I am going to be honest here, my little Sentenn family is not very adventurous. In fact, we have a sign in our bedroom that reads, “Let’s stay home.” I gave it to Andy for an anniversary (or maybe Valentine’s gift?) because that’s our mentality that he has led in since day one. We like being together in our place of comfort- home. I wasn’t always this way though, I both blame and thank Andy for this fully. However, it’s also due to my anxiety within whenever the thought of flying with a toddler comes to mind. On the other hand, we do love to make family memories. We have found that in our bit of traveling together, all drive-able distances after Abigail’s birth, some of our greatest family moments have been conceived. In fact, I was discussing my desire for new furniture with my mom recently, and her financial advice was to cut out some of our family excursions. I quickly responded with, “No, memories over furniture!” These little seasonal jaunts to Chattanooga, visiting our best friends in Nashville, anniversary and birthday trips, or our nearly monthly visits to the beach are some of our greatest moments of fun as a family. So as much as we love home we recognize one of our greatest investments as a family is in making memories together, and that can be found in traveling. Though my family is not adventurous, my friend Ginger Lindsey and her family have long inspired me. So I went right to the source and spoke with her about this topic recently:
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