4th Annual Girls Trip

It's possible that I lost count, but I believe this was Laurel and I's 4th girls trip.  However, this was the first one where I live in the place we always vacation and the first time we were finally able to stay on Coronado!  We've been dreaming about that for years and it took living here to figure out the system to renting cottages on base.

Another perk to this trip was Tolson got to stay at our house while we slipped away for a few days.  These 2 boys talk everyday and were thrilled to spend some time together.  I'm pretty sure they played nonstop and very little sleep was had.

P.S. Colin has grown about 4 inches in the last few months!

We spent one night at the Del Mar beach on Camp Pendleton.  Coffee on the beach is the perfect way to start a vacation :)

The rest of our time was on Coronado!

We stayed in a "cottage" on the beach, next to the hotel.  It was perfect because we had our own space, but could use the amenities of the hotel. 

At the hotel rooftop terrace:

We had the place pretty much to ourselves.  If you can spy 2 little chairs in the distance, that was our spot in front of our cottage.

Our trips sound boring to most, but they are so refreshing to us.  We did a little shopping, watched a lot of HGTV and sat on the beach for hours.  We went out for a nice seafood dinner one night on the island, but also just ate easy Trader Joe's meals...a few days of no cooking is just what we need.