Calgon . . . or vodka

I pick Vodka . . . preferably in a Bloody Mary.

I’m completely exhausted, but proud to say that we survived 5 days in a minivan with our children and only pulled out 2 movies.

Here’s what I learned from 5 days, 5 states, 5 family members and 3 national parks in a space the size of a closet:

Cruise Director Julie at your service . . .

Yup, I pulled out a Love Boat reference to share about planning our week of family fun.  For the last two weeks I have been planning our family trip to Colorado, the Grand Canyon, Arches and Zion.  Seriously, there’s a reason that people get paid to be travel agents.  Of course, in true Heather style I decided that I’m going to do what I can to minimize the DVD time in the car.  So, I had to come up with all the games and surprises for the girls. 

Over the next several days you can take our journey with us and laugh (hopefully with us and not at us) along the way!

Here’s what I learned about being the family travel agent: