Dallas Arboretum with Nana & Papa (Part 2)

After all that work to get photos where my kids are looking at the camera, sometimes I just stop. I stop telling them to smile, to look at me, to hold still and I just photograph them in their element, doing their thing and being children. 

And just like that I capture something beautiful. The sheer joy of being a kid is frozen forever in my camera and my heart is happy. I know one day I will treasure these photos of a grandpa thoroughly enjoying his grandsons, little boys living life, and two generations, bridged only by me, making precious memories.