I'm Leaving On A Jet Plane........

I have some pretty spoiled children who think that all the wonderful opportunities they have in life are quite normal, and doesn't everyone live this way? They really get to do some pretty special and fun things thanks to many good friends of ours. Recently we were invited to attend a work picnic for the desert operations Andy oversees. We were all set for a nice little 2 hour road trip up to Palm Desert when Andy was asked by the owner of the company if we didn't want to fly up with him. Well, ok, if that will make you happy Sir, SURE!!! We would LOVE to! So, we packed up the car, made the 20 minute trip to Gillespie Field where we went through ZERO inspection or security and waltzed right onto the company plane. (It's a VERY nice little 8 seater.) Andy gets to fly up to the desert about once a month, so this was old hat for him. It was about a 15 minute flight and there we were. Barely enough time for Joey to get up a full head of steam and become a really PESKY flier.... The picnic was held at a baseball sports complex that has small replicas of Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park and Wrigley Field. It was pretty neat. We all had a really good time at the party, but it was COLD, and we weren't all that prepared as far as cold weather clothes went. So, we tried to keep the kids UBER busy with bouncy fun and whatnot. It wasn't so bad. After several hours of fun, spin art, tattoo-ing, bead making fun, etc., we were all ready to go and at that point Joey was Crank-City Crankus. He became a lap child to save the peace for all of us on the return flight. Fortunately the boss (and the pilots) didn't mind, and off we flew, back home for another 15 minute flight. It was quite turbulent on the flight there, which is always a lot of fun, as far as I'm concerned, and fairly smooth coming home. David was so busy watching the monitor that showed the map, flight route and duration left in the flight each way. We kept trying to remind him to look out the window. The kids loved it. We are so lucky for Andy to have a family owned company he loves to work for that really values their employees.