nighttime serenade

breakfast serenade

the finale is pretty spectacular.

Vegas and Red Rock

Hoping these links work (may have to copy and paste). The first is for our photos from Red Rock Canyon. It was an indescribably amazing place. Completely worth it's own vacation. We would love to go back and spend a week or two hiking and camping. Great place for fossils, too (hint, hint, Matt). Chris spotted two big horn sheep (which are a rarity out there), so some of the photos at the end are of those. And we took a side trip to check out some burros, which we'd never seen before. The way the sun hit the peaks and the fresh smells (a contrast to the smoke and deodorizers of Vegas resorts) and the thunder roaring miles away is just too much to put into words.
The second link is our comparatively boring Vegas photos. The ones of the city lights are from the top of the Eiffel Tower replica at Paris Resort. It's only half the height of the real one and I was still scared out of my mind up there. It was hard to get decent photos because of the shutter speed and the large fence that surrounded us (which I was incredibly thankful for).

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first day of school

Desmond started at preschool this week (Y Journeys at UMBC). He has been having a difficult time initially (when we leave), but his teachers say that he loves it there! He especially likes to play on the playground and eat snack. He's learned about the color purple (that it's made with red and blue) and is continuing to work on his ABCs.

Fair

performing to a crowd of two to a britney spears song that we believe is constantly running through his head.

cherry snowball. i was hoping he would be an egg custard boy.

Dizzy Des

Backyard Fun