Week 13: Fun and Games

 a game

I was sadly negligent with my photography this week.  Hermione hasn't been out of her bag since last Saturday in Vegas and I thought I was going to blow my plans for the project.  Then last night at about 8:00, Levi and his friend were playing Battleship and I remembered that "a game" was on the list so I found the camera and flash and interfered with the game.  The boys were annoyed by the flash so I waited until they were done.  I don't love any of the photos I took (which was the purpose of the project this year) but at least I used the camera once this week.  

As I write this, they are playing Uno Spin (they say -10 degrees is too cold to go outside).

Because there is nothing else to see from the week, I am including some shots from Vegas.  Since I haven't yet unpacked (will do so today as book club is at my house tomorrow), I feel as if Vegas wasn't really all that long ago and I can sneak in these photos, pretending that they were taken this week.  Oh, I guess I just outed myself!

And now we have a tour of the strip...

The Welcome to Las Vegas sign.  As we were waiting in line (yes, there is a line to take your picture here), a couple arrived dressed in wedding clothes with a photographer.  Then an Elvis arrived and he did the ceremony.  Afterwards as we were walking to the hotels, we passed a little chapel at which another couple was getting married.  Even though I should have expected this in Vegas, I was amused.

Here are the 12 of us that made the El Grande 50 trip.

Next we have Mandalay Bay.  We could see this hotel from our backyard but everything is much farther than you think once you start walking.

The Luxor

I forget where this waterfall is.  Maybe still in the Luxor.

New York New York

Excalibur

This is a blown glass ceiling in the Bellagio.

The Bellagio.  I never did make it to see the fountain show...just never in the right place at the right time.

The Paris just after sunrise.

And here are some photos from the Hoover Dam.  Well, Lake Mead anyway...I didn't find the dam photogenic.

And finally we have the whole reason we were in Vegas...El Grande 50.  Anthony had these shot glasses made and there was a sale on this Fireball whisky so we toasted our birthdays in style (to the disgust of everyone else, I put beer in my shot glass...there's no way I could have drank the whisky).

Hopefully I will do better this week.  I have begun to unpack (while the photos were slowly uploading - that's another thing I have to do...upgrade my wifi) and the camera is all organized now.  Perhaps I will go out and shoot this afternoon.  Now to pick a topic...