Too many to count

I have so many vacation memories it's hard to choose one favorite. When Dad and I were young we didn't go on a lot of vacations but the few that we had were very memorable. When we first got married we decided that we wanted to have family vacations and take our children on trips. We haven't had very many expensive vacations but we've had family vacations. I think the most memrable one was in 1986 when Dad was out of work. It was Christmas time and you kids wanted to give us a special gift. You talked about sending Dad and I on a trip to Hawaii. Somebody suggested that we all take a trip to California, so you kids pooled your paper route money to pay for the gas and food to get there. Most of our Christmas gifts were homemade that year, but the most special gift was the gift of love from our children.