This summer you can find the Lampe kids from Germantown, Ill., swimming at local pools and water parks.

“They don’t need big trips to a lot of places,” Lisa Lampe, mother of 10-year-old Jack and 6-year-old Jordyn, said. “If we go bowling one day, they’ll say this was the best day ever.”

Lisa said she and her kids have a special appreciation for the fun road-trip days that come between chemotherapy treatments and lab results.