by Candace Derickx My husband and I are in the process of planning a getaway this spring and we are all over the map in our planning. Do we take the kids? Leave them at home? Do we want a quiet week relaxing or an adventure filled escape? Do we want hot weather or does the weather really matter? Do we want Europe? Thailand? China? Maybe something familiar? ACK! It's really, really hard when you want to go everywhere and do everything! This weekend we decided to have a short weekend escape …
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