TRAVEL

As a family, we love to travel. Each year, we take at least 1 adult only trip, 1 trip to Europe, 1 trip to Florida - on top of anything else that comes up. Our adult trip consist of 2 other couples. The wives went to school with me since I was 12. The last 4 years we have gone to St. Barths even though it is not easy to get to but there's such a good vibe: Caribbean meets Europe. 

My dad lives in West Palm Beach, Florida where I grew up going to visit my grandma when she was alive. Since then we spend time there with my dad and live like a "local" with him. He lives within walking distance to the beach and it feels like home.

Andrew's family still lives in Denmark, so we go for at least 2 weeks during the year. We love visiting them for so many reasons - they are 6 hours ahead, so we feel we can really unplug from work and spent time as a family. Nora and Mila play with their cousins. While we're there, we try and add one other country to our itinerary. The lifestyle is very modest and easygoing. We always feel refreshed when we come back.

Three years ago, we were dropped off at Detroit Metro with 7 bags, went to the counter to check in and realized Nora's passport had expired. Because passports are invalid if they expire within 6 months, we had to get a ride back home, make a call to Delta to rescheduled a different flight for the next day. The passport office in Detroit managed to get us in for an 11:00 am appointment. We went to bed, woke up the next morning, had to go get a passport photo printed and headed back to Detroit. We managed to make the passport appointment, and make it out on a 2:45pm flight. It all worked out. Moral of the story: we travel well together.