Day time at the desert...

Annie, Adam, Jayden and I decided to give the Living Desert a whirl in the daylight as Annie was a year older than last time. The animals still were not the most exciting thing for her, but they had a great play area, and a CAROUSEL! which is Annie's new favorite thing in the world...you can see the joy on her face!

Deck the Halls

The girls did it up Ashley Style at Cathy's house. We hit Homegoods so we could deck Cathy's halls. We got some great stuff to add to her tree, which turned out really beautiful and we set the table for Christmas Day!

I could do this for a living I love decorating trees so much!

Annie geared up to help.

Red cardinals are one of Cathy's favorites b/c JR really loved them.  Kelly and I went and found about 30 of them to put all over her tree.  I think its the perfect touch to make the tree really hers!

Cathy's new reindeer pal.

The Living Desert

The day after TG we went to The Living Desert which is a Zoo here in Palm Desert.  They get the whole place lit up really nicely.  Jayden had a good time, but we decided we wont be rushing back to the event next year, as we think its much better during the day.  We went today and had a great time (those pics to come) with the girls.

The flash really wigged Annie out.

Annie in the tunnel of lights.

This is a close as Annie would get to Santa.