For the past three years, we have taken a trip in between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s the perfect time to travel because it is generally a slow week of work for Matt, the kids are out of school and by the day after Christmas I am ready to get out of the house to get away from the clutter of Christmas and relax. We don’t do big gifts for the kids for Christmas or exchange gifts between Matt and I, so we treat this trip as our Christmas to the family. As the girls get older and understand better, they probably won’t get anything from us for Christmas and…
