Sometimes a look back is just what you
need to help put things into perspective...
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"The Family w/ Teens"
Los Angeles to Vancouver, British Columbia
(approx. 1,080 miles)
Los Angeles to Vancouver, British Columbia
(approx. 1,080 miles)
When we traveled to Canada for our annual family vacation
in 2015, the first (and only) thing the kids wanted to do was...
(you already know)
hit the pool!
And although...
we found the weather significantly
we found the weather significantly
cooler than our lovely Southern CA temps,
did they seem to care even one tiny bit?
did they seem to care even one tiny bit?
Nope.
They wanted swimming.
They wanted swimming.
morning
night
noon
But of course we had other plans...
because you don't spend $$$$ on
passports
parking
and
plane tickets
to stay in the hotel pool all day
No, you don't
You go to experience...
Victoria Island
The Butchart Gardens
(Peak to Peak) at Whistler
Granville Island
Stanley Park
Gastown
and the
The Butchart Gardens
So here's to...
family
fun
childhood
(and a vacation rewind)
because
the greatest lesson from my children
during our family vacation was that
the greatest lesson from my children
during our family vacation was that
when you're done graciously
doing...
seeing...
experiencing...
"the necessary"
you should
always
always
always
always
find time to go back...
to do
what you really love!
Edited to add:
Please exercise wisdom
and caution as you go
(find more Family Adventures here)
Hey Tondra ... your kids have got ENERGY, girl! And I am off to camp with my whole gang {all 12 of us!} for a week.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll take some of your gang's energy with me ...
;-}
Whoa Linda, 12? Well my prayers are definitely with you that you'll have an amazing experience
DeleteI'm always amazed at how little it actually takes to make the kids happy. I asked them the other day "what should we do today?" to kind of throw the doors wide open and maybe plan something fun and they were all like "There's this really good book I want to read" and "I want to color a picture of a dog." Like that's it, mom, no big outing. We just want to be.
ReplyDeleteKids truly are simple creatures.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures of the garden are beautiful.
That sounds like an awesome trip. I live 60 miles south of Vancouver and I haven't gotten to do half of those things. I hope you all got to practice your "Eh" too.
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