Ludwig the German Angora

This is King Ludwig,the German Angora rabbit.  (The real Ludwig built the "Disney" castle in Germany.)  This rabbit is ready to be sheared for some yummy yarn, but I think we'll leave him cloaked so he can reside in the garage till Spring.

Luscious Oranges

Ayn and Bryce brought home two large cases of Mesa AZ oranges.  Here's a "yell-out" for Jessie and David.............THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU.........These are the best oranges I've ever eaten and drank, sooo mild and sweet!  Now, to juice the lemons, yum.  Here come lemon bars.

Temple Square 2010

The temperatures were not has frigid this visit to The Square.  I remember one year when we needed to wear snow pants it was so cold.

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?