Such a great family vacation we had that year! We were able to fly there and then rent a car to explore the coast.I remember visiting my grandparents in South Padre Island once. The main memory i have of that trip was that my grandpa bought me a Cabbage Patch doll. It was a dream come true.Another answer shouted was “THE BEACH!” Going to the beach is such a great place to bond.
My family can play for hours at the beach.Relaxing by the water has been a favorite past time of mine my whole life.
i would choose that over any other place to visit.”GETTING WAFFLE!” Oh, how we loved our little Waffle baby.
Growing up we had a dog named Toto who only had three legs. He was so special to our family… it’s weird how animals work their way into your heart.
And when Craig went off to college my friend gave me a puppy for my birthday! I named him Seton after craig’s college.  🙂
My kids shouted “CONCERTS!” referring to Taylor Swift and U2.
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Those were amazing memories.
There was always music on at my house. ALWAYS. But the concerts I got to go to were small but still loud and lots of fun.
I know they think these BIG things are their great memories — because they are.
But the more I thought about family togetherness I realized to me it is more about the everyday.
Making pancakes every weekend…
giving haircuts on the back porch…
watching our favorite movie again and again…
playing games on a Friday night…
making chocolate chip cookies…
taking the dogs on a walk…
basketball in the driveway…
drawing pictures at the coffee table…
doing the dishes… folding the laundry…
gathering the eggs…
cuddling the kittens…
making silly videos on the computer…
one last game of catch before bed…
bedtime prayers…
Those BIG events like airplane rides are that much more special because of all the amazing moments in the ordinary days.
Things are very different now than 20-30 years ago but yet so much is the same! I love that. We still just want to be together with people we love and who love us back. No matter what we actually DO with our time.
but i really would like to be at the beach right now.  🙂
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Katie - I love our Chevy Equinox!!!!
Stacey - Love your blog, follow you on IG, not a huge fan of the traverse. But I have 1 kid. Do they pay you to promote the vehicle or do you drive it and recommend it?
Stephanie - Lisa–you didn’t ask me, but I thought I’d put in my two cents since we have seven kids. We now drive a 12 passenger van that my husband put seven bucket seats in (vans come with bench seats, which means no head support!). I wish we could drive something better and safer, but we are doing our best.
When we had just six kids we had both a Honda Pilot and a Ford Expedition. Both seat 8, and we would go back to those in a heartbeat. The Pilot had great safety features, but not such good AC which we needed living in Las Vegas. The Expedition was much roomier and was definitely my husband’s favorite. We miss that truck.
Beth - Stacy P. – bahaha! I saw that, too, and thought, wow, Meg is reeeeally pushing the limits here. Thanks for the smile this morning.
jen - LOVE the Traverse.
Lisa… we have four kids and our Suburban has been great for road trips. Just my 2 cents. And congratulations on baby #5!
stacy p. - I *LOVE* that it seats 81! You’d never know that from the look of the car from the outside. 🙂
Lisa - I have a question for you regarding vehicles for a family of 7… But not about a traverse. :/ We will be having baby #5 in January and am wondering about cars. We have a minivan but for trips it’s not going to be the greatest option in the near future. Especially since we love camping. Do you guys sometimes use a passenger van? (12 or 15 passenger van) It looked like in a couple pictures that was what you were driving. Would love your opinion on that if you have a chance. Thanks!