Showing posts with label daughters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daughters. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Wordless Wednesday - July 4, 2012

I was surprised to have my youngest granddaughter, Isabella (2nd from left) all the way from Fort MacMurray, Alberta, join in on my birthday celebrations this year. Five, of our seven grandchildren, were able to be with us.


A surprises for my birthday.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Monday, October 17, 2011


On Being a Grandma Oct 17, 2011

I’ve been a little negligent in my blogging lately. So here goes...back at it again. We had all the family out for Thanksgiving dinner. There were 14 of us in all. Getting a meal to the table and hot, all at the same time can be a challenge. But we all managed to get some, apple cider/wine, turkey, ham, potatoes, squash, vegetables, rolls, pickles, and a   slice of pie (lemon meringue, pumpkin with whipped cream, hot apple with ice cream) along with tea and coffee.
I was so busy trying to spend time with them all, that I only managed one picture of a few of the youngest family members there.

Cole, Barrett, Logan at their little table for Thanksgiving dinner. (Dads and brother at big table)
    
Then, I was asked by one daughter to take school type photos, of her two boys. (She thought I had more patience than the school photographer.) I don’t know, but that too, was a challenge with the youngest one. He’ll sit for only a few minutes, then, he’s done. So we ended up doing several sessions with him to even get him to look in the direction of the camera. Here’s a sample of the finished products.

Blake

Logan
 My other daughter had some meetings on Sunday, so I was able to spend some time with her two youngest that day. They are little tumble bunnies, too. The little guy wants to see himself in the camera, almost before I get in a second shot. So that is a challenge. But I did manage to get a couple of them in between their antics.


Barrett




Brooke


















I love having a grandson I can call to our rescue! But being 18 years old, he, no doubt, had better things to do that day, but was kind enough to come out, when Grammie's call sounded so desperate. He was a great help for his grandfather to get the job done. I did not get any photographs of that. I was more than happy to have him help, so, I was not about to put a camera on him.

And, as a Grandma, some weeks are just like that.


Catherine

Sunday, September 4, 2011

On Being a Grandma - A Series - Sept 4, 2011


"...there is no such thing as a charmed life, not for any of us, no matter where we live or how mindfully we attend to the tasks at hand. But there are charmed moments, all the time, in every life and in every day, if we are only awake enough to experience them when they come and wise enough to appreciate them."
— Katrina Kenison (The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir)



These are a few of my 'ordinary' days from behind the lens of my camera, as a Grandma.



Our oldest grandchild, Brandon, holding our youngest grandchild, and his goddaughter, Bella.


Blake, giving some loving to our old dog, Zazu.


Logan, 'striking a pose', while aunt Karen watches.


Brooke, snuggled in, while aunt Krista reads her a new story.


Cousins, Cole and Barrett, just 6 months apart in age, are becoming great playmates.


Zazu loves chocolate chip cookies. No children or animals were harmed in the taking of this photo.


Baby Bella, getting a hand to practice walking, from her Aunt Kimberley.



This is one of my 'memory' shots, of everyone lost in their own thoughts.




Aunt Kerry taking video of the little ones enjoying Bella's 'First Birthday' cupcakes.


Brother and sister, Barrett and Brooke, clowning around.

Doing a little shopping at 'The Freak Lunchbox', a local candy store.

Catching the daughters, Karen & Kerry, checking in, with the hubbies.

Zazu, being 'motherly', with baby Bella.


Catching all four daughters together without being posed...priceless!!




Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Wordless Wednesday

My husband and daughters all together during our daughter's visit home from Alberta.
The smiles show how glad we are to be together again.