Usually when we make our trip out to Utah Rob drives out with us, gets a round trip ticket so he doesn't miss too much work, flies back out, and drives us home. This year we tried something a little different. As we were planning our trip and looking at flights for Rob, we noticed that there wasn't going to be that much difference between the cost for us to fly or drive with gas prices the way they are. Especially when you consider the worth of NOT driving in the car with 5 kids for 12 hours (each way). So Rob sacrificed his trip to Utah to work on the wood floors, but we didn't tell the girls we were going to fly. The girls were really bummed when they found out that Rob wasn't going to be going to Utah with us. They kept saying it wouldn't be as much fun without him there (which he totally ate up!) and they were really concerned about him being sad about getting left behind, but he kept telling them that if they were good and would be happy, he would give them a surprise before they left that would make their trip "go by really fast". They had been pestering us for a couple of years about wanting to go on an airplane. We didn't tell them until the morning we left. We gave them each a boarding pass in an envelope - they were SO excited!
Saying goodbye to daddy for 18 days! :(
Madison had the hardest time with leaving Rob behind. Here she is when we got to our gate already on the phone with Dad.
Madison and Ashlyn were really great about helping me keep track of Kennedy and Mckinlee, and keeping Jaxton happy. With two strollers and a car seat, I was really glad I had their help.
Keeping Mckinlee entertained was a challenge!
Jaxton, always a perfect angel flying. This was his third airplane ride!
We made it! Defininately the way to go!
We've spoiled ourselves on all future trips to Utah!
Saying goodbye to daddy for 18 days! :(Madison had the hardest time with leaving Rob behind. Here she is when we got to our gate already on the phone with Dad.Madison and Ashlyn were really great about helping me keep track of Kennedy and Mckinlee, and keeping Jaxton happy. With two strollers and a car seat, I was really glad I had their help.Keeping Mckinlee entertained was a challenge!Jaxton, always a perfect angel flying. This was his third airplane ride!We made it! Defininately the way to go! We've spoiled ourselves on all future trips to Utah!
3 comments:
how fun! how many "you're so brave" comments did you get? every time i've flown by myself with luke and landon i think i get about 50! so far, so good, though...we'll see on thursday if we can keep it up! we're going home! i'm sad we're going to miss each other, though! hope you have a good trip! your kids are too cute!
Tennille, basically you are crazy that you flew with 5 kids! Or maybe it's nice having helpers! I am glad that you had fun!
Your kids are so precious! I loved all of these pictures! Madison and Ashlyn are good helpers!
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