Good friends, good times..

Last weekend my good friend Danielle came to visit. Once again it poured rain on the day she got here and then rained on and off for the weekend, but we still had fun. We didn't really do much but hang out and enjoy eachother's company. On Saturday, I had to work at an event for my job. The event was for a strip mall on the other side of town - they had Santa skydive into the parking lot and I had to have a TV crew come out and film it. Here Santa is making his approach.

He landed safely in the middle of the parking lot. It was pretty cool. He also had two elves that landed with him. None of the children were frightened, although Danielle was scared that Santa would crash into the WalMart across the street.

The next day I took Danielle to two of my favorite places in AZ:

1. Encanterra to look at our new home. Danielle loved the models and promptly decided she should move to AZ. She then called her husband who snapped her back into reality and reminded her Encanterra is in Arizona - not San Diego. Although I still think they should move.....

2. Costco Home - that's right all you Costco lovers. Here they have a whole warehouse dedicated to the home - furniture for every room, patio stuff, window coverings, flooring, granite - you name it! It rules....we plan on furnishing our home with Costco goods once we are finished with the sale and ready to move in.

PJ....so strange, so thirsty

Here is PJ chillin next to the treeHe LOVES the tree- he spends at least 20 hours a day under the tree. Not only does he practically live under it, but he drinks about 5 gallons of pine water a day. He has never drank this much in his life. It's almost as if someone moved him to the dry, hot desert and he is so thirsty he might die.....oh wait - did we do that?

So, we aren't very good at blogging....

So, blogging is hard...not the physical act of blogging, but actually taking time to remember to sit down and do it. Maybe if I set myself a reminder....an alarm once a week or something.

We have had a fun couple of weeks. It has rained the past two weekends here in AZ, which has been a bummer because we have had people in town. But, the desert is in a drought (imagine that) so we needed the rain.

My Mom came two weeks ago. We relaxed and took her to see our new home. We actually went to the new house both days - that's how much fun it is! On Saturday night we got our Christmas tree and put it up. Here are some photos of the occasion - our first Christmas in Arizona.

I forced Chris to hang up an ornament - this is him obeying me. The rest of the time he sat on the couch and directed the decoration process.

My Mom was a great participator in the tree decorating - thanks Mom!

I feel as though I look fantastically tall in this photo - something about the angle makes me look at least 5'5" - I am stoked! This is the tallest I have ever looked! I know it is an optical illusion, but I love it - I don't even have heals on.