The Elusive Photo

Elusive: Clearly or skillfully evasive; difficult to catch The word 'elusive' in this post is speaking of my sweet grandson, Mr. Emerson King...HE is the elusive one...he is the one who is CONSTANTLY on the go and doesn't really have any plan to stop and let his Mimi take pictures of him. (However, I DID get quite a few last weekend...but since these posts are in order, you, dear JohnstonChronicle readers, will have to wait) I tried to take some of just Emerson...but they're all blurry...and I tried to HOLD him so I could take some of him and Benjamin...NO WAY would he be still....

Benjamin was practicing his walking...so he was easy to photograph... We were all so proud of him!His Uncle Joshua and Uncle Gabrial were cheering him on...'Come on Benjamin!'You can see in this photo how Emerson is blurred...yep, he was moving just a little too fast for his Mimi and her d90!

He rolled over with the car...at least it's not blurred! I tried to tackle them both...
What a riot! Even though I didn't get the photos I wanted...I look at this and I just thank God I have these two little men...I absolutely adore them...and honestly, love it that I can't get them to both be still at the same time...it's just part of it...two little men...on the go!I tried...When I announced it was time for a family photo (minus Donnie who didn't make it up)... my sweet daughter-in-law, Emily, just moaned. She made a comment something like, "I don't think this is going to work!"

I was determined...This first one is a test shot...checking the lighting...not worrying if Emerson was smiling for the camera yet... YET....But then, after several attempts, we got a few....

They may not be studio-perfect, but this is us...our rambunctious little men and our sweet little lady...along with the moms, dads, and, of course, a happy Mimi and Papa!

A Visit to the Zoo

Benjamin and Thalia asked if they could go to the zoo. They were getting anxious for Emerson to come play... so we said Ok...and off we went.

Benjamin had never been to a zoo before, so he was walking around checking everything out.

He just stared at the animals...they were quite a bit larger than Fluffy!He was pretty excited when we took him into the petting zoo. Thalia had told him stories of the goats...and how friendly they were...how they'd let you pet them.The animals were very patient with Benjamin...
"What's that?" Benjamin asked.
His sweet mama, my baby girl, took this picture!"Oh no...what's that!" Benjamin exclaimed. Thalia showed him how to gently pet the goats.Thalia is an animal lover...I wouldn't be surprised if she became a veterinarian someday.



The animals had a great time with Thalia and Benjamin...but it was time for us to move on.

The zoo was having a grand opening for some new animals...so they had some special things going on...one of which was a climbing wall...Thalia decided to try her skill...
She got all hooked up...

and she started her climb. Now this is on the 'beginners' climb...

Look at that girl go! Notice, she's almost at the top.
At the top, there was a red button to hit to signify you made it! Yee-haw, Thalia!

Benjamin wondered how scary that had been...He told Thalia how proud he was of her...it was so far up there!Thalia gave him a big kiss for all his compliments...and because she loves him!

After Thalia decided to try the INTERMEDIATE climb, we had to wait a few minutes for others who had been in line to have their turn... Benjamin wanted to practice climbing...so he climbed on Thalia!
Uh-oh, here goes the INTERMEDIATE climb...You may notice her climbing gear...

There is none...

She's climbing in FLIP FLOPS!

Not a problem for my girl! No siree...flip flops were not an issue for my climbing girl!After the climbs, we looked around at some more animals...and then I saw this wheelbarrow...this same wheelbarrow I took a picture of Thalia by when she was either 4 or 5 years old. I need to find that picture and compare!
It didn't take long for my little man to conk out...fall asleep...it had been a big day...and his cousin was on his way!

Erica and Thalia

Sometimes a foggy day is beautiful...

This day at the beach with Erica and Thalia was one of those days...

Timeless.... sepia pictures, to me, are beautiful... I love this!

The same photo in color...equally beautiful, just different. Notice Thalia's shirt? I told her how cute I thought it was..

"Dad picked it out for me!" she said. I was impressed with my baby boy...good taste, Joshua!

Benjamin taught his Aunt Erica how to point and say, "What's that?"

I'm kidding, in case you didn't know. We were on the pier and I think Erica was pointing at one of the gulls on the rock...Thalia, however, doesn't seem the least bit interested in the gull...
We walked down to a different beach...this one was at the bottom of a trail by the lighthouse.

My daughter-in-law...Erica...a woman after my own heart...snapping photos...
and snapping more photos...
and more...Thalia, the rock climber...as you'll read more about in the post under this one.
We then walked to a different beach. Actually, this is the same one we all went to the next day.

It is definitely a great place to take photos!

Isn't the northern coast gorgeous? On a foggy day, it has a different beauty...
As I said with the sepia-photo...I say again with this black and white...it's timeless...

It certainly helps to have beautiful subjects!