Don't Forget The Snow!!

Because nothing is quite as fun as flying around the country with a 3 and 5 year old, we’ve decided it’s time to make another fun-filled flight up to the great north! That’s right folks! The Family D will be comin’ to town… at least for those of you reading in WI or MN!

I started researching ticket prices from Phoenix to Minneapolis about a month ago for around Christmas. Well, no-can-do those prices. Think $500 x 4. And that’s before taxes and fees! Add a rental car onto that, plus meals and whatever else. Shoooot! You will not be seeing us for Christmas. However…

It turns out nobody in their right mind flies from Arizona to Minnesota in the middle of January! Heck, they’re practically giving those tickets away! In fact, when I went to click our seating assignments, the whole danged plane was empty! I’ve never gotten to pick seats right up front before. To get 4 seats near each other, we usually sit in the back with our heads getting banged by the lavatory door. January is definitely the right time for cheapos like us to be doing some traveling.

Well, you start getting cheap after you and your family have flown 2000 miles three times in the past year. Lets not forget a little European family trip as well. Holy moly, you never know on January 1st what a year is going to bring, do you…

Paul has actually earned himself ELITE status on our most frequent airline, due to the enormous amount of miles he’s flown this year. I’m close as well. That means when he checks in, if there is a first class seat available, they will offer it to him.

Wouldn’t it be nice of me to sit back in coach with the children, squished in our seats eating our dry crackers out of our snack box, while he enjoys a hot meal in his big luxury leather recliners sipping Champaign? …

BBBAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Too bad I’m not nice. I’m really really not. And it’s not going to happen.