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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not too long ago, we were sitting around the table with our kids and their SOs.  My kids could not stop talking about how great their life was growing up.  Trips were a huge part of it.  (so were birthday cakes - who knew?).  We did big trips and tons of overnight beach and camping trips locally.  I'm really cheap so we never did fancy hotels and we drove to a lot of places.  We just did a lot on a little money.

Anyway, based on listening to our kids and the occasional walk down memory lane, I don't regret a single cent I spent on our trips and I don't regret a single minute I spent on planning them.  I will say that my kids are all very close and love to be together so we never had any conflict or difficulty traveling together.  [/quote]

But you just proved you don't have to spend much.  It's more about the memories of doing stuff together and just "being a family and having fun".  It's not about where you go or spending more than you can afford. [/quote]

You are right that you can do a lot on a little money.  And it's so important to have fun together as a family.  But I do think there is something to be said about going places together.  After dinner Uno games, showing up for everyone's sports followed by pizza and having backyard bonfires are great and we have always done a lot of that. But, it's not the same as experiencing new places and having adventures together - which you can do on a shoestring.  It's important to save and important to enjoy life and finding the balance is hard.  [/quote]

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