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!!  

Birthday Bash

Last night we had Drew and Claire's birthday party out in town in Rota.  Rota has an awesome indoor play area that is huge and the kiddos can run wild!  The area is fenced in and the parents can see the kiddos however, aren't allowed in as the Spanish workers watch and play with them.  I mean how can we complain about this!!!  SOOOOO I was busy talking and having fun as well and this reflected my lack of photos and only cake time!!!  We all had a great time and it's crazy to think that Claire will be three in May and Drew will be five!!!  

While the kiddos had their snacks their was a "clown" to entertain them!

Claire getting ready to blow out her number three candle!!

Drew blowing out his candle!

We had so much fun the kiddos AND the adults as you can tell by the LACK OF photos that I took!!!  Drew and Claire even slept in past 8am they were so tired from their night of fun!

Boy Bonding Day!

Last weekend Andy and eight of his amigos went out for an all day fishing trip in the bay of Cadiz.  They had a cooler packed with drinks and were ready to bring dinner home for the families!

In the van headed to the bay to catch their fishing boat

Getting ready to go out and bring the wives dinner home:)

Um... where are the fishing pulls boys???

Our poor neighbor was a little sea sick during the ENTIRE fishing trip!!!

So they ended up catching NOTHING all day!!  The wives think it was really just a whale watching trip and they didn't want to admit to it.  We never once saw a fishing pole in ANYONE'S hand!!

No More Training Wheels In This House!!

A few weeks ago Claire was finished with her training wheels!!  We are so proud of her!!  She has now caught up with Drew on the bike.....!!!

Field Trip

Last week I jumped on the school bug with Drew and we headed to a farm!  The farm was full of every animal one could think of and it reminded me of the good old Midwest!!  Drew's class had a blast watching all of the animals and seeing baby goats eating with a bottle:)

Not sure if they were amazed with the pigs or all of the mud??

I couldn't ask for a better class for Drew.  All of the kiddos get along so well and have such a fun friendship.  The boyzzz couldn't be anymore boyzz and had their air guitar's out!

Touching a HUGE owl

Class photo!!  All boys and FOUR girls!!!