Our little grandchildren are growing so fast and it really shows at Halloween time.  These photos are in the order of when we saw them.

This year Avery went as Dorothy.  This little Dorothy
was like the tornado, always moving.

I had to include this shot to prove that she did have ruby slippers.

Jane was such a cute little chick, but not ready to smile about it.

 Riley and Addison did an amazing job of holding still while being made up.

Presley was done by the time we got there.

Quite the combination here with the skeleton of Jack Sparrow, Young Dracula and Princess Strawberry Shortcake. 

We were worried for a while, but the clown and the dead football player finally showed up.  I guess the big sisters were just to old for trick or treating.

Christmas Memories 2010

Christmas has come and gone and we were blessed to have almost the whole family make it to our house this year.  Because for me the highlight of Christmas is family, to see them and visit with them, I thought it would be fun to have a photo of each of the grandchildren with my Santa hat that I like to wear as often as possible during the Christmas season.



















Darling little Jane is growing so fast.

Davis really enjoyed Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's.

Avery thinks visiting with cousins and aunts and uncles is the best!

Presley loved the cousins but loved Missy even more.

Campbell likes to bring fun wherever he goes.

Addison is a national energy source with an ever present smile.

Megan keeps a close eye on the beauty of the world around her.

 Riley loves to make his parents happy and proud.

Colt loves football and everything about it.

Hallie was Missy's favorite baby sitter, but she loved it.

Taydon loves golf and baseball and always "brings it".

Cody loves the little ones and they love him.

Makenna is the fun loving serious Soccer player.

Skyelie is our woman of mystery as we wonder what's going on in that pretty little head.

Makenzie keeps so busy with the Young Women, school and work.

Tanesha was counting the hours until she made her mom and dad grandparents.

Though we were so happy to have so many grandchildren with us we were ever mindful of those who couldn't make it this year, and their parents too.

I'm so happy that we got photos of them also donning there very own Santa hats.

 I'm sure this is how they felt when they found out they wouldn't be with Grandma and Grandpa Law this Holiday season.

If any of you would like a copy in a higher quality file for printing or just for your keepsakes just let me know.

Need Your Input

After about four or five (maybe more) years of being a total slacker I finally got Christmas cards out this year.  Here is what it looks like.

As you can see I put the URL to this blog on the card, so if anyone is interested they can take a look.

As my family knows I post almost daily to my photography blog but like I have been with Christmas cards, I have also been a total slacker with this blog.  Sooooooo, I figured I'd set a goal to post at least weekly here on this blog in 2011.  I believe this is the 12th post for 2010 so that means I've only averaged one per month this whole year.  Once a week would be about a four to five hundred percent improvement. 

This is why I "Need Your Input".  I would be happy to try to keep this blog much more up to date, but only if there is some real interest.  So please leave a comment or email me and let me know if you want me to increase my efforts to keep this blog up.  Puhleeeeeese don't respond based on what you think I want to hear.  If you don't have a yearning to see Jeanne and I work harder on keeping this blog up then don't respond that you do.  We fully understand and appreciate that lives are busy and complicated.  There is only so much time in a day or a week.  If you are happy with the way it is, or you get enough "Scott time", by viewing my photography blog, then just ignore this.  No response simply tells me that the status quo is working fine. 




This may be my last post on Empty Nesters for 2010, so have a wonderful Christmas and a great 2011.  




OBTW, I did post a photo of Jeanne and I in Zion National Park that I took last week while we were down there.  You can go to it by clicking here.

Scary Scary Night

What the heck do old people do on night made for kids? Our ward had a Trunk or Treat, but we decided not to do that, partly because I had to work and didn't get home until just about the time it started. It was mighty quiet at work and they kept bugging me to make a pumpkin for the pumpkin contest. They wanted every department represented. Since I was the only one in our department at the time I finally agreed and created the following masterpiece.

WANT TO WIN A PRIZE WORTH UP TO $$$?

The first person to post a comment correctly identifying all of the carvings on this pumpkin will win a prize worth up to $$$.

I guess just before I got home Lori brought Cody and Colt over to see Grandma. Fortunately, Jeanne took a picture so I could see how cute or in this case scary they looked. Later on, Eric and Jannica brought the kids over. Such a beautiful family. We wish we could have seen the rest, but it was sure nice to see the Grubbs on their blog.




We hope everybody had a happy Halloween.