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.  

Musical America

Kira really enjoys choir.  She's in madrigals, the equivalent of the Layton High Laytones.  Last night was their spring performance like unto the extravaganza except they had lots of costume changes.

Scott

Scott and Blake had a swim meet in San Ramon.  Scott had said while on his mission that within a week he would throw down a 49.99 100 free and he did a 49.24 so that's cool.  Blake swam the 100 free and 500 free.   

He's home!

Scott returned on Thursday from his two year mission to Chile.  

Kira didn't come because she's getting a D in math and couldn't afford to miss class.  Scott was most excited about driving IS300.  He said it's faster than he remembers.  He left for UT the very next day to meet Tyler.  Stupid Breeze airlines said their flight was delayed so Scott left later.  Then Breeze said it's actually 20 minutes early.  Scott showed up at exactly the right time and the gate was closed so we found him a different flight.  He spent the night at SFO and flew out to UT early this morning and took the train to Provo where he met Tyler at the MTC.  

Northgate hosted de la Salle and Carondelet.  Kira did well, much better than last week.  

 

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