Portugal Group Family Vacation!

                                                                             

This past Memorial Day weekend we took a vacation with seven other families to a resort that we love in Portugal.  All of the families rented condos and spent time together at the resorts six swimming pool.  We left on a Thursday and returned on a Monday.  All of the families are just amazing and the kiddos were on cloud nine the entire vacation with every second spent with their friends.  I couldn't have asked for a better holiday weekend!

The group.. minus eight people!

Our neighbor Matt and his beautiful soft face...

On Friday we rented out a bus that picked the group up at the resort and went wine tasting.. kiddos and all! The place was really nice and actually very child friendly with animals on the site!  We decided to have the guys do their tour first, then the gals, with wine tasting at the end.  We had a great time!

Doing a little wine tasting

Um... so the photos would NOT let me turn them!!  However, I thought they were pretty cute and kept them anyway!

Claire and her two chicas

Andy and I were talking about how much a year can make a difference!  This year Claire is so confident in the water and we can actually relax!!  Yes, we're still there right at the pool side, however it's only getting easier!

More pool time!

The view from our patio... just steps to the pool!

The condo that we rented (the bottom floor)

IT's MOVE TiMe!!

So I have been MIA with the blog as we were getting ready for the movers who arrived here bright and early last Monday!  The movers did an awesome job and now it's starting to feel real that we leave our fantasy life here in SuNNy Spain:(  The good part is when a family lives overseas is that were given loaner furniture on this side for the rest of our duration here in Spain. By shipping our furniture this far out everything should be waiting for us when we arrive in July.

We spent last Sunday cleaning all of our stuff, Drew turned our cooler into an awesome pool!  This kept him busy FOREVER!

He was also sporting Andy's military tags!

Meanwhile Claire was at our neighbors house!!  Our neighbors are HILARIOUS and when the kiddos wake up they go outside yelling "BRANDON" (who is the dad).  So Brandon turned his backyard into a homemade slip n' slide!  Who could resist this!  (They also have a boy Claire's age, Evan).

All of the moving trucks in front of our house:(

Movie Time!

Drew and Claire have their moments however, for the most part they get along SO well!!  The other day we were going to watch a movie on a rainy Friday night and this is how they were watching the show!!