
What's one of the worst things a grandmother can possibly have?
One is a camera and the other -probably an internet connection and especially a blog!
Tonight, I'm going to entertain you with a few "Grandma" moments here --just a couple pictures taken of my grandkids mainly -with maybe a few thrown in of the kids, just for good measure. However, because my kids were very photogenic when they were youngsters, they don't seem to have quite as much picture appeal of late -or at least not compared to the grandkids right now.
The above picture here is, of course, my littlest sweetheart - Kurtis! And, if you look closely at this picture, you should be able to see the lovely mass of curls he has there. That was how he looked this past Saturday. But after tonight's bath, he looks considerable different because his Mommy cut off his curls! Those beautiful little curls are now history but, if his hair grows half as quickly as did his Uncle Clate's I'm sure they'll be back again sometime in the future.
Here's Kurtis now - without the curls - and believe me, trying to get a shot of him where you could see a bit of his cute little face and also see the absence of the curls was no easy feat for me! He's definitely a "mover and a groover" and just keeps bouncing all over the place.


This is Christmas Eve - at the beginning of the "gift exchange" - note, the room is fairly orderly. The boy in the front is my older grandson, Alex, who is 10 -my now "big" little prince. Then there is Maya and Robert, who is my older daughter's fiance. In other pictures taken that afternoon -yes, we did our big dinner then gift exchange in the middle of the afternoon Christmas Eve because Alex had to leave just before 4 p.m. to meet his Dad to spend the rest of the day and Christmas Day with his Dad and his paternal grandparents.


This is my son - what can be seen of him here anyway. Keep in mind, I am far from a professional at taking pictures and really even more of a novice with this lovely new camera I gave myself as well. My son got me a book on Photography for Christmas though -mainly because his roommate got him a nice little digital camera for Christmas and he figures we can learn "together" about taking pictures. Well, one can hope, can't we?

Here, the action was picking up a little steam - that's Robert handing out gifts to Sierra, Shane and Alex. Sierra and Shane are the two middle stepgrandchildren who live about six miles from here with their maternal grandmother. They will be moving sometime in January to Tennessee (sorry, don't know where in Tennessee as no town has ever been mentioned. So this will definitely curb the amount of visits with them here.)


This is Maya on Christmas morning with Kurtis' combination motorcycle/rocker. It's cute in that you can leave the rocker base on it or take it off and the kids can ride it under their own "foot"power. Maya insisted that she had to wear her helmet though before she could sit on it and "ride" it - such a safety conscious little girl that she is.

Of course, she also doesn't want to concede that this motorcycle is actually her little brother's toy as everything - regardless of what it is, who it is intended for -as soon as it enters this house, it is now Maya's personal property you know! I think she finally decided though that this was better suited for Kurtis when the rocker part was off and she tried to ride it but found her knees were dragging on the floor! And, of course, that is the lovely Nina, the explorer cat here who has to check everything out too!

Here's Maya, after all the gifts opened -looks pretty tired there too, don't 'cha think?
And here, from me to you, from all my family here too, here's hoping everyone had a beautiful, joyous and blessed Christmas and that we all will enjoy the happiest of New Year's to come in 2008.
11 comments:
I love the photos!!!! And your 'commentary' as always :)
"movin and groovin" - and "person to person" gifts - made me laugh out loud - I may need to steal the person to person phrase - what a great description.
and I detect a bit of moving cat inspecting the rocking thing. That's Nina? - I love how they manage to be everywhere.
looks like you are off to a great photographic start! all the photos are wonderful and I look forward to more
Hey, a grandma with a camera and a blog...at least no one is picking their nose!!! You are being VERY nice!
Cute pictures! Looks like a wonderful time!
Had to laugh at your warning- Grandma with a camera. When my sister had her first baby, I think my mom went into overdrive with the camera, and they were not even digital back then. It looks like she has 50 pictures of the same shot.
Sounds like you had a great Christmas with your family, so nice that every one was there.
Sorry I haven't been commenting lately, we were away and I had limited internet access.
Nice photos Jeni! Kurt and Maya are adorable! Enjoy the rest of the holidays!
-Saedel
Personally I think a grandmother with a camera and a blog is a terrific thing! Love the pictures of the grandkids and it looks like you had a very nice holiday. I just hope you aren't as exhausted as I am! I swear, next year I'm sending myself to a deserted island for my Christmas present!
You have a lovely family. Glad your Christmas was merry!
Sounds like a wonderful holiday!
You're going to be a holy terror with that camera. Look like you all had lots of fun.
It looks very cozy and like a true merry xmas. What would the world be without the Grandma photos? *giggles*
I hope the end of 2007 and the new year of 2008 is bringing you a lot of fun :-)
Looks like you had a good Christmas. We did too.
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