We haven’t had any sort of family vacation for three years until last week, when we went to the beach with my brother for four days. We left Thursday and returned Monday.

When you live on a farm with animals, it takes a lot of strategic planning just to get away. A friend was going to take care of the chihuahua, we were boarding Boomer, our boxer bulldog, and a neighbor was feeding the horses and chickens and the barn cat, Mr.

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