sunset Park.

track

Hanna ran the 1600 and long jumped 11'4"

 

Parker being a part of the 1st place 4x100 relay.  He was in it to win it.

He likes the high jump the most.  Pretty good form with minimal training.  3'6" tops

Can we go now?

Then it was Kira's birthday party at our house.