Pat's question of the day Pt.1

As the title of my comment implies, I'm a "miliray brat". So, as with the stereotypical military family, we move around a lot. It's been pretty great, I guess. I've gotten to live in great places, and meet new people.
So, the most recent move has taken us to Great Britain. East Anglia to be exact, where I'm about 80 miles North of London, half an hour out of Cambridge and Bury St. Edmunds, and a few hours away from Stone Hendge. As you can see, I definately get the chance to see all of these historic places.
Now, we have lived here for a little less than 3 years. Throughout these three years we have gotten a chance to travel to the greatest places, not only in the UK, but all around Europe.
So, my family does not have a set family vacation. Our vacations consist of traveling around Europe and well, the rest of the world. Over Spring Break we went to Spain (getting stuck there because of the volcano, which took us from Malaga, Spain - Madrid - Bordeux - Paris - London - the finnaly, home. We couldn't get a flight home, so we took trains.) We've been snowboarding in Switzerland, to the Red Light district in Amsterdam ( [; ), around Belguim, Germany, and so many more. We're just trying to make the most of this great expirience (although, to be honest, England really sucks because everyone lives WAY far away. My town consists of a bunch of 80 year olds who like to play Bingo. My nearest friend lives 15 minutes away, but who am I to complain?
I realize saying this, I sound very spoiled. So, I apologize for that. I assure you, I don't take any of this for granted. I realize I'm lucky to have the chance to travel to all of these great places.
Say cool with your music, you guys are great.

By the way, sorry for the 12 page comment. I talk too much.

My Family's Not The Vacay Type.

We've Only Taken One Sort Of "Vacation" We Spent The Day At Story Book Gardens In London, Ontario, Canada And Then Spent The Night At My Aunt And Uncles House, Who Live, I'm Guessing, About 30 Minutes Away From Story Book Gardens. I Was Probably About 8.

The Closest I'll Get To A Vacation This Year Will Be Taking Two Days Off Work. To See You In Concert (July 29th) And Then I'm Visiting My BFF Who I Haven't See In A While For The Weekend. I Can't Wait. I'm So Excited. =]

we go to Illinois b/c my moms side of the family has a reunion every year and we rent cabins right by this lake called Lake Sara. me and my family dont go every year cuz its expensive but we go like everyother year. i dont always like going cuz i dont talk that much with my family im boring. im still in high school and theres just not that much to say.and also since my mom died its kinda awkward going out there hearing the "omg u look just like your mother" it gets old and its sad. but when i look back on it i do have fun.and the road trip out there is always the best

The thing I will probably never forget for the rest of my life is going to Canada every two years with my family for a month in the summer. I live in Ireland, but my Mum's Canadian, so we visit her family often. :) Theres this forest near my Aunt's house and it's quite dark, but theres one part beside a river where there is no trees and its really peaceful and sunny, :) I really like it there, and theres always animals and stuff, but they never notice you. :)

For the first time in around 16 years for me too, I wont be able to go to Vancouver as my parent's want to go to Europe. I know i'll miss it, but hopefully I will cherish the journey even more if I get to go there next time, :)

Well, I'm from AZ and I love to spend my summer getting wet and stuff, so ever since I was in Kindergarten I've been going to this summer camp with my little brother. I'm getting kinda old for it now and this will be my last year but I'll definitely miss it. I always spend with some of my really close friends who I only see during the summer at camp and we do a lot of hilarious things together(i.e. pudding fights, ultimate Frisbee, and of course...water balloon fights!) I love being able to forget about all the stress from the school year and being able to have fun. I know sometimes a lot of people(including me) think that going to a summer camp isn't as much fun as just running around the city and going crazy with your friends, but I will never forget camp and how much fun my brother and I have had there with our friends. I'm really glad I had the chance to be part of the camp, and hopefully when I'm a little older I'll work there like the other counselors who went there when they were younger :)

I went to South Korea once, because my sister needed some eye surgery.
All the Koreans would point and stare at us because we spoke english :P.
Then at Baskin Robbins, I had to say "Chocolate" slowly so the woman would understand it in my accent :D.

Sunny, sunny, sunny Santa Fe, well...and Albuquerque too. Every summer, my mom, dad, dog, and I would pack up our bags and head on down to New Mexico. In our family, we're the only ones who live out of state, so we always do the traveling. When I was younger, I seriously used to dread this trip, one: because I didn't know if I would be able to last the entire card ride without a "potty break;" and two: it was always hot and boring with the same stretch of black road for hours on end, an occasional cow out in the fields. But as years passed by, the car trip eventually turned into a girls road trip. While I love my dad dearly, it's fun getting to just turn on the radio and blast it with cheesy songs from the 80's while both my mom and I sing. The years that we don't get to go, I get really bummed out. I actually find myself wanting to ride in the car and stare out into the emptyness, something I rarley see in every day life. Plus, New Mexico has seemed to have grown on me=) No matter where life may take me, those summer road trips are something that I will never forget!

P.S. I think this question of the day is really cool...!

My family and I used to go to Montreal every year to visit my uncle and grandma. Although, this trip is no longer just family, it is still one of those things that I will never forget. We always invite my brothers girlfirend, my best friend and my brothers' band along with us now and they're all so close to us that it's still like family.

We usually go in the summer once and around February once every year. This year due to all of us being in University, it was too hard to find a convenient time for everyone to go in February so we didn't end up going. I was really upset that we didn't go because it was a fun thing we did every year. We now have our summer trip planned and I guess it's going to have to be even better to make up for not going in February.

My two brothers are both older than me and they were into baseball when they were little. They usually ended up on the same team but even when they were on opposing teams it was so much fun. Every game was down my hill behind Los Serranos Elementary School or at the old Community Park when they got older. I always went to there games and cheered them on and it was a family ordeal. My dad would get thrown out for yelling at the umpire, my mom would be writing in the teams score keeping book, and I would be running around playing in the dirt or yelling my head off or going on snack runs for parents. I remember at the old Community Park my brothers were on the same team and Kurt went up hitting a home run, then Steven went up and hit a home run,and Kurt then pinch hit and hit a grand slam. My dad would swing my friend Bree by her ankles, the boys would let us into the dugout with them and let us watch the game from what they see. They would be giving us play-by-plays and when the big hitters where up we would run to the other side of the field and wait for them to hit a home run then catching the ball and giving it to them after the game.

Sadly they stopped playing baseball but I always hold these memories dear to my heart and I now cheer my head off at Kurt's football games. :) <3

every year since i was one, my dads side of the family rents a house in the Florida Keys(Cause i'm from Orlando) and we drive down there. we usually spent a good two weeks down there living in paradise. cookouts, boating, scuba diving, catching lobsters, pina coladas, going to private 3 doors down concerts and sitting on their stage at the young age of 8. Thats what i looked forward too every year. Ever since i lost touch with that side of the family i miss it so much every year, and i just want to go back. But i know that wont happen, expecially since the oil spill. :/ But it was amazing while it lasted, and i wont ever forget ittt. :)

Wow it's funny that you said that because I have a really similar story. Ever since I've been born my family has had a vacation house at the Jersey shore, and we go down every weekend in the summer. My aunts, uncles, and cousins also have a house 2 blocks away from mine, and we spend all of our time with them. When I was younger I felt so secluded because all of my cousins are so much older than me, so everything they really wanted to talk about couldn't be sad in front of me. I always complained that I didn't want to go to the beach and that I wanted to stay home. Now that I'm older I absolutely love spending time down the shore with my parents, cousins, and sister. I'm actually at the shore right now haha. Every weekend I'm down here I grow closer to my family and make even more memories with them. During the year I hardly see any of them, so the summers are my time to get close to my family. I can't wait to see what the rest of summer has in store. =]

Every moment I spend with my family is special. I'll never forget the evenings we spent watching movie and eating popcorn. I love Christmas, a huge dining table, with all the cousins, uncles, grandparents, everybody healthy and happy. Many people say that the priority of life is to have money, but my priority and my philosophy of life is to be happy with money or not, be happy, be healthy and have people we love on our side is the most important. And of course our true friends are also part of the family, and you guys, The Maine, is part of my family :)
I wish all the best for you guys, because you are sweet and adorable, you deserve to be happy and i want you to know that I'll always be by your side, i'm by your side since the beginning, I saw you grow and I grew up with you, and that's it right? Growing up won't bring us down ♥

with love.
Gab <3

Hey Pat! To answer your question; The moments I spend with my family I'll never forget is when we're at my grandma's house on a dinner where my whole family (of about 40 peeps) are gathered and I just sit down and chill with my cousins doing everything from fooling around to playing cards. Another one is when me, mom and sis are dining at our favorite restaurant. Those moments are priceless and unfortunately, they're a extremely small part of my life. Maybe that's why I love them so much?

Love, Emy

Every new years me & my family go on a trip for a couple days we go different places ! One year On new years eve Me & my sister were walking back to our hotel & were almost hit by a car . The lady in the passangers seat was a drunk old woman singing you gootta fightt for yourr right to PARTYYYY! Probably one of the funnest things i have ever seen :) i love my family

when we were younger, we'd always go for drives. through downtown, or through like, all the corn fields and stuff. and it wasn't like, my mom and dad would sit in the front seat and talk, while my sister and i would sleep, we'd all talk and stuff. it was a lot of fun. just the other day i went for a drive with my dad, and it just reminded me when i was little.
definitely a good question!! what's your thing you did with your family??

Every sunday my whole family (including my aunts, cousins, uncles, and grandparents) hangs out for the whole day. We usually go to church first then meet up at one of our houses. I never really liked it because i thought it was always boring. And as teenagers get older, they usually start hanging out with their friends a lot more and kinda forget about spending time with their family. I have older cousins who have been doing that and i miss them a lot. Even though we all live in the same town, i don't really see them often. One of my cousins is already living in LA for his boxing career and another is going into the army in just a couple of days. Now that i think about it, i should appreciate spending time with all my family.
So that's my answer haha(:

My whole family, including my parents (haha), love The Maine, so what I wanna start doing is go to a The Maine concert at least once a year. That would be pretty awesome because I consider The Maine a part of my family. <3 you guys. ;)

Ever since i was little my parents have taken my brother,sister, grandma, and me on vactions around the world. I live in pittsburgh, but i think i have seen more of eroupe than the unites states. We are very blessed with the opportunity my parents have given us to visit and learn about different countries. I will never forget the memories we have created over the summers.
I hope you and your family have fun on vaction this year!!! :)
cant wait you see you on july 28!
-lexi

Every memorial weekend, my family and I drive up to Asheville, NC to go to this thing called the Lemurfest. I have no idea how they came up with that name hahaha. It's just a big gathering where people hang out and listen to music. Kids can run around on the 15 acres the host own. I look forward to it every year. It's one of the few times during the year where I can see my extended family from like Alabama and Maryland and Pennsylvania (I live in NC so we never get to see them). It's great. :D I mean, it's not the beach, but still. Hahaha.
So yeahhh! I can't wait to see you guys this august :D I'm looking forward to more posts from you! (:

Me and my Grama used to ride around in the car looking for garage sales blasting The Eagles :). To this day they are and always will be one of my favorite bands on this earth. You guys should definetly look into doing a cover of one of their songs...maybe "Take it Easy" or "Hotel California" , just a suggestion :).

<3 R.I.P. Grama
"Always By My Side"

at least once a year my fam and i will go to orlando fl and go to all the parks but animal kingdom and sea world but for the past few times we have went someone is allways making drama and my 2 bros have wifes and kids now and i guess its not that much fun anymore bc i dont get to do want i want to do anymore i guess i wish it would be like old times when it was just my mom,dad,3 bros,sis and i it was way more fun then now its just very stressful having to deal with the kids and all but we r going once again this year but im trying to make it just my mom,dad,sis,bro and i going this time so i dont have to deal with babies and have a fun time again like old times i hope i get to do that :)

Almost two years ago, my parents, sister and I went to Huntington Beach, California for my dad's birthday and it was just a great trip. It was just nice to see my parents so happy and seeing my sister so excited to go out of state for the first time in her life. My family and I have been going to California every three years or so since I was born so it's always been a family event for us. I have honestly shared some of the best days of my life with them in that state. I'm moving to Huntington Beach for a few months for an internship and I know it's going to be hard being there without my family because I'm so used to going there with only them, and I know it's going to be hard for them to be away from me for three months. My family and I are extremely close. Basically any vacation we go on together, whether we leave the country or just leave the town always ends up being a great time. I love spending time with my family, especially now knowing that I will only have a few more months with them.

I'm French, every year with my parents i go and see the rest of my family because all my uncles/aunts/cousins live in the same town, so we always go there and try to see everyone, generally during the summer and for Christmas. I love each member of this family, i'm pretty lucky about that ! When i was little i spent most of my time in my aunt's swimming pool, went to the park with my grand mother who sadly passed away, went to the lake and simple things like that.

At the moment i'm pretty sad 'cause i'm thinking it's probably the last summer with my parents (i'm 21) as next year as soon as i graduate from uni i want to move to London. And i'll probably work this summer, i hope actually as i'm pretty poor, so maybe i won't be able to go there. I guess my parents are sad too 'cause my brother lives in Barcelona so we don't often see him and soon it's gonna be my turn, even if i live alone for 2 years, i spend all my week-ends and vacation at home, but there is only one year left at uni.

So i also went to the UK, Ireland and Spain. I hope one day i'll be able to go and visit Arizona :)
You should come in France, that's pretty cool here i think, Paris is gorgeous !

Long enough, lots of French hugs !
Lucie.