Dec. 29, 2024

We Are The Hansons What Vacatations look like with a big family

We Are The Hansons What Vacatations look like with a big family

We dve iyo what vacations look like with a family of 15. From planning and packing to surviving long car rides and making memories., we'll share the joys, chaos, and logistics of traveling with a big crew. Whether it's finding accomidations that fit everyone, budgeting for activities, or embracing the unexpected, we'll show you how we balance family fun with the challenges if traveing as a large family. Tune in to hear our favorite destinations, funny mishaps, and tips for making big family vacations unforgetable!

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Welcome to We are the Hansons, where we share the raw, real,

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and often hilarious moments of life in our big family

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of thirteen kids. I'm your host, Maya Hanson, and today

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we're diving into the organized chaos of a family vacations.

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Planning a trip with a family this size isn't just

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about picking a destination. It's a logistical masterpiece. From coordinating

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fifteen toothbrushes to fitting luggage, snacks, and people into one

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vehicle or maybe two, every step is an adventure. We'll

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talk about how we budget for these trips, the rosiest

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family member plays to make it work, and how we

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manage to create special memories for everyone. Vacations for us

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are less about fantasy destinations and more about togetherness, road trips, camping,

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or even a day trip packed with laughter, occasional meltdowns.

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And a whole lot of love.

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Get ready for insights into how we make family vacations

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not just possible, but unforgettable. Let's dive in, all right, everybody,

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So why are family vacations non negotiable? Vacations are a

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priority for us, even with thirteen kids. It's not just

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about getting away from home. It's about giving our kids

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and us as parents a chance to connect without distractions

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of everyday life. That's always a joy. These trips where

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some of our most treasured family memories are made, and

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we wouldn't trade them for anything. That said, planning a

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vacation for fifteen people isn't exactly a pack and go

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situation for us. It takes time, strategy, and good sense

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of humor to pull it off. Let me tell you,

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let's start with the planning stage. So planning a handsome vacation.

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One of the first steps to a successful family vacation

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is planning ahead, way ahead.

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It takes a lot.

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We usually start brainstorming and vacation ideas six to eight

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months in advance. That's a long time for a lot

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of people. Here's how we do it. One we choose

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a budget friendly destination. Let's be honest, traveling with fifteen

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people is not cheap, not cheap at all. We try

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to choose destinations that are family friendly and budget conscious.

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Some of our go to options are national parks, beaches,

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and road trips to places with lots of free or

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low cost activities. We do a lot of camping, We

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do a lot of day trips for us look like fishing.

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Walking around Branson. We do a lot of that kind

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of stuff. Number two, booking accommodations Hotels are rarely an

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option for our family unless we can get a good deal. Instead,

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we would rather rent an airbnb. That way, we can

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cook meals, spread out and not worry about disturbing our guests.

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Our family is very loud our kids when we go

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on vacation, we enjoy.

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Plus, it's more.

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Affordable when you're splitting the cost over multiple nights, so

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when we have to split cost when we get an airbnb,

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it's definitely cheaper than renting a hotel, and the hotel

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rooms are smaller. Transportation for us, it's silly. We have

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a large suv now that our older kids drive. We

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usually have one or two drive behind us and our

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other kids carpool with them, so usually it's taking one

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to maybe three cars, which is an absolute life saver

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for us. Plus we have to get all our luggage

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that tends to be chaotic for longer trips, will sometimes

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run an additional suv, so we just drive two SUVs

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instead of three cars or whatnot. We involve the kids

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in planning. We let the kids have a say In

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the itinerary, each child gets to pick one activity or

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stop they're most excited about, whether it's visiting a zoo,

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hiking a certain trail, or checking out cool museums. We

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love to do hiking, museums, zoos.

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We love all that.

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It really doesn't bother us to let our kids help

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decide what we're going to do packing like a pro.

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We are very good at packing.

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You know.

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We've had to do it for fifteen people, you know,

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in our family, so packing for us for fifteen is

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an art form. Here's our system, packed by categories. We

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pack instead of packing for each person separately. While this

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was more so when they were younger, what we would

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do is we'll pack one bag for toiletries and meds

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and et cetera, one bag for shoes, and the rest.

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Each kid would have their clothes.

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This makes it easier to find what we need without

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digging through fifteen separate suitcases or bags. Now we only

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pack for the five of us because the older kids

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packed their own stuff, so it's a lot easier. Now

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we do have one bag essentials only. With limited space,

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we pack only what we really need. Each person gets

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a backpack for their personal items. And we limit toys

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and gadgets to just a few favorites, because if it

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were up to my little ones, we'd be taking all

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of their toys every time we go on it trip.

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It is a mess.

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Most of the time, they just take dolls or their tablets.

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Sometimes it's a lot easier when there's when we go

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places and there's no toys that they have something to do,

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something to playlist, So with taking a couple dolls, it's

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a lot easier. Meal prep on the go. We bring

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a cooler with snacks and meals for the road. We've

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learned that a well fed family is a happy family.

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Our kids definitely eat a lot. It also saves us

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from making a dozen fast food stops and money. It

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gets quite expensive when you have fifteen people to buy

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for at McDonald's or Culver's or Arbi's or wherever you're

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going to stop. Even at a family restaurant, it is

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expensive for us. And then you got a tip, so

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that is a big thing. We put our food in

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the cooler and we go on our journey. This is

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gonna be funny surviving the journey. Traveling with thirteen kids

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can be very chaotic, but we've learned a few tricks

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to keep the peace. For entertainment on our trips, we

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stock up on audiobooks, movies, and travel games. One of

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our favorite things to do is play the ABC game together.

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The ABC game is we do it two different ways.

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One you can do the animal ABC game where each

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person goes around.

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It starts with A.

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The first person starts with A, and then everyone in

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the car has got to try and guess the animal

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that they picked that starts with the letter A. It

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gets really really hard when you get down to an

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animal in the z's well besides zebra or x's, it

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gets really really hard. It's a lot of fun and

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our kids are enjoy it. We also play the license

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plate game. We try and see how many license plates

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we can get with and we write them down, like

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how many Texas license plates we see on the road,

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or how many Minnesota plates we see on the road,

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or we just go through and we look at the

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license plates on cars and we just mark. We tally

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it up to see how many we see and by

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the end of our trip we count them down and

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see how many people came from that we spotted from

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Texas or how many people we spotted from Wisconsin and

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we just keep going like that. We also play the

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I Spy game. It gets very difficult when you're moving

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because you got to be quick, like if they spy

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like a certain building or something. If you are not quick,

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you will not get that. You'll lose your turn or

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lose that round. The next thing we like to do

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is listen to a lot of music. The kids have

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a few favorite songs that we will play in the car.

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They will sit there and say, oh, we want this,

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we want that, we want this song, and we usually

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jam out to that.

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They dance, they sing. It's fun.

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And now that we only got the three younger girls

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that usually ride with us, it's a lot easier because

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most of the time they'll sleep, so it tends to

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be quite quiet in the car. Frequent stops long car

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rides mean lots of bathroom breaks and opportunities to stretch.

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We try to stop every couple hours, even if it's

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just for a quick walk around to rest area. My

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little Anna, she has a hard time driving long distance

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because of her medical stuff, so just getting her up

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out of the car fresh air, being able to move

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around it helps us a lot because sometimes she gets

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car sick and it makes a big mess. So we

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come prepared for that situation. But sometimes we have accidents.

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It's usually her getting sick and we have to stop

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and get her cleaned up, clean the car, and just

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get reorganized and that kind of thing.

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So that is another thing.

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We have traveled back and forth to Wisconsin from Missouri

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for the last few years. Our trips to Wisconsin tend

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to be rather fun, just by everybody getting in. We

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always have something bad happen to us on our trips,

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and it never fails. We either hit an animal and

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destroy our car, hit a pot all and break our car.

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Our last trip that happened. I mean, there's never a

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dull moment in our family. But at least we're all

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safe and we are not hurt and we are good.

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So needless to say, there's always one bad thing that happens,

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and it just it's very frustrating. Sometimes we make it

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through and we enjoy our family vacations. I mean we're

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all together, everybody's happy, healthy, and it's fun. We make

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sure that our kids enjoy and have fun. That is

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our goal is to make memories with our kids something

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that they will never forget. Most of the time. Guess

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what they're not forgetting. They're not forgetting about the time that, oh,

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Dad hit a wolf in Illinois, or on our way

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home from Illinois, we hit a pothole in Saint Louis

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and the car sounds like a demo car. We still

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made it home. But we sit back and we laugh

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about those times because even though it was a bummer

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when it happened, as we look back, it is hilarious.

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At the time we were mad about it, it's funny now,

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and our kids remember that. They also remember, like when

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we go to the beach or go.

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Fishing or something, they remember.

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Who caught the biggest fish, or if somebody didn't catch

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a big fish, or somebody didn't catch a fish at all,

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they tease the person that didn't catch them.

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And most of the time it's the.

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Boys teasing their dad because he always says, Oh, I'm

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going to out fish you. It's usually the boys that

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tease because Dad always says, oh, I'm going to catch

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the big one, and usually Dad doesn't catch the big

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one as one of the boys. So that being said,

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that's how our family vacations are planned and the fun

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things that we do.

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We also like to go to like resorts that have

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indoor water parks.

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That is one of our favorites because the memories that

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the kids make together playing at the indoor water park

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dunking each other in the water to.

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See who can dunk who.

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And usually it's the big boys fighting the little boys

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on dunking them, and the little boys usually get dunked more.

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They definitely try to dunk their older siblings. That's one

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of our adventures is just going to the water park.

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We love it.

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Our kids are water bugs, so they always like being

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on the water. I hope that this summer we can

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do more water time with them because it definitely is

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a blast. And I'm hoping to do videos so that

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i can share them to We are the Hansen's Facebook

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page so that we can share what we do and

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what are trips, day trips or long trips look like,

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so you guys can see a little bit what our

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family does and how much fun we create. And we

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always make sure that we're creating something fun.

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The kids really enjoy it.

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And then later on we reminisce on the holidays or

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just sitting down for dinner, hanging out. We reminisce on

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what our favorite vacation, or what our favorite day trip

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look like, what we should do next, or how to

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make it better. And there's always somebody in the family

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that can tell you, oh, well, we should do this

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next time, or we should do that next time. It's

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always something different, and each child of ours has their

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own idea of what fun looks like. Sometimes we have

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one kid that says, oh, that wasn't very fun, But

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most of the time I never hear that wasn't very fun.

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So other thing I want to address is people have

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asked us how we fit everything in our vehicles. Well,

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I'm going to tell you, and you can visually look

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at this. We do a cooler in the back and

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we put lunch meat and bread and cheese and little

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snacks like apples and oranges and stuff like that.

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We have usually the three girls, the three younger girls

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will share a bag together and I usually, depending on

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how many days we're going for, I'll pack an outfit

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for each day and then one set of jammies that

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they can wear for three days. It's not going to

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hurt them. I always bring a little extra for Anna,

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just because sometimes there is accidents in the car where

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she gets sick, so I always have at least two,

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maybe three extra outfits for her. Everybody else brings an

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outfit a day, and then me and Jeremy share our

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luggage together, and then usually the older boys will bring

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their own and usually backpack, so theirs is a lot

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easier to pack because we got Duffel bags, they got backpacks.

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So in our car we have the two Duffel bags,

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and then each of the girls usually bring a small

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backpack with toys or books or whatever that they're going

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to bring along with. And then we have the bag

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of medicines and toilet trees and white bees, stuff like

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that that we need, and I always have that in

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the front so that if we do run into an

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issue or something, it's right there in arms reach. Then

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I also pack a bag with snacks, and I bring

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juice pouches and soda and bottled water, so that each

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person has a drink right there. It's just a lot

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easier for us because when you stop, if you stop

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at a gas station, it's two dollars in some thing

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for a bottle of soda. It's usually a buck ninety

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nine for a bottle of water. Than all the snacks.

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It adds up, so it's better to just for us

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to stop at Walmart, get what we need in large

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quantities and pack it all. And then if the older

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boys want some and we stop, they grab what they

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need out of our car. They have their drink and

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snacks in their car. And most of the time the

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older boys will get what they like. I know what

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we like, and I know what the little ones like.

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But sometimes the older boys they don't like the same stuff,

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so they'll just grab what they like, especially hot chips.

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The boys love hot chips, so they will stop and

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get their stuff.

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That is kind of what our vehicle looks like. The

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boys they just throw their stuff in. Theirs is a

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hot mess, I can tell you.

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So. I want to thank everybody for tuning in to

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this episode of We Are the Hansons.

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