Family Vay-cay

     Summer weather has crept up on us and I’m loving every minute of it! For most of the local schools, classes are wrapping up and all of the kids will be on summer break. Which for most of you, also means that you will be planning family vacations or weekend getaways. This can always be exciting and stressful-with trying to reserve condos/hotel rooms, deciding where to go, and for some deciding who (and who not) to vacation with. Vacationing has been the topic of conversation lately, so I figured it would be a good topic to discuss and get some recommendations on where you all love to go :)

(And share some “beachy” pictures)

     Personally, I love to travel and vacation. Last spring/summer I was able to see Mexico, Los Angeles, and participate in the family vacation to Myrtle Beach (for the first time in 3 years) all in a few short months. Traveling to Mexico, getting to experience my first time out of the country, and the first time on a plane was unforgettable!!

Riviera Maya, Mexico 

   The trip to Los Angeles was more of a short “getaway” and we didn’t get to do much sight seeing because that is when and where we filmed our episode of “Relative Insanity”. Now that was an experience and a half in itself! (But that is definitely deserving of it’s own blog post) If you didn’t catch it on Lifetime, you can watch the clips on the web version of this blog. I’ve posted links to the YouTube videos :) 

   Myrtle Beach however, has been a family vacation every year for the past few years. I missed out on a few trips because I was in nursing school, but I look forward to that vacation every year. Somehow, the trip always starts and ends the same way…everyone stressed and tired and Dad acting a fool and telling everyone to “shut the hell up”. Haha This year our family vacation is going to be slightly different …Since they couldn’t stand the thought of me doing something without them, we have decided to throw the whole group of us Crabtrees on a plane and take our redneck selves to Mexico in July. The part that I am looking forward to the most is Dad trying to understand true-blue Spanish speaking Mexicans, and Korina starving because there will be no Wendy’s just down the street. This experience might take up an entire week’s worth of blogging! 

Kreig, Korina and I-last year at Myrtle Beach

   We have a weekend planned to go to Orlando for the weekend (to visit the wizarding world of Harry Potter-because it’s my dream), and I’m looking to book a weekend trip to Vegas in June so we will have a summer full of FUN! :)

   I am curious to know where do you vacation? Is there a place you go every year like Myrtle Beach, or Virginia Beach? Or do you take a cruise every year at Christmas? 

Are there any places that you would recommend as short, weekend getaways? Locally or otherwise? Are there certain places that you would recommend for families that have younger kids? Any and all suggestions are welcome! Or do you have a good family-vacation disaster story that you would like to share? I would LOVE to hear about it! You can comment below, contact me on Facebook or Twitter, or e-mail me krista_lynn_05@msn.com 

Also, I will be posting more details about the 1,000 view giveaway after my blog page reaches 500. This is going to be a very “interactive” giveaway, so full participation is encouraged!