Like many, I’m struggling to process the horrific massacre in Uvalde, Texas. Writing about our summer travel plans feels frivolous and unnecessary. But traveling is such an important aspect of my family’s soul – both collectively and individually – that writing about it is cathartic and serves as the reminder I so desparately need about
Tag: traveling with kids
A handful of years ago we created a travel bucket list with one simple rule – an item can only be crossed-off if the four of us experience it together. Our goal is to accomplish as much as we can before our not-so-little birds leave the nest. While we’ve been able to accomplish some of
Earlier this year when brainstorming summer travel, Clay suggested the four of us fly to Colorado over July 4th weekend because we could do so without him having to take leave. We quickly landed on Vail as our destination because it was a reasonable distance from the Denver airport and would give us the mountain
Last year – I wrote a post about how we chose our summer vacation. It was a big hit on social media and prompted a lot of discussion about planning family vacations with a lot of people chiming in on what works best for them. So I thought I’d do it again this year. Back
Even though I often write about our travels on And Then We Laughed, I don’t consider myself a travel blogger by any means. I am not near as well-traveled as I’d like to be – while my ‘list’ boasts 45 states, it only has a measly 9 countries. I’m working on it though! Clay and