Cabo Reef

Shannon and all the kids enjoyed checking out the reef critters.

Pano of Cabo

Bob's Heart Tattoo

WOW!  Now that's love.  To tattoo a heart under your fingernail on your ring finger.

Sneak Peak of Hillyard's Christmas 2010 Photo

I had the hardest time getting Ethan, Austin and DARIN to look at the camera:)
Otherwise, this is a very photogenic group--must be that awesome gene pool.

I couldn't get Elder Darin to sit for this one.

Daniel's Baptism

Now our youngest has been baptized.  He was excited.  We had family and friends over for food afterwards.  What good times.

Chuck--The New Addition

Whitney likes cute, furry critters.  Meet her September birthday present. You can't get cuter or furrier than a fuzzy lop.

Merry Christmas from the Smiths

No wayyyyyyyy! Another year gone by.  Well, at least I'm not bored.  I figured I don't need to construct a traditional Christmas newsletter for the family.  You simply need to scroll down through the blog and "voila"--you have it.

In case you have trouble identifying patterns here is a head's up.  Back in August I entered by photography phase.  A year before that it was my "Julie Child" cooking phase.  Mind you, I haven't left my cooking phase and because of this I can't leave my 'mountain biking/P90X phase;  consequently, exercising makes me hungry so I magnify my cooking phase; whereupon, I practice my photoshoping techniques through my photography phase because I need to lose a few pounds and wrinkles digitally.  While I'm photoshopping I smell like almond extract because I've had to reenter my cake decorating phase on account of numerous weddings of persons extremely close to me.  Other persons of familial closeness have been learning to drive and I've had to reenter my driver's ed phase which has exacerbated my need for botox because of extreme facial contortions caused by high levels of fear.  These high levels of fear have been coupled with high levels of adrenaline as a result of participation in a zip line game in Puerto Vallarta with a group of jovial Mexican men.  Fortunately, my blood levels have returned to normal via the ingestion of  very dense textured, almost fudgey brownies made with 72% cacao and unsalted butter.  Oh, and don't forget the nap.

So, how about YOU?

Serendipitous Portrait

Daniel has a multitude of tee shirts filled with Hazel holes.  It was rare to catch these two not rough-housing.

Janelle's Handsome Boy

I thought Grandma & pa Hillyard would like to see this.

Yellow Aspens

The autumn colors are beginning to decline.  The aspens around our home have had an especially colorful season.

Porch Still Life

My 14th Halloween Parade

Dad Needs a Nap

Old House in Lindon

This would make a lovely garden cottage don't you think?

Fall Foliage

This cool rain this weekend enhanced the colors of the autumn leaves.  I loved it!

New Portraits

GO'in to Church

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13 May Be OK

Wow! Shannon has none of the physical limitations I had when I was 13, except maybe for wildly fluctuating hormone.

Spunky Whitney

Lovely Family

I've been working on some portraits.  Practice, practice, practice.


I forgot the lense hood and I have some sun flare here in Daniel's photo--and not in an artsy manner, either.

The Great Pumpkin

This is one of the biggest from the garden.  Not competition size, but still autumn fun.

AFTER Facelift

BEFORE Facelift

I Need New Material

All right.  I think I need something more to photograph than wet flora.

Yellow Everywhere

I used to like the song Yellow Rose of Texas when I was little. I'm still working on close-ups.

UT State Fair--Yippeeeeeeee!

No chickens.  Did jayah hear me?  Can you believe it?  No fancy chickens anywhere at the Fair, just many,  many trinket vendors and this: