Decorating the Tree

We had to get a fake tree, real ones turn into candlesticks here. Next year I'll have my fake one and a cute little real one in dirt and water. By the time I'm old, we'll have 7 trees in my house :)

Ben and His Mom

Me and Ben's Mom

Glendale Christmas Lights

We also went to Glendale this weekend, and went to see the Christmas lights. They were pretty neat and there was some church doing free hayrides and a living nativity we were able to walk through.

Shooting it up.

This weekend we hung out in Surprise, Arizona. It was beautiful desert foothills. We did some shooting and had hotdogs and lit off some fireworks.

Ben tried to fix the Dish, but I guess we're back to regular TV.

Ben trying to fix the dish with the potato gun

Then the mosberg

And last the .45

Me taking a shot at it too

Hiking Picacho Peak

Saturday we took a day trip to Picacho Peak, It was a hard hike and the last half was pretty much straight up the mountain, using cables and rails instead of harnesses and ropes. The view from the top was sweet.

Another Camping Trip

We went camping again last weekend. We took one of Ben's friends from the National Gaurd and he also brought a friend. It was fun, we went shooting and had some good eggs and bacon. We climbed some big rocks and it made me realize I need to get some gear so I can start doing it a little safer. It was fun though! Ben and I also took a hike after his friends took off. It was great. I'll be adding more pictures to it later.

Ben

His Friend

The Uninivted Guest / My Target Practice (yes, those are all my shots)

And Me, Squinting to see the .45 sights

Spur of the Moment Camping Trip

This last weekend we randomly decided to go camping at ten pm. We had a campfire and s'mores and stayed in the back of the truck. It was cold but near the fire and in the truck we were warm enough. AZ temperatures are finally getting down into the 50's at night. The next day we took a little hike and tried out a little bit of 4 Wheel Drive on Ben's Truck.

Turtle Turtle

I got an early christmas present today :) Ben got me a 6 month old turtle. It's so cute! I still don't have a name for him... any ideas?