Thank Goodness for Holiday Weekends

Labor Day weekend was the best thing to happen to the Bonner family in a long while. Todd worked all three weekends leading up to it, so the fact that he put his foot down and didn't even come in to work on Friday - giving us a four-day weekend as a family - was pure bliss.

We hit the road Friday morning and drove up to Point Reyes National Seashore, a protected little patch of hiking trails, beaches, small towns, trees and open sky surprisingly just 45 minutes or so north of the Golden Gate Bridge. We hiked trail after trail, drove through winding, mountainous roads with excellent views, dined out on delicious food I didn't lift a finger to make, and made a stop at the Cowgirl Creamery in Olema so we could sample all the local gourmet cheeses (a dream come true for Todd).

We spent the night at a cozy B&B, the Inn at Roundstone Farm. We had a large and comfortable room, a delicious homemade breakfast, and plenty of garden space for Hazel to explore outside.
Hazel's pack-and-play fit nicely in our private bathroom, giving Todd and me the luxury of reading Catching Fire out loud as we lounged in our quarters, snacking on sweet chocolate cake and tangy Red Hawk cheese.
The next day was filled with similar activities, hiking and browsing the local farmer's market and just taking life at a slow, carefree pace. On our drive home, we had the delight of rendezvousing for dinner with Todd's sister Laura and her husband Tyler, who were in San Francisco celebrating their 10-year anniversary. Sadly, no one got out their camera for that!
Sunday we chilled at home, then Monday we went to Raging Waters and played for hours with Hazel at the kiddy pools and on the lazy river. We ended our weekend only two chapters away from cracking open Mockingjay (the third book in Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games trilogy), a little sunburned and dehydrated, completely disappointed that Todd had to wake up at 4:30 this morning to get back to his darn job, but so pleased with the great time we just spent as a family.