Welcome to Departure for 5

Hello everyone, my name is Erica . I live in South Louisiana, with my husband, Ben, (married for 9.5 years) and our three children, Cali (9), Chloe(5), and Brandt(4). I am a stay at home mom and do secretarial work for my husband's construction business.  We do the typical family of five things, we wake up and eat breakfast, kids play (during the summer) or go to school, and then homework and dinner, then off to bed....so exciting, I know. That was the old us. We decided to try a whole new life style a few months ago. Thanks to the documentary of "Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things" we decided to sell 60% of our things and have less stuff. I can say I don't regret selling any of it. It feels like a weight has been lifted from our home. We still have more to get rid of but that will come when we move into our new house. (We are starting to build our house this fall.) I now have less cleaning time and more time to do things with the kids or planning our next travel destination. A few months ago, my husband randomly decided we should stop saying we are going to travel and just go for it. So we planned a trip out of the country for a month with the kids. We think it will be a great learning experience for our children to learn about different cultures and bring our family closer together. This will not be our only trip, we have a list of where we want to visit. So more to come.

 I hope you enjoy reading about our travel experiences and family lifestyle. I hope my blog inspires and encourages you to go travel no matter your situation. This blog will tell all about our travels with kids. We will share traveling tips, checklists, what to pack, and where to stay.