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Scott made it back to London after four solid weeks of being in Philly in trial. We were over the moon that he had a great result for the verdict, but even happier to have him return home. Our first order of business (after he slept off his jet lag and month of no sleep) was a vacation!<\/p>\n

Scott had booked the holiday long before he left. He chose the location so that if he ended up being stuck in the USA for trial, I could still go with the kids and it would be fun. The other thing that made this particular trip stand apart from our usual was that HE did the booking. Most of our friends know that I tend to be the miserly one of the two of us. Scott on the other hand booked quite a luxurious trip. I still don’t know the full cost, but it was swanky and relaxing and fabulous! (Best I not know…)<\/p>\n

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We flew into Faro, Portugal and drove to a small resort town called Vilamoura<\/a>. We stayed in an unbelievable apartment at The Lake<\/a>. The kids absolutely loved it. We had never taken them to a place that had a kids’ club, etc. Between the “real” beach, the man made beach pool, the heated outdoor pool (and two other pools we never even made it to), the on-grounds playground and English maze, the kids were in heaven. Being able to sit (man-made) beach side and drink cold beer while the kids play in the sand and water was fantastic for Scott and me. <\/p>\n

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The kids’ club hosted an Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning. The staff went all over the grounds with the children hunting eggs. Again, heaven. On Monday when Caden and Keali learned the kids’ club would be closed, they were gutted. I thought we would have to pull teeth to get them to go to the club, but that’s all they wanted to do. They had a complete blast. If babies are happy, then momma’s happy! If momma’s happy, then eveyone’s happy! (-:<\/p>\n

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The kids were so worn out from playing outside all day every day that they fell asleep as soon as they went to bed, and most days slept in until 7:30am or later. <\/p>\n

The trip was the first one we have taken as a family where one or both of us were not partly working or extremely stressed out. It was a fantastic five days. I would love to go back. Portugal was beautiful and hasn’t yet become so touristy. This was without question one of our best trips to date.<\/p>\n

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Scott made it back to London after four solid weeks of being in Philly in trial. We were over the moon that he had a great result for the verdict, but even happier to have him return home. Our first order of business (after he slept off his jet lag and month of no sleep)…<\/p>\n

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