"Grandpa and Grandpa"

The McKamey home has still not quite recovered from Grandma and Grandpa having to go back home. We had so much fun with them coming out here and spending the week with us. We are lucky enough to get to chat with them online a couple of times a month, but the kiddos love their Grandma and Grandpa so much and have so much fun with them. It is hard with them still being small enough to not quite understand why we can't just go over to their house and see them whenever we want to. Makenna gets it pretty well, but she still wants to know why we have to be so far away and why we can't just fly there any time. It's sweet and sad at the same time.

We really had fun while they were her though. We enjoyed a lot of time just being together, letting them play with the kids and have a good time. We went to eat at all the good San Diego spots that they miss and went to the Zoo one day. We really had a great time together and are already looking forward to seeing them again.
It was cute because the first day and a half Kellen was calling them both "Grandpa and Grandpa" (I don't know why GrandMA was harder to pronounce). It made it a bit tricky that day or two to know who he was referring to or whose attention he was after. I just thought it was the cutest thing :) But he figured it all out eventually.

This was their first time getting to see Conner in person and get their hands on him. Seeing them with him only further confirms for me that he definitely has McKamey in him. Conner enjoyed them and they enjoyed his happy, easy going disposition. He really is such an easy going little guy.

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for coming out here and spending all that time with us. You are greatly missed!!

Grandma and Grandpa's first time holding Conner boy!

Kellen and Grandpa enjoying a game of fishing.

Grandma and Grandpa did an Amazing job keeping up with these kiddos at the Zoo. I think I was more worn out at the end than they were. We had a really good time, despite the fact that Makenna got a black eye from being hit in the head by a bathroom stall door on her way out of the bathroom. And then about 10 minutes later Kellen fell down on the asphalt and skinned his knee and elbow pretty good. It all just makes for memories, right? :)

Kenna LOVES the Giraffes, or as Kellen calls them the "long necks"

I love this group picture. I had one with Conner in it as well, but there were a bunch of distracted kids looking at the waterfall in that one!

My little monkeys!

While Grandpa was here he did an Amazing job at teaching Makenna how to actually skate. Almost every day they went outside and he would show her the right way to shuffle and glide her feet, versus the chaotic stepping that she was doing before. She has continued to practice almost every day and is quite the skater girl now (she even wants you to call her "Skater Girl" and give her a big introduction!) I think she is ready for "real" skates now!

Grandma was a very popular woman on her stay here!!

Makenna wanted me to take this picture and post it on here for Grandpa. She wanted to show him that she still remembers how to crease the pages like he taught her so her book will last longer. Thank you Grandpa!