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I don't know how long we've been planning this trip, but it's probably been four or five months.  We started counting down around "89 days left", and we were about to lose our minds the week leading up to our departure. Initially, Hannah wanted to take Trevor on his first international trip.  We thought Ireland would be a good introduction, but Trevor didn't want to take the time off of work.  And Glo wanted to come along.  So we decided to go to Spain.  But then Trevor decided to come, and John wanted to come (it's Spain, Aris!), and then John asked me to ask the boys and their wives as well.  In the end, Rebecca and Ethan stayed home with the kids and to watch our animals, but Mark and Allison signed up too. I imagine I spent 40+ hours planning this trip.  We decided to return to Andalusía, a place that we visited several times when we lived in Germany but that our girls don't remember at all. I was worried mostly about Clarkie and jet lag, but also ...