2026 family vacation in the books… well sorta family vacation. The 3 oldest didn’t come with us. We made a hard choice this year that we really couldn’t afford to take the 2 oldest and their significant others with us, they could go, they would just have to pay for everything themselves. And then our 3rd decided she didn’t want to go since her older sister wasn’t going and figured it would just be boring. Which I was saddened by this but I also completely understood the choice, plus what 17 year old wouldn’t love getting time away from her enitre family for week?!
We went up to Frankenmuth, MI. We go up there almost every year with my mom. It is one of her favorite places to go, plus it’s close enough that it’s not too far from home but far enough away that it feels like an actual vacation. We went Monday through Thursday, which was just the perfect amount of time. I took the entire week off of work because I knew I would need a day or 3 to recoup from the family vacation. This is the first time in 5 years that I have actually taken a full week! Normally, the most was like 4 days. And of course I was still sorta working- checking emails, replying, making sure nothing fell through the cracks while I was gone. Hopefully, nothing did, but I guess I will find out Monday morning!
This year we stayed at the Bavarian Inn. It was amazing!! My mom’s original plan was to stay outside of Frankenmuth and then just go to one of of the indoor waterparks for one day. After figuring everything up- it cost just as much to stay at a random hotel and go for 1 day to a waterpark than it would staying at the Bavarian Inn which has one of the waterparks right there. So that is what we did, and I am so glad that we did. It made life so much easier and fun for the time that we were there. Plus if my mom didn’t want to go to the waterpark- she could nap in the room. She wasn’t stuck somewhere waiting on everyone else to be done doing what they wanted.
I hope we made some great moments that the kids will remember forever. I know I will never forget this vacation!
I can’t wait for next year!
Overthinking Mama 