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[quote=Anonymous]My ILs are at least 7 hours away by car (more if you have little kids and need to stop for bathroom breaks, etc) and my dad is more than 15 hours away by plane.  My ILs also have a lot of family close by so they tend to drive into DC about 2 to 3 times a year.  Fortunately, we don't host them as my MIL is really awful.  We have gone up twice since my oldest was born.  On the first visit, my ILs refused to turn up the heat, and my DH forgot to use the thick sleep sack I brought up on the 2nd night of our stay.  The next morning DC's face, hands, and feet was ice cold.  We have not stayed overnight since.  We stopped by for a visit, but slept some where else.  My dad has been invited but didn't bother to come when he last visited state side.  He stayed with his wife's (my mom is deceased) family a few hours away.  It's too expensive to fly all that way, but it's really the idea of trying to wrangle 2 young kids for more than 15 hours on an overseas flight and dealing with extreme jet lag for the kids.  Since he won't come to us, we'll probably try to meet up with him some where in between.  I am saving money/miles to do that and waiting for kids to get a bit older also.[/quote]

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