Parents and Grandparents

When in doubt at a family function, pull out the silly faces!

If mom and dad get boring on you with those canned smiles, just slip on down and look for a grandparent to hang with.

Grandma Iris is always good for a cozy lap and a good book!

Grandmama and Aunt Jean, however, will try to steal your hard-earned quarters.

Grandpa Jim shines a smile while surreptitiously hiding something behind his back- could it be my missing black licorice jelly beans?????

Aaaaahhhhh.... Grandma Karen has enough hands to hold me and my basket so I can almost take a snooze- what an exciting and exhausting day!

Lowchini

Sparrow blithely endorses the minimal altitude posture of perceiving the world from a belly bound perspective.


Sequoia polls her elders on the upsides of stairs and ladders.


Soon the entire clan adopts the infant's laid back position.

Macquoia

Sequoia and her Grandpa Jim Famini enjoy a tasty treat downtown at Mac's deli in downtown Santa Rosa. This is the very same establishment where Jim was taken by his grandfather back in the stone ages.



Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Sequoia generally considers food a fashion accessory and gives a haughty "blue steel" glare.

Sequoia and the easter tales

Securely seated on her great grandmother's supportive lap during a blissful easter Sunday Sequoia is enraptured by her great uncle Jim's tales of adventure and adversity.



Sequoia dutifully responds with her own tale of woe "The day the diaper overfloweth". Uncle Jim politely settles in and pretends to listen.

Sequoia and Grandpa Jim