Vacation!
We try to do a vacation every year. Even if it's just a road trip, we feel it's important as a family to experience different places. We've been to the Outer Banks, Myrtle Beach, Dollywood, and this year our biggest, Yosemite. This will be our first trip flying, so that's going to be an adventure. When I was a kid, we didn't do any kind of big vacations. We did short road trips and it was usually to see family. I remember hours of sleeping in the backseat, usually on top of my brothers, in the floor, or when we had the station wagon, in the way back. I have seen most of the East coast this way. The key to travelling with your family is planning. The more you plan, the more prepared you are. I live by lists when I'm planning for a trip. My first list is what will be packed, in what suitcase and when. I usually do the lists about a week or so out and then pack the day before. I do not let any of my kids under 15 pack for themselves. I make sure there is clean u...
