Birthday Break

Each year I look forward to my little get-away and break from the birthday madness at home. Jason has an annual meeting in San Diego each year in November and I get to go and meet up with him and spend the weekend! This year we stayed at the Hotel Del Coronado - what an amazing, neat and very old hotel with so much history. I loved it, and it was right on the beach so that made it even better!! We enjoyed great weather, food and alone time while the kids, who were staying with Jason's mom at our house, were enduring the first (and very large) snow storm of the season. They were snowed in for the weekend. My sister texted me a picture of the few feet of snow on her deck, and I sent this - a view from our hotel window:

Jason still had a day of meetings on Friday so I exercised and got breakfast with some of the other wives. Then a few of us took the history tour around the hotel. And then I did some alone shopping - no stroller, no kids and no hurrying back to get kids from school. I think I look forward to that the most each year. Saturday we just spent the morning running/walking along the beach, eating a late and delicious breakfast and exploring Coronado. We actually went to a movie that afternoon - another thing we only seem to do when we are in San Diego.

But we got home on Sunday afternoon as the snow stopped and Jason got to use his new snow blower to clean the driveway. And the girls played in the snow for hours. I really appreciate Sheila putting up with the snow, the kids and the craziness so Jason and I could enjoy our time in San Diego. Winter is here and we love it!!