Memories of a lifetime were made!

terilyn, yes, they were :o)

"What we hold in memory is ours..untouched forever"! I read that years ago I believed it then, I believe it more now!

You are absolutely right. Right now life with my 13 yr old granddaughter is somewhat stressful, this will pass I pray.

I take a 10-day vacation with my young Grandsons every summer. This year, we are going to Las Vegas, then to Disney Land and Kansas City, Missouri - we are so excited!

My husband's brother's mother in law took her 2 Grandsons on a trip to Italy when they were young teenagers. They had a wonderful time. I'm not yet a Grandmother, but I'll remember your advice!

I totally agree. I was fortunate enough to travel to the UK twice with my grandmother (mom's mom)- 1994 and 1997. In 1997, my cousin was also there and we had CHEAP Brit rail tickets so we traveled to Scotland and Ireland. Each time was only a week (cousin was there the full month the rail pass was good) but I will always cherish the memories.

Now I could have picked a better time for my cousin to come out of the closet to my grandmother than while were were on a 3 hour train ride in a foreign country but it turned out pretty well- she wasn't surprise but I was not sure how she would take it!

The only picture albums I still have are my scrapbooks from those trips- all other pictures have been scanned.

My grandmother and I never took a trip together, but I was fortunate to live very close to her. I spent most of my childhood and teenage years hanging out with her. I miss her greatly, but have so many wonderful memories with her. In my eyes she was perfect.

My grandparents took me on many vacations when I was school age, through HS.
Those memories are precious, and we intend that our granddaughter will also have such memories.

Never too a trip with grandparents but did spend several summers on the ranch, learning to milk cows, take care of many many chickens, candling eggs to sell, making real butter to sell, picking fruit, etc all that fun stuff. Other GM lived in AZ right near the RR yards and very close to the Apache Reservation. Also lots of Navajo and Hopi in the area. Great fun and so many memories.

We took our teenage grandson with us to Reno "Hot August Nights' a big week long car show and cruise.Took granddaughter for a week long vacation at a timeshare to the Oregon Coast. Great Memories were made!!

Glenda, for the past 25 or 26 years one of my dear clients took each of her grandchildren on a trip for their 13th birthday. This year is the last of them. She has taken them to Italy, Russia, China, Peru, British Isles, Alaska and this year, a canal cruise. She is now 92 and a chapter will close, but what a wonderful gift she gave them all. She wanted to teach them to reach out of their everyday life and experience another culture.

My grandparents were not able to take me traveling, but they shared their time with me, unconditionally. Same thing, different setting. The lessons were still learned.