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12 years ago

This is a picture of our grandkids, ages from 18 months to 9.. Sweet bunch...

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glenda_al
12 years ago
You are truly blessed.

Adorable!!!!
gazania_gw
12 years ago
Indeed, they are sweet bunch! Go ahead and brag, grandma! A really special picture.
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You would still have much empty space behind these doors. That is almost a little creepy to have that much space that sits empty under your roof...like a deserted hotel. Whether your house is big with a lot of out buildings or big with a lot of unused rooms, it adds up to being a lot to maintain and have it empty most of the time. It is almost a little sad and a little creepy. Two empty nesters waiting with a big house for all the kids and grandkids to come..... Realistically, for most people, they are not going to all come that often. They have their own life, careers, friends, other side of the family, etc. Maybe you should save your resources and use them to go and visit the kids and grandkids at their house and maybe have a rented place once or twice a year for a big family vacation. Otherwise, you are going to be two people living in a big empty house. Retire and travel and maybe take a kid or two with you, for experiences with grandma and grandpa. If you have a place that they all are expected to come to every time ,they may get to resent it because maybe they really wanted to go somewhere else or do something else. yet they have that obligation to you because you went and built that big house.......... and they are expected to do that, every holiday. As the grandkids get older they will have other areas of interest outside of the family and other obligations to school programs, sports, camps, etc. And, don't forget that you will be getting older, too. Life will change for you too. You might want to rethink saddling yourself to the commitment of a large piece of property that requires attention as you retire. Instead of anchoring yourself and your family there......go places with them and without them. You might find that the family memories that you create at the rented beach house with all of the cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. may turn out to be richer memories than of everybody dutifully gathering around a 30 pound turkey at the holidays at grandma and grandpas. Plan a vacation at Disney, or take a couple of the older ones on a trip to Spain, or arrange a ski vacation with them...whatever your means allow or your inclinations are. You could, maybe, consider retiring to some place that has some amenities and attraction so that there is something to do when any do come to visit, and maybe you only need a more reasonable sized house for a smaller crowd.
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kayjones
12 years ago
Awwww - such a sweet group of kiddos! Thanks for sharing them with us.
alisande
12 years ago
They're beautiful!! And I love the hay bale setting.
Georgysmom
12 years ago
Eight???!!!! Not fair. Lucky you. Oh well, I'll just have to go to Chico's and drown my sorrows.

They are adorable.
nanny98
12 years ago
How Adorable!
susie53_gw
Original Author
12 years ago
The photographer told us where to meet her. When we drove up all it was was an old farmer's lot grown up in weeds and old buildings. We took the hay bales from home. She took over 900 pictures in a little over an hour. She took each grandchild separately and then each family. Our youngest daughter had a really beautiful collage made for us for Christmas. It is so hard to get a bunch like this all together at one time.. The lady gives you a cd of all the pictures and a release so you can have them printer off anywhere you want.
OklaMoni
12 years ago
what a nice picture of the whole crew! I can see, why you are a proud grandma!

Moni
Marilyn Sue McClintock
12 years ago
So cute Susie! Have you been busy sewing for them?

Sue
mary3444
12 years ago
Beautiful picture. I know you must be a very proud grandma
maire_cate
12 years ago
What a great photo - you are one lucky Grandmother! And I'll bet those kids are lucky too.
carol_in_california
12 years ago
I wish I could give every one of those beautiful children a big hug.
Thanks for sharing them with us!
JennaVaNowSC
12 years ago
Beautiful children Susie, enjoy them!
gemini40
12 years ago
OMG ... Thanks Grandma for posting this beautiful picture of your grandkids.
We love seeing pics of all the grandkids, so keep them coming.

June
pam_25f
12 years ago
You are so lucky!
vannie
12 years ago
I have 8 grands, and 2 step grands. It's hard to get them all together at the same time, so these pictures must be really special for you. They are all darling!! Isn't it fun?
mamatoad
12 years ago
Every single one of those grandchildren is adorable! I can't believe you managed to get them all still long enough for a photo!LOL I know you are enjoying them so much! Thanks for sharing them with us.
susie53_gw
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks everyone. It was hard getting all of us together but Grandma kept on them and finally got it done. I said I would pay for the shoot so I am sure this helped getting it done.. It took us a while to get them because none of our kids got married until they were 30. Lucky for us we live within 35 minutes of all of them. They are all in a row just off a main highway. I see and keep them a lot. Seven of their birthday are coming up and all within 7 weeks of each other. Yes, Sue, I am trying to hit the sewing pretty hard..

Again, thanks everyone...
Rachel628
12 years ago
Gorgeous children, every last one of them. You are so blessed. I have my first grandchild, and I am so thrilled. You must be overjoyed. Enjoy them, they are beautiful and such a precious gift.
Rachel
jel48
12 years ago
That's a great picture, and you are a lucky grandma, Susie!
houstonmom_gw
12 years ago
Great picture & what a bunch of cuties! Love their choice of clothes, too.
Toni S
12 years ago
Fun! you have a cute crew!
socks
12 years ago
That picture is a treasure! You will never reget the effort it took to get everyone together.
pianolady2008
12 years ago
Sweet picture!! Thanks for sharing!!
juellie1962
12 years ago
Wow! How blessed you are! They are so darn cute! And so lucky to have cousins! My poor little granddaughter will probably never any cousins. :( How many kids of yours make up these 8 grandkids? I should've had more kids...or had the two I do have closer together!
chisue
12 years ago
I'm jealous too. My own cousins never lived within a thousand miles. I was an 'only'. I married an 'only'. We had an 'only'. When our DS was about three we had his picture taken at a studio. There were some larger prints and a sheet of twelve wallet-size pictures. DS was *thrilled* with the sheet. "All my COUSINS," he exclaimed!

How lovely for your grandchildren to grow up knowing theirs!
susie53_gw
Original Author
12 years ago
Our kids were always close with their cousins while growing up. So many in the same age range made it so nice. When I am asked to keep one I always snag a couple more too. This weekend I have Sara, 4 and will get Cole, 3 and Makenzie, 20 months, too. I know we are lucky to have them all so close by.

Last weekend we had all 4 of the our sons and when they got ready to leave Cole, 3, said, "me stay here grandma."
When grandma told him she had a surprise for him to take home he said, "ok, me go home." Love my grandbabies..
chisue
12 years ago
Susie -- That's so cute! When our DS and DIL would bring our DGS to us to sit while they went out to lunch and a movie, DGS would ask them, "Why aren't you GOING?"
dedtired
12 years ago
Oh you are so lucky. Eight! Wow. I wish I had even one. My two adult sons do not seem to be in any hurry to reproduce.

Amazing that you got seven of the eight to look at the camera at the same time.

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