This may sound sad, but I honestly can’t remember the last time that my family and I have taken a trip together. Sure, we have taken trips in pairs or separately, but when I sit down and think about the last time that we all went on a trip together, my mind just draws a blank. When I recently realized this, I decided that this was unacceptable, and even though we all have extremely busy lives, we needed to figure out a time when we could all get together and go on a trip.

One night, I rounded up my entire family, and we sat down at the dinner table and discussed this situation. Everyone agreed that we needed to do this together, so once we decided on a destination for our trip (we ended up choosing Dallas, because it seems like there will be things for all of us to do), we all pulled out our schedules and found a chunk of time when we will all be able to take off from our responsibilities and other obligations. Our trip to Dallas is going to take place in about two and a half months, and I think we’re all really excited to spend some true family time together.