Vanessa and Kids

We had planned to do a fall family photo shoot with Donovan, Vanessa, and the kids but then Donovan had his accident. The accident changed our plans. Instead, I did a photoshoot with Vanessa and the kids.

We had a great time spending time outdoors together while Donovan took a nap. 😆

I am still enamored with fall in Michigan. Super pretty. Can’t remember a more beautiful fall for me in my life. Such a sweet time this year.

I discovered a few things about my granddaughter while doing this shoot.

Every time she naturally/genuinely smiles…her body moves. The child kicks her legs out, throws her hands up, scrunches her face, turns her head, etc. Getting her to smile and NOT move…wow…almost impossible.

If we get her to smile while NOT moving…the smile is so fake…it makes us laugh. It is terrible!! Thankfully, she doesn’t do fake well. Going to train her to stay just like that.

I finally decided to shoot her as she was. Hence the featured image of her playing on the road. That is exactly how she behaves. She is a nature nut like her dad and Grandma. She loves being outside, digging in the dirt or sand, and collecting bugs. I am not sure how many grasshoppers she held prisoner this summer. She was constantly getting spit on by them. Didn’t bother her a bit.

Family Lineage

I was telling Vanessa the other day…there is this family lineage thing going on in our family. My dad was his mother’s son. Meaning…he was just like his mother. I am my father’s daughter. Just like my dad. Tammy always says…I am a carbon copy of him. Donovan is his mother’s son. My mini-me. Ahnalaya Ann is her father’s daughter. ORNERY! Fascinates me how this has happened. I wonder now if my grandmother was just like her dad. Dad is gone so I can’t ask him if he knew. 🤨