My amazing, beautiful, fantastic, funny & kind grandmother (I can’t say enough about her!), very unfortunately, suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.  Ughh… I hate to give that terrible word a capital A but since it was named after a physician and is the proper punctuation I will leave it be….for now…. :/

ANYWAY, we went to visit my grandmother at her now home, Arden Courts – Warminster.  If you have a family member that suffers with this destructive disease and are looking for help and care, this is a wonderful place!  It is clean, the staff is really nice, the food is good, the residents get their own bed and bathroom, it is not overcrowded and there are always an array of fun and creative activities going on day and night.

I am so glad that we took these photographs!  Though Kylie (my niece) and my nephews will never get to know first hand just how fantastic their great grandmother was…. I am glad that there will always be many great stories and, of course, photographs.

By the way, I will let you know if any of the photos make it to the magazine!! 

Since I always enjoy working with them, I figured that this group family portrait would be fun as well.  Lucky for me, I was right!  It isn’t always easy gathering people together for a large family portrait.  In this case, everyone was in great spirits, cooperative and happy!  A wonderful thing!!  I’d also like to mention that they had a great sense of humor which is always appreciated by me.   Also…. with such delicious food being served (my husband and I ate up the yummy muffins!) sitting for a few group portraits was worth it, I’m sure.

The portraits are a gift for the parents/ grandparents 50th Anniversary.  This is a priceless, thoughtful  and wonderful gift to celebrate such a momentous occasion!  I do hope that they love it!

Here is a quick peek at a few favorites of the family and kids……

the candid “now look at each other” shot.  This always seems to get a natural smile when they turn back to me.

Cousins!