One day, the end of April, my mom, Annie, and I were sitting at lunch.
I mentioned something about how we needed to go on a girl's trip...and approximately one day later we had tickets booked to go to San Diego over Mother's Day a short two weeks later!!
It was probably the most genius thing we've ever pulled off!!
Our trip was booked for 6am Friday- 11:30 pm Sunday and the men folk were booked for kid duty!
Hell yes!!!
Day 1
Our 5 am trip to the airport was sleepy and excited and... easy without kids!!
The main highlight was my mom leaving her car running- and us realizing it as we drove away on the airport shuttle, but....
Thankfully- we got that situation squared away and still made our flight!!!
We landed in San Diego and it was only 8am there, so we had the entire day ahead of us.
Probably the best part of the whole trip was the fact that we were able to do so many things in such little time because we had no one else to take care of or cater to!!
AND..we all have the same likes/dislikes and preferences, so it was like traveling with 3 of yourself!
Anyway, we got our car, got our stuff settled in our hotel, and took off to navigate our way through the city. We had no set plans for the entire weekend, and just kind of went where the wind blew us!
We ended up in Old Town, and it was a treat!
We ate dinner at an amazing Mexican restaurant called Café Coyote... and Kate hooked up with a new boyfriend.
Then, we did some fine shopping through Old Town, which was particularly festive for Cinco de Mayo.
My mom and I got some extensions done...
and mine looked waaaay more natural than hers!
Kate opted for accessories.
I got chewed out for trying on masks, but then bought some for my boys and wore one through town.
(My hair paid for this the rest of the afternoon L:( )
Next, we headed over to see the Mission San Diego de Alcala, where we were very reverent.
We decided to head back to the hotel to regroup before the evening, and although it was chilly- we headed down to nap at the beach (right outside our hotel door).
Oh yeah.
That night we hit the town and ate dinner at an awesome place in the Gaslamp Quarter.
(Not a gaslamp above our head... but that would be fitting).
We had quite a sing along in the car ride home, and wound up a bit on the hyper side upon returning to the hotel.
Mom?
Lol.
DAY 2
We woke up to no kids crying, no alarms, and the ocean waiting for us outside!
Unfortunately it was raining, but that didn't stop Annie and I from going for a run on the boardwalk.
It was incredible.
We met my mom and Kate for breakfast right along the Oceanside...perfection.
The majority of Day 2 was spent at and around Hotel Del Coronado.
It was beautiful...and matched a beautiful day!
One thing that ended up being a recurring activity on this trip was visiting candy stores. They were EVERYWHERE and they had awesome candy!
After so much shopping and candy, we needed a smoke break.
I think I pull off the candy cig's the best.
We shopped until we dropped, literally.
We had a luscious nap back at the hotel.
Side sleeperz or die!
We got gussied (ah!), and headed back downtown for the night.
We ate another fab dinner (all of our meals were incredible), and pretended like we know how to take advantage of a brick wall for social media purposes.
Next, we had tickets to go and see Kevin Nealon at a comedy club!
How random is that?!
It was hilarious and perfect...and equally awesome that I ordered a root beer float at the club!
DAY 3
Boo! Our last day... but luckily- we had the ENTIRE day before we had to catch our flight, so we made the most of it.
It was the warmest of all the days, and it was MOTHER'S DAY!
Annie and I went running again (dreamy), and met my mom and Kate again at another wonderful restaurant on the boardwalk.
(everyone else still has food on their plate....)
Then, Annie and I opted for some ocean time!
I think my mom was still in her North Face vest, but we were ready to beach it up!
We took our shell collecting seriously.
And then, we warmed up in the hot tub and looked like a couple.
We dragged our feet getting ready, but had a 1:00 checkout time, so we reluctantly were on our way.
Since we pretty much owned the city by now, we headed back downtown for some shopping/eating.
Mother's Day lunch.
More candy.
Let's just say most of us (Kate particularly) could have used this most of the trip:
I'm really mature.
Then, enter SELFIE STICK.
Excuse me, where was it for DAYS 1 and 2?
Here as we were attempting to make it work, Kate treated us with the best photo bomb of the trip.
And then, we were out of control.
Nonstop.
But, at least we got this shot of us all together!
It was a remarkable trip in every sense of the word.
I love these three more than I can ever adequately put into words.
We have the best time together, no matter what we are doing.
Getting away from the every day grind with them was seriously a dream and I owe it all to Brett, who so willingly and wonderfully stayed back to care for the boys.
I frequently got updates such as these:
Things were well taken care of back at home... I had no doubt they would be.
All around a lucky girl!
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