savannah and tybee

It took a while to get to the blog, but this is what we were up to the end of June. Quality time with family…

After we left Fernandina, the kids and I spent the week in Savannah with my mom while Joe returned home to work. It was so nice being in Savannah for that long. I can’t remember the last time we were there for more than 36 hours. Beginning of November, maybe?

The purpose of the trip was to see family and friends. That’s it. We didn’t run around like crazy. We didn’t pack our days with errands and exhaustion. We had some down time. We played in the backyard and on the beach. We ate yummy meals, and the seafood that I so miss living landlocked. We stayed with Meme, and got to see Gran Gran and Poppy, Aunt Sarah, Liam and Marshall (cousins), too. But the main reason for our visit was to see Uncle Pete.

{Brief story: Sunday, the day we got to Savannah, all the boys headed to Lake Mayer so Thomas (little cousin) could show Uncle Pete all he has learned to do with the remote controlled sailboat Uncle Pete gave him. On the way there, a car – driving insanely fast – tried to pass both of their cars over a double-yellow line on a small bridge as they were beginning to turn into the parking lot, and hit my mom’s car holding both of my uncles. Thankfully, no one was hurt too bad. Mom’s almost-new car is totaled. It could have been way worse, but everyone was definitely shaken up. Scary start to the week.}

The Dream Foundation granted Uncle Pete, Aunt Kristie, and their family a week at Tybee. They stayed in a great beach house, nothing between them and the ocean but dunes. We went down to the beach several times to play. The first night we brought dinner with us and got a teeny bit of time on the sand. I love this picture of Joseph showing Uncle Pete his gummies, and Hannah talking to Meme:

The next morning we met Gran Gran, Aunt Sarah and the boys at Forsyth for some good old fashioned fun in the sprinklers. No bathing suits = no problem.

We spent all of Wednesday on Tybee. After dinner with Meme, we walked down the pier. The kids loved it.

Joe came to town on Wednesday night. Thursday we mostly played at home. Hannah was over-the-moon to have a new trampoline at Meme’s house. Cousin Lucas (who fell through the old one) is no longer in trouble.

Friday, it was back to the beach.

My high school friend Beth, and her twins met us down there. As always, so good to see them.

Our last night, the whole family met at the Crab Shack on Tybee. Only missing a few people, it was a big crowd.