Gammy & Papa Come To Visit

Here are all the pics from when Gammy & Papa Pond came to visit...so there are lots of pics.

Meeting Gammy for the first time...and giving her smiles. Already loves her Gammy. :)

Ok...maybe it wasn't a smile, but she did give her smiles later.

Meeting Papa Pond for the first time.

Looking up at her Papa Pond.

The Bug being shy and hiding from his Papa Pond...he woke up to them already at the house.

This was too funny...The Bug got down his "inoculars" (as he calls them), and instead of looking out the window at the birds, he walked over to where Papa had fallen asleep and looked at him. Gammy and I thought it was pretty funny. :)

Getting a fire started to roast hot dogs on...first one of the season.

The Bug helping Gammy plant the rest of my pansies.

Roasting hot dogs w/ Gammy and the fire she started

My favorite pic of Sweet Pea and her Gammy. They got along great!

We went to Seward one day and had lunch, but it was raining out...so dad put on the Baby Bjorn and carried Sweet Pea around wrapped in a blanket on his chest. It was pretty funny.

We went to the playground one day with Gammy when it was sunny out and had lunch.

Touching Halibut eyeballs...I just missed him actually poking it's eye. He thought it was "skishy"

Taking pics with Daddy and Papa's halibut they caught when they went out with the Brown's. I woke The Bug up from a nap to go see the big fish...that's why he's not being so cooperative about looking at the camera. :)

Watching Dan and John Brown filleting the halibut Dad and Papa caught

Getting ready for our first hike with our Sweet Pea, and she was only 4 weeks old. We did this hike on Saturday, June 18th. The Bug was loving riding in the Chariot. Thankfully Sweet Pea slept the whole way up...and most of the way back. She did get tired of the Chariot on the way back so daddy carried her the rest of the way and she was ok with that. The Bug walked part of the way back, but then he and Malia were tired of walking and rode the rest of the way in the Chariot while Papa pushed them.

Getting ready for our hike to the Russian River Falls with the Tuia's and Gammy and Papa Pond.

Eating lunch at the falls

Rock climbing at the falls

Sliding down the hill. This kid loves his sunglasses and hat. It's pretty cute, I'm not gonna lie. :)

So, Kaye gave him a couple of gummy worms, but I think he thought they were real, b/c he never ate them. He just continued to play with them in the dirt...both the worms and his hands were FILTHY!!

They found one of those little green worms...and both Malia and The Bug were fascinated with it.

Do you see the gummy worm on dad's hat?

It's our token family pic at the Russian River Falls...it's our first family pic with our Sweet Pea.

All of us at the look out at the Russian River Falls.

The Sweet Pea and Papa. I had to get a pic, b/c she's been pretty partial to women, and wasn't very content to be held by Papa...until this particular night. She was just looking up at him here and I think she ended up falling asleep.

The three monsters in the bathtub after a long day of hiking.

Reading, "The B Book". This was Shayne's most favorite book when he was The Bug's age. So, Gammy got it for The Bug when he was just a baby and he loves it too. So, Papa and Daddy read it to him one night for bed. Papa still has it memorized he read it so many times to Shayne.

Gammy and Papa Pond came to visit on Monday June 13th and stayed until Monday June 20th. We had so much fun with them, and thoroughly enjoyed having them here. It was nice for me to have Gammy to help with the kids while Shayne and his dad were fishing. She spent lots of time holding Sweet Pea and playing with The Bug. However, now I have to deal with a spoiled baby who wants to be held all the time. :) It's all good though...it's worth it to have them here spending time with their grandkids.

They were able to be here for Sweet Pea's first major outing...a hike to the Russian River Falls (thanks Papa for pushing the Chariot up and back), The Bug's first dentist appointment (he did AWESOME! and things look great. Thanks Gammy for watching Sweet Pea while we went to the appointment), and most important they were here for Sweet Pea's blessing.