Sharing with family

I want to share photos and videos of our kids with close family but have the following problems with what I've found out there so far:
- Facebook: Not private enough, grandparents don't engage with it, too clunky to post to limited people regularly.
- Google+: Too many options, not simple enough.
- Path: Almost ideal but the grandparents don't own iPhone or Android. Needs a web version. If I publish to Tumblr will the entire web be able to see?
- Everyme: Beautifully simple way of sharing photos by email; doesn't require grandparents to "sign up" to anything or use a new app. However, can't share videos and grandparents end up with no easy way of seeing all the photos in one place, just a collection of emails. Currently what we use but grandparents wish there was a way too see all posts in one place at times and getting them to sign up to Everyme and use the web version is "too much effort".
I need something that doesn't require grandparents having to sign up or use a new app (i.e. that relies on email and web only), updates them via email of new posts (they won't "check" otherwise), allows posting of photos and videos, allows them to see all the posts in one place if they want to (i.e. allows them to see a timeline) but is private for only close family. I guess I need a simple way of publishing a family blog that is simple to post on from iPhone, effortless to use for grandparents and yet private.
Any ideas? Anyone found a good way of sharing a family timeline with technophobic grandparents who just own a PC or iPad at most?
Ed

Have you considered Dropbox? Sorry if it doesn't fill all your needs; I admit to not reading your post in all its vast entirety.

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