Vegas Trip

This past week the kids and I went back to my old stompin' grounds. It is always so strange to me to go back to the city I called home for the first 18 years of my life. So much has changed since I lived there 12 years ago. There have been times in the past when I would have been willing to move back there. But the last few times that I have visited I realized that I would not want to move back there. I love Las Vegas because it is my hometown but nothing more. I have many fond memories growing up there and I would not trade them for the world. But the city has changed just like most other places. There are more people, more crime and it's just dirty. I visited with my friend Angie while I was there and we talked about how our High School is now "ghetto". She still lives there and admitted that it is embarrassing to tell people where she went to school and has to tell them that it wasn't that way when she went there. I went to my old neighborhood and it is run down. It is just very sad to see this. I guess it happens to many of us. I am just glad that I have a good memory and can remember the good times I had. But as for me and my family we will not be moving to Vegas any time soon. I know there are many of you who are reading this and still live in Vegas and love it. I still to this day defend my home town to others who make disparaging remarks about it. We are all defensive of the place we grow up. I know there are many of you that would never live in Utah. Utah also has a polarizing affect on people. You either love it or hate it. I use to lean toward the not liking Utah but the longer I live here and the more I travel outside of Utah the more appreciative I am of it. But I do have to say the my most favorite place I have lived is in Northern California. We missed family when we lived there and were glad to come back to family. But if we could have afforded a home there we would have never left. I am glad that I had an opportunity to go on a mini vacation with the kids while they are off track. We had fun. Vegas is always a great place to visit!