With all of this talk of living with less I really want to focus on giving our children amazing experiences. It is where we tend to error to the side of overindulgence. Our children do not have a ps2 or playstation or xbox or whatever else is out now, but they will get to go places and experience things that will shape them for life.
As a family we have this ever-evolving list of things we want to do together.
It's the 2030 List.
It is a list of things we want to do, places we want to travel and other experiences we want to have before the year 2030. That is the year our youngest kiddo should be graduating from college (no pressure B) and we figure by then Lu will be 28 and well on her way to having her own family. (snif, snif, I can't talk about that right now.)
It is a variety of things including:
learning to snow ski, growing a garden, going to a U2 concert, attending a World Cup match, reading To Kill A Mockingbird as a family, working on a dude ranch, seeing an opera at the Sydney Opera House, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, touring Italy on bicycles and on and on and on.
One that I am particularly excited about is to surf in Hawaii. So recently I came across this website of how to surf. What an amazing gal!
Isn't it great how we all have gifts that we can share with eachother!
With the holiday season coming up, let's think of the gifts we can share or experiences we can give rather than the goofy "stuff" that we buy.
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I'm loving your blog. The 2030 List is a great idea. I'm going to get Mike on board and write down our list.
yeah! I am so glad that you like it. we are thinking of making a wall of framed pictures from all of the stuff we have done so far. Maybe even on the matte write what it is and when we did it.
So glad we reconnected! I will write more on your wall in a little while.
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