We're finally home and thanking God for a fun trip and that Nick made many new business contacts. I pray the Lord continues to bless the business and giving Nick wisdom.
On Tuesday the kids and I went on another walk on the strip. W didn't walk as far as we did on Monday, but we did have a good stroll. I took the kids to the Cesar's Palace Hotel where there is a mall and they also have replicas of Roman statues. I had a chance to discuss with them some Roman history and myth behind the statues as well as some of the artist and their techniques. We also admired the beautiful clothes from the ultra famous designers that were in the stores' windows. Many of those pieces are pure art! I've always enjoyed fashion for the sheer beauty of it.
There we also saw a show on a big fountain, with life size animatronic characters and fire and water shooting up and loud music. It was very cool but Nicky got scared and he cried the whole time. We had a front row view so I took Nicky to the back while the girls watched the rest of the show in front. Afterwards we tried to find a place to have lunch but everywhere the food was outrageously expensive. Ice cream was $10 a scoop, a Chinese fast food meal was $17, a hot dog was $8! It was so ridiculous. So we walked back to the hotel and on the way we found an AM/PM gas station and we got hot dogs and goodies from there. Thankfully that satisfied the kids because they were very disappointed when we couldn't find a cheap place to eat on the strip.
I also got several comments on how many kids I have from strangers on the street. A couple of comments were more like "you have your hands full, but one was down right rude. It's so sad how people are so selfish that they don't see the amazing blessings and miracles that children who are made in God's own image are. One lady asked me "How many kids do you have?" and she gave me this look of disgust. I told hr boldly "I have 4 and they're ALL blessing!" She said nothing after that, I doubt that she expected me to let her know so bluntly that my children are blessings to me. We chilled out at the hotel the rest of the day.
Yesterday we took a quick trip to L.A. because Nick needed some merchandise for a customer and then drove home. When we drove through the desert we saw an awesome big red moon and we talked about it and how the moon affects the tide. I promised the kids that today I would look up the reason why the moon looks so red and big sometimes. I was so proud of how well the kids did with all the driving. Rosie had a bit of trouble with her reflux but eventually she flt better. Isabella did so well and so did baby Eva and Nicky!
The Lord is good!