It was a serious culture shock moving out here. From all the "sinful" attractions here in Vegas being promoted on billboards and traveling advertising trucks to going into a grocery store to see a guy in front of me carrying a gun nonchalantly. I even had a lady while I was 9 months pregnant ask me to walk her and her full-grown handicapped so to their van at the nicest mall here in Vegas. She said she was scared because she was a "target". She looked at me and said, "you're a target too, you should be scared too." Funny, because I wasn't scared until she said that. Let's just say I walked to my car a lot more quickly than I had planned on. Its a big city. Its full of crazy things and crazy people. However, it was a great place for me to learn a lot that I never would of imagined understanding had I not lived here. I have some pretty extravagant stories of shock that if ever you get a chance to hang with me I'll be more than happy to share with you. Omaha although the largest city in Nebraska fails in comparison to the "night life" out here. I like that. And I'll never want to come back here again. Its just not a great place (for me) to live and I look forward to returning to a more "normal", "laid back", "family oriented" place like Sumter, SC. Its a little less than 40,000 people compared to the 2 million here in Vegas. A lot of people out here are natives believe it or not. And they find it a great place to live and raise a family. To those people I have a lot of admiration because this "small town" girl just felt a little overwhelmed the entire time I lived here. I enjoyed the fabulous shopping (a little too much unfortunately) and enjoying the nearby California attractions. For these experiences I will always be grateful. I will never regret living here. I met some really "quality" people and those people I will miss dearly. Funny how some of the most important people I met here besides a few good friends are my hair stylist and my nail manicurist.
It is more than overwhelming to look around this big house to think that in a few weeks all this has to be packed up and moved somewhere else. We don't have a house lined up yet and there are many loose ends we have to tie up here in Vegas before leaving.
If you have a few extra minutes in your week consider praying for us as we have a large amount on our plates to digest. Especially having 3 kids now instead of the 1 we came here with. Thankfully, God knew when to get us pregnant last year as I had hoped to deliver our 3rd baby in the spring rather than the winter. He knew that would not be a good idea considering his plant to relocate us.
My husband's family have offered graciously to help us and for that we could not be more grateful. Had that not offered we would be hiring a Nanny so that I would be able to work on getting our house prepared for the move. Juggling 3 children and 2 dogs would not allow me to get much done.
I consider all that has happened to my husband and I in the short 5 years we have been married I truly understand why God matched us together. We are wonderfully matched and compatible. Even though we both at times don't see eye to eye. No one is perfect right?
I hope you are all enjoying your 2011 thus far and have seen God work wonderfully in the lives of you and your family!
God Bless,
Natasha
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