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.  

Kira's, Blake's, and Parker's birthday

 Kira turned 16 on Friday.  She was happy about her "digicam," a Canon G11 point and shoot.  

Parker turned 11 on Saturday.  He got a basketball hoop and electric scooter (other one got stolen).  Then his basketball team got smoked 60-24.  He didn't want to go to the 2nd game.

Blake turned 14 on Saturday.  He got some Ray Bans and swim stuff.  He was happy about his swims at JO's (Junior Olympics).  He did:

200 free, 1:55.70, 8th

100 back, 1:04.90, 23rd

50 free, 24.39, 11th

500 free, 5:16.02, 13th

200 free relay, 24.33 split,  1:35.66, 6th

200 medley relay, 29.86, back, 1:45.9, 7th

In the evening it was din din at the Cheesecake factory.  Fresh from freezer to the microwave to your table!  It was a nice night though and there were no meltdowns.  Happy birthday!

March haps

 Scott gave his mission homecoming address on 3/8.  He did a nice job.  Grammy and Grampy came, along with Richard, Lindzer, Mara, Heather, Jason, and Roman.  

Parker and Hanna have been doing track.  Hanna ran the 1600 in 7:16, a little slower than last time but at least there were no tears.  Parker likes the high jump.