2008 – Sandbridge Beach, VA

• Karen arrives dragging something under her car

• Mark and family arrive late due to Amy’s wedding.  Wes introduces his bride-to-be Christine

• Geneva without Sarah?  First time since Sandbridge 20 years ago!

• Mom, having already done Sandbridge, decides she wants something closer to Virginia Beach so she checks into the Virginia Beach Medical Center.   She has her gall bladder and 5 stones removed

• A gathering of children and grandchildren say the rosary with Dad for Mom on the upstairs deck (Who knew there were Luminous Mysteries)

• The house was right across the street from the beach.  The kids enjoyed boogie boarding in the warm water with the jellyfish

• Frank, ever the romantic, takes Anna out for pizza for 14 years of bliss

• We picked out next years house before we even left this one.

1988 – Sandbridge Beach, VA

• The family heads south for warmer climates

• First “everybody in one house” attempt

• Vanessa and infant Geneva attend their first Family vacation

• Karen, feeling like a beached whale, at a full 8 months pregnant, lies to her doctor to attend

• Mary brings a date – the wrong date

• David visits

• Fireworks on the beach for the 4th of July

• Side trip to Williamsburg to satisfy the kids keen interest in history…. And the opportunity to pay a hefty sum to stand in the heat while a woman in period costume explains how to make soap and candles

• Boys sleep in a loft above the living room