When you have a big family as we do, there are few things you know you’re not going to have. Your children generally won’t have their own room. And you probably won’t have vacations that you have to fly to.

We take this in stride as a small price for the blessing of having a small army. About once a year, we go out to dinner at a restaurant as a family. Typically we use points from my campaign travel to reserve two adjoining rooms at a Holiday Inn on the beach at Ocean City, Maryland. And then we use Holiday Inn’s “Kids Eat Free” promotion to feast on burgers, fries, and personal pizzas, plus a dessert to go for a stroll down the boardwalk.