I'm not a "stuff" person, but I'm definitely a "spend money on travel" person.
That travel has been far (Greece, Italy, Iceland) and close (Cumberland Falls and Land Between the Lakes).
I keep several large scrapbooks of the places we have traveled since becoming a family of more than 2, and they bring me incomparable delight.
Last night, I spent time scrapbooking our within-state trips in 2020.
I didn't feel comfortable last year traveling outside the state, nor do I feel comfortable doing that now. Our small trip scheduled for this coming summer is to a spot two hours away from home. We have invited my parents, my MIL, and my niece (which, if all are able to come, will be the same makeup as our trip in June 2020).
Looking back on these trips brings me the delight of seeing my loved ones spending time together without masks and concerns for our safety.
(Empire Bluffs Trail, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan)
We have been supremely lucky to have traveled several times with my brother's family and our parents--to Michigan, to Colorado, to the Smokey Mountains.
Upper Peninsula, Michigan
We have photos of the kids doing very simple things, including playing cards with their Nana.
Hilton Head, SC
It is a joy to see the kids when they were little; when their hair was in different styles; when N still wore glassless glasses.
Grand Lake, Colorado
These photos remind me of aggravation because G has never gone on a trip that he didn't do something that drove us freaking crazy. In the moment, it was supremely aggravating. In retrospect, funny and delightful.
Forest Park, St Louis MO
These photos remind me of the locations we have taken our children to educate them both historically and empathetically.
Martin Luther King National Site, Atlanta, GA
These photos remind me that even when we were within our house on our devices completely neglectful of each other we also had times when we are completely in the moment with each other.
Cape San Blas, FL
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