Rainy days and sunshine...

I cannot believe it is already the middle of December.  Christmas will be here before we know it!  When I worked I used to LOVE this time of the year and looked forward to the long holiday season with my family.  Now, every day is like a holiday but I do miss spending Christmas with the kids and grandchildren.  I think next year I may skip flying home for Thanksgiving and do Christmas there instead!  I want to see Drew and Kayley's excitement during that holiday.  Or perhaps I can convince them to all come to Phoenix once so they can enjoy nice weather during the holiday break!

Mark has been keeping busy puttering around here.  He put up our Christmas lights and installed a new garage door opener.  I have been hiking and shopping, two things I am getting quite good at doing!  We have been having some rainy days, though.  While that is great for the desert it doesn't do me much good for outdoor fun.  Yesterday was gorgeous, around 70 degrees.  Today looks to be the same.  This afternoon we are going with friends to Greasewood, an outdoor grill/bar with live country music.  We always have fun there and are looking forward to seeing the friends.

We plan to golf on Christmas Day if weather permits.  We are assuming everyone will be asleep on the couch from consuming huge meals and won't be out of the courses.  Or, everyone is thinking like us and they will be packed and we won't get a tee time! 

Well, this will most likely be my last post before Christmas so we wish everyone a very wonderful holiday with your families.  We hope Santa is good to you and yours! 

Some pictures from our week:

I put some lights on the cactus and the rocks

The nice thing about AZ is that you can hang December lights in shorts!

The hikers are starting to decorate the mountain tree for Christmas.  Can you tell which ornament is mine?!?!

Cacti Santa

I just HAD to put up a pic of my two favorite people!