• May. 5, 2008
Viva Las Vegas!
Just got home this evening for a quick trip to Las Vegas. dh was heading there for a tradeshow (starts tomorrow) and he surprised me on Saturday morning with the news that I was flying there with him on Sunday morning and returning home Monday evening. He'd made arrangements for the kids to be at grandma's, for my Sunday School class and friends to take care of all the animals while I was gone. He was going to be staying at a timeshare with our friend John from Arizona and I learned that his wife was driving there with him and would also be flying home today. We hadn't met her so that was nice.
We spent from 1-10:30 walking the strip with about a 90 minute break in there for dinner. We were all exhausted and our feet and hips were killing us. We're not as young as we used to be!
We enjoyed this tropical rainforest area so much. Very peaceful.
New York City! A lot quicker sight seeing trip than the one we took years ago.
The musical fountain show at the Mirage. They played "God Bless the USA."
Gay ol' Paris and the Eiffel Tower. Beautiful.
One of many gorgeous real flower displays in the Ballagio Conservatory. Amazingly beautiful.
So a fun getaway although...... we still don't understand why anyone can say this is a family vacation place. To us it just made us think of what Sodom and Gomorrah must have been like. Satan's playground. There were several things I wanted to photograph to show the kids but I couldn't make myself take the picture because of the billboards or things that would appear. Before I went to sleep last night I just laid there and prayed for the children that I saw throughout the day that were being exposed to all this stuff and for the parents who did not see anything wrong with exposing them. I prayed that somehow the Holy Spirit would find a way to work in that city.
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• May. 6, 2008
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Posted by denisebp
How nice of your dh to surprise you like that, and to take care of all of the arrangements! Wow!
I'm glad you got away. I've never been there, but my dh went to a conference there last year, and his thoughts were the same as yours. He'd asked me to go, saying that several of his friends told him that it's a great family vacation place, but we didn't have anyone to watch the kids. After hearing about it, I was glad I stayed home.
I'm happy that you're back blogging again!
Denise
• May. 6, 2008
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Posted by denisebp
Me again. I tagged you. I usually don't tag people, but I did this time. :) Check out my blog, if you're interested, and let me know if you decide to do it.
Denise
