This is my family on vacation a couple of years ago.  I’m where I prefer to be – behind the camera!

Vacationing together is something we love to do.  Many of our trips include extended family too.  In fact, in a couple of weeks I’ll be heading to Disney World with our 3 youngest kids and my parents.  Our oldest daughter will still be in China and Jim is deep into a very heavy work season, so they won’t be joining us.  Don’t feel bad for them though – we’re hitting the beach later in the summer with my sister’s family.

Vacationing can be expensive, so we are always looking for ways to cut costs.  One thing we’ve learned to do is to rent homes from a site like vrbo.com.  Many of my other cost saving tips center around food.  Here are a few posts I’ve written on that topic: [Read more...]