Visiting Grandma and Grandaddy

As a lot of you might know, Steven's parents (Mom and Dad Y or Grandma and Grandaddy) recently moved from South Florida to Palm Coast. This move was a pretty big deal as Mom and Dad Y have lived in the same house for over 30 years. Steven helped them move a couple of weekends ago but this weekend we decided to take a trip to visit them so that Mackenzie and I could see the house as well. Their house is so very nice! Makes me jealous! They have so much room and the storage is just insane. We had a great day visiting and Kenzie had a blast playing on their grass. They have St. Augustine (whereas we have Zoysia and it is still dormant at this point so it isn't really soft yet) and she had such a great time experiences the different texture. I'm still learning to use my camera as a true DSLR so I just had to get a couple of shots of Kenzie playing in the really green grass. I just wish I would sometimes think to have someone take a picture of her and I or the three of us so that I would have more as a family. Sigh! The life of a Mommy... always behind the camera and never in front. =)

She seemed to think she was a cow and needed to taste the grass too...

We are so glad they are close by now. They are actually about an hour and a half which is the same as my parents so we will be able to see them a lot more often. They are actually really close to my parents so maybe we will even all be able to get together at some point.

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