If I learned anything this year, it's this: Memories are far more priceless than material things. Memories live on forever and sometimes feel even warmer and richer with time.
Our family spent a lot of time apart this year for various reasons, so we never did get to take a trip together, just the four of us.
With the airline voucher we got after we were unable to get Julian's ticket to Spain worked out, we had enough money in the voucher for all four of us to go somewhere within a year. A blessing in disguise, I guess. After looking at all we've got going on with school, work, soccer, etc., we figured Christmas made the most sense logistically.
The boys agreed that we'd save our money to enjoy our vacation together and skip the gifts this year. Instead, I'm spending all my time finding hotel deals, rental car deals, and planning fun stuff to do. Feels weird not shopping and picking up gifts here and there, but I will have to say that I like the mentality and the shift in focus. Memories will last forever.
Stay tuned after Christmas to see where we end up going and what all we end up doing. :) We're narrowing down ideas for activities, and tonight's ideas got me pretty excited.
I made a free photo calendar with an offer on Shutterfly, and this is one of my favorite pages on the calendar. This year my Christmas motto is to collect moments, not things.
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