The Parker Boys

These boys belong to my daughter's very good friend, Eli.  Eli's boys are both cuties.  Sam is Sydney's age (3) and Charlie is one year old.  I always look forward to seeing my girl's friends when I'm in town visiting, and was happy that I was able to spend the day at the park with not only my daughter's family, but also with her friend Eli, the boys (Sam & Charlie) and her husband.

Some Traditional Pics of Sam and one close up.

Snips & Snails and Puppy Dog Tails!  That's what little boys are made of.

Charlie resembles Sam in so many ways.  He usually has crazy hair that I think is adorable, but this day it looked pretty normal.

When I see adorable little boys like this, I still wish I'd had just one of my own.

Alas, it was not to be.

Eli teasurers these little guys, she knows she blessed to have them. 

The Lady behind the Camera Gets in Front of It

I prefer to be behind the camera. Some of us are more photogetic than others.

Gramie LaLa and Griffin Sawyer - Before going to the Club for Brunch.

Meghan, Sydney 3 years old and Griffin Sawyer 5 months old.  Good Looks run in the family.

This last picture is just to prove he doesn't always smile, but he's just as cute crying as he is when he's happy.

Brother's Turn for some Lime Light

Griffin is 5 months old and getting very good at sitting up, but we cheated a little and used sister's new Adirondack chair.   I wished I would have had a black drape to throw over it, so the pink wasn't so distracting, but oh well.

This little guy loves to smile at anyone and everyone.

This is my favorite.  Griffin Sawyer, you're a doll.

Babies & puppies - we're going for double cute now.

How's this for adorable, MaMa?

I'm missing this little guy and all the snuggling I received from him while I was in North Carolina.  I'll be back in July, save some lovin' for Gramie LaLa.

Bridge Photo Session

I'm so excited to post these latest photos.  I would really appreciate it if people would leave comments as to which they liked the most and why.  I know what appeals to me, but if you want to take pictures for other people you also need a sence of what they are looking for and which styles of pictures they prefer. 

I took well over 100 pics while we were playing at the stone bridge and deleted over half of them.  Still it was hard to go from over 50 to posting just 10.  Forgive me family, I promise the next photos on this blog will be of Griffin.

Here goes folks!!!!

This stone bridge on the golf course is such a cool setting for pictures.

If you're wondering, I didn't make the hat, but I'm now looking for a pattern to make some more like this one for my gr-girls, because it looks so smashing on Sydney.  The photos that are layed out landscape style like this one, you need to click on it to see the whole photo of the hat.

Sydney forgot all about the camera and just had good old fashioned fun.

Last time we took pictures here it was July and very hot, today is was cool & windy.

This child loves life and gets excited about the simplest of things.

Like throwing a few rocks off the bridge to make a splash in the water below.  What a silly goose!

Fishing for minnows, but catching only pond slime.

What a great way to spend time with my granddaughter; I'm not sure who enjoyed it the most her or I.

Wild Johnny Jump-Ups

Do you know what they look like?  They are tiny, but oh so pretty.

Sydney enjoyed scouring the roadside to find them hidden amongst the grass and weeds.

Then she'd skip and hop back to the stroller to deposit them in the pocket hanging from the back of the stroller to take them home.

Only to stoop and hunt some more.

Then she'd announce "Okay, Gramie we have enough".

But then she'd spy another one and she'd have to stop and pick that one too.

"Aren't they beautiful, Gramie?"

They sure made a lovely arrangement that lasted for days and Mommy was pleased as can be with her new flowers.

Getting the Picture

There are times that getting the picture you want is just not that easy.  Case in point - little girl who just had surgery.  She still cries in the night, because her throat hurts and refuses to eat certain foods.   And the most terrible symptom of all is an aversion to picture taking.

In all honesty, I suppose it could just be her age or a stage she is going through, but many times I picked up my camera this is what I got.  If she had the energy she ran away, if not she covered her face or closed her eyes, therefore I couldn't see her.

Gramie LaLa stayed for a whole week, so she had to get crafty and come up with new techniques like hiding behind brother.  But never fear I managed to get plenty of great photos.

  I took Sydney for a walk to pick flowers and she loved having the time to stop and pick as she pleased, walking a few feet and stopping again.  Gramie was clicking away on the camera, but she was oblivious most of the time.

  On Monday, when the golf course was closed we skipped down hill to our favorite bridge for a photo session to play.  It was cool and windy, so we ran back and forth across the bridge to warm up, then found a long stick to fish out some pond scum and later threw in a few rocks.

The last day of "Day Care Gramie" I planned a tea party for three (Baby Jockah, her dolly joined us) and took a few pictures with my old Kodak camera. 

Luckily this little guy let me take as many pictures as my heart desired.

Way Back When #2 - Big and Little!

We have always referred to our girls as the Big Girls and the Little Girls.

Here's the Big Girls when they were little.  This was taken in Taylor, MI where we lived in a rental house for 2 years. 

 

The little girls in their Osh Kosh's.  Cuter than cute!

Today I flew home and promptly took a nap, those grandkids have a way of wearing me out.  I will share photos of the grand-kiddos I went to visit tomorrow.  Stay tuned!