The Most Enjoyable Things About Family Vacations

Josh and Camille playing in bed
with dad.

We just came back from a long road trip to the Nort East coast of the United States. It was a great experience in many ways.

• It served to unify us as a family as we had to spend 100% of the time together.
• It helped us learn more about working hard and working together to accomplish a mutual objective.
• We learned about the founding of our country and the sacrifices untold thousands made to make our country what it is.
• We learned about patience and delayed gratification.
• We had the chance to reconnect with family and old friends.

The list goes on. But of everything I truly enjoyed, here is my top list:

• Wrestling with Camille and Joshua in bed as they tried to wake me up.
• Boxing and wrestling with Joshua in a real wrestling mat (pictured above).
• Biking with my older boys early in the morning and working out with them.
• Singing to our favorite songs while we drove.
• Seeing my children laugh as they ran around a water fountain getting wet (for free!).

Helaman and Luke during one of our
morning bike rides

The interesting thing is that all of those things are things I can enjoy any time without having to be on vacation or in a particular place. We will go on more trips for sure. But in between I will continue to enjoy the everyday things every day.

I think they enjoy them too!