We've made numerous trips to Houston, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles to visit family. They are not included in the list below.
2001 - Just one child, so a piece of cake in hindsight
Baltimore, Maryland > Hershey, Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Walt Disney World in Florida with hubby's parents and 2 young nephews
2004 - Up to two kids at this point
San Diego, California
Cruise from Galveston, Texas to Cozumel, Mexico (just myself and hubby)
2007 - Three little ones!
Vancouver, Canada > Olympic National Park, Washington (including lunch in Forks before it was overrun with TwiHards) > Seattle
Las Vegas (just myself and hubby)
2008
Walt Disney World in Florida
Colorado: Vail > Durango> Mesa Verde National Park> Great Sand Dunes National Park> Colorado Springs> Denver
2009
San Diego, California
Boston> Acadia National Park, Maine
Puerto Rico (just myself and hubby)
2010
The Big Island of Hawaii: Kona> Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park> Volcanoes National Park> Hilo> Kohalo Coast
Maui, Hawaii: Pukalani> Haleakala National Park> Hana> Kaanapali Coast
2011
Sequoia National Park, California> visiting family in California> Disneyland
Taiping, Malaysia
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ipoh, Malaysia
Hong Kong
Home visit to Houston and Austin, Texas
2012
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
Japan: Tokyo> Mount Fuji and Hakone> Kyoto
Kuching, Malaysia on the island of Borneo
Home visit to Austin and Houston, Texas
Phuket, Thailand
Pangkor Laut, Malaysia
LEGOland Malaysia and Singapore
2013
Australia: Sydney> Great Barrier Reef> Uluru (Ayers Rock)> Kangaroo Island> Adelaide
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Paris, France
Home visit to Texas: Austin> Bastrop> Waco> Brenham> Kemah> Houston
Singapore
China and Tibet with a long Hong Kong layover
Home visit to Texas: Houston> Austin
2014
Orlando, Florida for Universal Studios and Walt Disney World
Siem Reap, Cambodia
LEGOLAND Malaysia in Johor Bahru
Manila, The Philippines
Italy: Rome> Naples> Venice
Houston, Texas
Mommy-only escape to Sonoma, California
Mommy-only escape to Sonoma, California
Back home to Austin, Texas
New York City
New York City
2015
Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center, Florida
Disney Cruise to the Bahamas
Hubby-only escape to Vienna, Austria
National Parks in South Dakota and Wyoming
Washington, D.C.
Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
2016
Walt Disney World's Magic Kindom, Florida
Disney Cruise to the Bahamas
Houston (over and over again)
England: Bath> Stonehenge> the Cotswolds> York> London
Northeast USA: Vermont> New Hampshire> Boston
2017
Miami, Florida
Disney Cruise to the Caribbean
My oldest child's 1st parent-less trip: Washington, D.C.
Coming Up
Kuai and Oahu, Hawaii
Once you've decided there are no limits to traveling the world,
narrowing down your choices can be difficult.
Malaysian Meanders Mama's Life-long Travel Map
Malaysian Meanders Mama's USA travel map
2013
ReplyDeleteA) Genting Highlands, Pahang
B) Malacca historical streets
Good suggestions. They are both on our list of things to see while living in Malaysia.
Delete2014 - don't miss out Redang & Perhentian islands on the east coast of Malaysia to discover one of the best tropical underwater world..
ReplyDeleteShirley, you must be a mind reader because I was just looking at hotels for Redang and figuring out flying versus driving.
DeleteI'd love to hear about it if you make it to the Philippines - we're thinking about taking our kids this year, too!
ReplyDeleteHa, reading this list mine seems so insignificant in comparison :) though we do travel somewhere every year, sometimes two or three times a year (if we can). I laughed at "Traveling with a toddler, a 5-year-old, and a 7-year-old did not sound like a vacation." but also loved "If we waited until our youngest was older, we'd have far fewer years to show our eldest child the world." Keep writing about your travels and I'll keep reading :)
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