Another Good Day at the Beach

Aldrich family at Bonaventure Cemetery

Let’s take a trip back to June when we packed up, hopped in the car and took a nice long drive from Bawlmer (read 10+ hours) to Tybee Island in Georgia for the Aldrich family reunion. When Daddy was growing up, he spent many a summer at Tybee with his family, so it holds a special place in his heart (awww). Rightly so, it's truly a special place! What made this trip even more meaningful was introducing the Tybee traditions to his girls. We thoroughly enjoyed our beach week! Highlights included, but were not limited to . . . lots of time on the beach, reminiscing, chasing kids, catching up with family (for multiple generations!), Nanny's ice cream treat at Seaweeds, fire works, sand dollar searches, treasure hunts, drip castles, sun burns, great food, late night karaoke, a moving memorial service at Bonaventure Cemetery, porpoise sitings, etc. . . In other words, couldn't say it any better than GP did when he'd say: "it's another good day at the beach!"

great artwork by cousin brett and sign from uncle robbie!

isla does not share pop-pop's love for guava jelly

scott and isla playing

scott

isla, cavanna and vivi

sweet, what does mine say? (that's griff with nanny)

time to work the sand

silly uncle mike

vivi and nanny

aunt jen!

vivi is not a fan of the sand

where's the beach?

who cares about the beach?! we've got a pool!
(btw, ford's eyelashes seriously put isla's to shame!)

bocce!

kite flying

beach cuddles

if only she'd nap on the beach. . . 

like her sis!

duty calls . . . in a wig, no less

happy momma

playing in the sand with pop-pop and gigi

auntie/cavanna time = the best!

cea and rca, jr

hanging out

at seaweeds with nanny

aarrrr!

searching for treasure with james and ava

impressive!

uncle rob looking for sand dollars (tybee tradition)

sand dollar success (isla thought they were bugs though)

windy shot