Egypt was our next stop. No not really. Our next stop was in Vegas. We arrived there about 3 hours later then we had planned because they are doing construction at the Hover Dam. So when we arrived the children were able to see Vegas at night as you come over "that hill". The city was gorgeous.

We got to our hotel late and so we then tried to take the children to the strip. When we told people what we were doing they were appalled that we were taking children, let alone 10, to Vegas, but our thoughts were that it is a very visual stimulating town and people from Japan come to see it, so it is a great place to see.

We could not park our 15 passenger van and to valet it, that is expensive! so we called it a night and the children were able to see the strip a night, though it was through their window's. We decided to take the children Sunday early morning.

It worked. There were hardly any people on the strip or in the hotels. And the people that were there were getting a free show themselves. It's not very often that 10 children go walking through Vegas in one herd. The children were impressed. We had a great time.

Next stop Six Flags in Vallejo, CA.

So I made a challenge with a friend to try to keep up on the reading the bible in a year program, but I am here to confess that this is the second year I have tried to do this and have not been successful. There is a difference this year though. I am OK with admitting that I have failed this time. I am going to get back on the horse and start reading again. Is it going to be in the same format that I was reading before. No. I would like to read the stories and the lessons in their entirety this time and that is what I am going to do. Have a great night all, I have some reading to do.

This is day 0ne of the hart family vacation. I would discribe it as one of the best vacations I have ever been on. It was 9 days of excitement.

We started off going to flagstaff. Our final destination was 2 hours north of San Francisco, but that is a 17 hour drive without children. Once you throw tinkle trips into that, its a 23 hour venture, so we tried to brake it up a bit.

When we arrived at the Grand Canyon, the children were taken back by the beauty, but after walking the rim for about 15 min., the comments started comming of when are we going to leave. So after about an hour of walking around and taking some sweet pictures were back into the car.

Sharing Testamonies

I am reading Genisis 24 and Abrahm is not doing to well health wise and has asked his main servant " go to my country and my own relatives" to get a spouse for his son. Now the servant gets a bit worried and askes what if the woman that I find is unwilling to come with me. So at this point the servant is douting either his ability to convince a woman to follow him to another country or that the task is too great. I feel that the servant still wants to be obiedient, but needs to lay out all the options to Abrahm because he appernatly has overlooked the obvious. How often are we faced with a situation and say to God, either by words or by our actions, " now God, I know that you know what you are doing, but if I could offer a little advice or guidance that would be great." We are not douting God, but . . . I think we are douting God.



After reading Gen 24:1-5 let me know why you think the servant raised the issue about bringning the woman back.

Cold Days ? ? ?

I went to an event this morning with 4 of my children at their school. This event was donuts with dad day, where I go eat donuts with the children in their cafeteria. We had a great time. So about 10 minutes before the bell rang we were going to go to the playground. On our way the monitors, were telling the children to go into the hallway. I asked the monitor why this was and She said it was too cold for the children to be outside. WHAT!!! When I was in school, we were sliding on the grass that has ice on it, onto the frozen puddles and had a great time. What the heck is giong on. Who ever thought this idea up is not from anywhere it is cold. The low today was 34, that is not even freezing. This is a great idea, lets load the children up on donuts and juice then take them into the hallway, BRILLIANT!! So I drop them off in the hallway and am screaming at them to tell them good by. What a mess.

Super Duper Bowl

I admit that I didn't see this one coming. I thought the Patriots were going to wrought the Giants and I was going to be finding something else to do at half time. I was pleasently surprised and that was a GREAT game. We were all part of history either way. Patriots win, we see the best record in the NFL history. Giants win, we get to see the biggest upset in NFL history. What a great game.

Today's readings

My family and I went on our 5 week break this weekend, and I found myself without a computer. When I am with out a computer, I am with out a way to get my daily bible reading in. So with that said, I am successfully 24 days behind in my bible in a year goal. A friend and I are trying this, "reading a bible in a year thing", and she made the statement that I love. She said something to the effect of, " If I try to keep on track I am going to get behind and then get discouraged and give up, so I am just going to read and not get discouraged if I am behind." I LOVE IT. I am so far behind at this point and if I try to catch up I would be overwhelmed and not get out what I need. So I am going to just keep swimming and soaking in what God wants me to hear.

With all that said, I was reading today and I saw that in Matthew 5, Jesus is having a small group. Jesus is calling his leaders together and saying, "lets do some deep tissue spiritual messaging here." That is what I feel that I am missing in the lifestyle that my wife and I live. We are in a situation that is isolating. Going to a small group in the evening is challenging b/c you are in a situation that requires all our children to behave and there are 10 of them. The age ranging from 161/2 down to 5. Reading that reminded me that this is something that I do miss and that is something that I need to make a priority in my life.