With just a few days till Christmas, Duane and I, finally took our "Christmas" pictures. Duane and Kalvin were both great sports as I tested different angles and settings on my camera. What entertained them the most was probably the fact that they were able to see me back and forth for EVERY picture. I'd get the camera settings just how I wanted them, make sure it was on 10 second timer and run over for "Cheese!".  

We are blessed to live about a block away from a beautiful park, Desert Breeze. There is a train that rides the circumference of the park, a huge covered playground, a splash pad for Summer and very large pond in the middle of it all. 

This time of year is very hard to find a green grass. It's almost like no one wants to take the time to plant winter grass if Winter only lasts a couple months. Desert Breeze's grass was patchy but had some green to it with a few nice spots for pictures.

I think what I love most about this picture is that it was not meant to be taken. I was playing with some settings when I hit the "take the picture" button. How cute!

This tree is awesome! I wonder how many hundreds of years old it is because it's so huge! Around 50 years ago or so one of the branches fell over, but kept growing. What a neat spot for a group!