I am in my mid thirties. I have traveled a little bit in my time on earth, usually through family vacations with other families as a child or as an adult to random places throughout the US. Only once, in my life, have I left this country. And, as much as I truly believe I am less traveled than most--the older I get the more I realize I am more blessed than I know.
We went away for the weekend with some friends to a water park hotel. We went to celebrate Kaeden's adoption and that we don't have to ask permission from anyone to do anything with OUR son :) We had a great time, but were shocked to find out that our friends daughter (slightly older than Joel) had never stayed in a hotel before. It was adorable... but it made me realize, we really do lived a blessed life.
One of my goals (amongst a bazillion others) for my children is that they get to see all fifty states in their home country. Any additional countries are a bonus, but overall, they are going to (if it kills me) see the US, in it's entirety. On this goal, we've hit 10 so far, three years in. Not too bad. We're 20% of the way there. We have another trip planned (far bigger) where we're taking a cruise to the Bahama's... and we'll go through an additional five states, finishing off our ventures to the south eastern portion of the US. But along with that, my children, my babies, have their first passports. It is kind of sad, somewhat, that my two year old, my three year old and I (as well as their dad) got our first passports together, hah. But hey, we're going forward with a goal to educate and inspire our boys to love travel... and hope that one day they'll be passionate about learning of other cultures and countries too :)
In a few short weeks, we're heading off, onto "the big boat" to enjoy life as a family of four... and maybe, just maybe, we'll come back and become a family of five (or not... which is just fine too).
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