The Garguile Family: Johnson-Carvloth Wedding and our wonderful trip to Coronado, CA

First and foremost, I would like to say CONGRATS to the newlyweds. Without you this weekend wouldn't have been possible ;)

We had such a fabulous time on Coronado Island and we're SOOOO happy we decided to make the 7hr drive! The weekend started off with a stay at the Omni hotel in San Diego...great rate off priceline ($99) and a very nice hotel just less than a block from Petco Field....for all you baseball fans Thursday night was the 22 inning game between the Rockies and the Padres. We got ready and headed over to Coronado to meet up with Ryan and Mora for some yummy mexican food at the Coronado Brewing Co.

We made our way to The Hotel Del Coronado and met up with a bunch of the wedding pary and Cornell guys for drinks at the hotel bar and had a great time catching up with everyone.

Friday morning we checked out early and I dropped Dominic off for a 4 man scramble at the Municipal Course...how gorgeous is this place?

I made my way to the Loews Coronado Bay Resort...again, breathtaking

for a coconut infusion sugar scrub followed by a massage...this was just heavinly and I was SO much more relaxed afterward...this relaxation came in handy when the boys didn't return from their golf outing until nearly 330pm. Thankfully I was able to check into the Hotel Del a little early and as I was not disappointed by the views or service. This is the main building which is the oldest part of the hotel, dating back to 1888!

Here is our room: Love the king sized bed and the room itself was much bigger than the standard hotel rooms now a days. The bathroom was a little small but was certainly adaquate for a quick wash up after a day in the surf and sand. If you make the trip yourself I would choose to stay in either the main building or the beach village. DO NOT stay in the towers building, it's basically added on space that is typical hotel accommodations, why go to such a gorgeous location for typical ammenities?

Once the guys finally arrived back from golf we lounged at the pool for a bit

Then headed out to dinner with the non-wedding party people...we had heard about a great little mexican place less than a block from the resort but when we arrived the wait was long. the hostess escorted us to a private room at the restaurants alternative location...we felt very VIP. The restaurant is Miguelito's Sala de Artes y Comer. Everything in this place is for sale...it's like a restaurant and boutique in one.

This is the room we ate in, but it was set up differently with a HUGE table in the middle that comfortably sat all 10 of us, and several of those 10 are BIG football guys. A bonus to this location, the margarita's are hand made and not a mix which means you get more of the good stuff....and we had at least 20 of those wonderful salted beverages.

That evening the wedding party hosted a dessert reception complete with Port and coffee....needless to say we got a little tipsy.

Thankfully we were feeling great come morning time, Dominic even made his way down to the fitness center and did some cardio. We took a walk on the beach and shot some nice pictures of the hotel and ocean:

and headed up to the room to get ready for the wedding....some how the camera didn't make it to the actual ceremony...so no pics of that...but I ran and got it before the cocktail hour and we got some nice shots of all the guys on the lawn

(From L-->R) Vic, Kevin R, Marschall Burkes, Dominic, Jason, DJ, Chad, Tom B, Ryan, and Kevin B

The beautiful ladies with the gents

Megan (Marschall's wife), Vic's Finnish GF, Kevin B, Rosalie, Dominic, Shawna, Lauren (DJ's fiance), Jason, Maura (Ryan's GF), Tom B, and Neil. Those missing boys are getting drinks, they were constantly running to the bar the whole time.

We made our way inside (thank goodness because the ladies were getting chilly) The reception was in the Crownroom, named because of the crown lighting....