What a trip! My friend and I joke that when you travel with young children it’s not a vacation–it’s a “trip.”

But it was fun nonetheless!

I’m so grateful that our school has a two-week Fall break. We left on Sunday afternoon and arrived in Seattle late that night. In retrospect, we should restrict our travel to within our boys’ typical windows of awakeness. They are not much fun when they are tired!

We stayed in an inexpensive bungalow that we found on Airbnb. It’s really nice to have separate bedrooms for each boy; it increases the likelihood that they will sleep (we bring a noise machine for each

It’s funny how the seasonal shift is so sudden. We woke up the Saturday after Labor Day and it was noticeably cooler. We suddenly needed fall clothes instead of summer ones. 

The way it works in Texas, though, is pretty awesome. We will have Fall for a little bit but then it will suddenly spike back up to Summer. I like it because it alleviates some of the “grass is greener syndrome” that can happen with the weather. Just when I’m starting to miss swimming, it will get really hot and we can jump back in the pool. 

But while it’s a little bit cooler, I want to think about

Photo from our Spring Break trip to San Diego

We have another family vacation on the horizon! At this stage in our life, we are choosing to financially prioritize traveling with our family. We find that traveling together removes us from the day-to-day stresses and immerses us in each other’s company and offers us new experiences and adventure. 

Do you have any recommendations for Portland or Seattle? (Megan, I hope we can finally hang out together!)

This post has an amazing (and overwhelming) amount of Portland advice, and I enjoyed this post about going to Seattle with family. Here’s our tentative plan:

Sunday