Coronado!

Every 3 years we have a tradition of getting together for a reunion with my friends from BYU. I met these girls when I lived in the dorms my freshman year. Jaime was my roommate and long time best friend that I grew up with in Georgia, Liz and Mindy were our next door dorm neighbors, Kristin and Andi lived in a room down the hall, and Chelsea was Kristin's best friend from California and Hilary was her roommate. Some of us lived together the next year in the Avenues (232!!) and we've managed to keep in touch over the years. Our husbands all get along great and love hanging out together, so as a result, they won't let us have a trip without them being invited too. This year Jaime, Jon, Andi, Mark, Chelsea, Grant, and Hilary weren't able to make it. :(

Liz was kind enough to invite us again to her parent's beach house in Coronado (a little island right off of San Diego). If you've never been to Coronado, you must go. It is one of my favorite places in the world. It's small and quaint, with the most beautiful homes and amazing beaches. And there's a military base on the island, so you get to see all sorts of cool planes and helicopters fly over.

The weather was actually pretty cool while we were there, so we didn't get to spend any time laying out at the beach. We stayed in our pajamas til noon every day just talking and laughing. The boys and Ashley went surfing one afternoon, while the rest of us spent the day at the Hotel Del Coronado's pool. We made dinner together one night and went out to eat at a delicious Thai place the next night, and to downtown San Diego to eat another night. We also took a bike ride on Gilbert's beach cruisers. We spent our nights eating, laughing, playing funny games, making s'mores, and telling scary stories (thanks to Liz!).

The boys were first in line for dinner


We ended up sitting at a boys table and girls table, because the girls didn't want to talk work and business the whole time and the boys didn't want to talk about having babies and girl stuff the whole time.



We celebrated 3 birthdays while there


Hanging at the Del's hot tub


Kristin and Craig


Ashley and Todd


Mindy and Jeff


Liz and Mike (our hosts)


Karisa and McKay


Me and Adam


Making s'mores and talking around the campfire


Playing a really funny game (don't ask...)


Getting ready for our bike ride


Adam, Jeff, and Craig in front of the house, ready for our bike ride


Hanging on the beach with Mindy and Kristin (it was freezing that day)