A Broad-tailed Hummingbird pollinates a flower on a tree just outside the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum located in Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday, December 29, 2013. 

On Christmas day, I got on a plane with my parents to travel to Tucson, Arizona, to meet up with my four sisters for the holiday season. It has been a long time since my entire nuclear family has gotten together, so it made the lovely Arizona weather even more enjoyable. Naturally, the majority of my time was spent catching up with my family and relaxing, but whenever we went out, I brought my camera with me. Here are a few of my favorite photographs I made while on vacation in Arizona.

A view atop a hill at Saguaro National Park located in Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday, January 2, 2014. 

Two Saguaro cactuses stand in front of a view of the surrounding landscape at Saguaro National Park located in Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday, January 2, 2014. 

The internal contents of a dead Saguaro cactus in Saguaro National Park on Thursday, January 2, 2014. 

Hot air balloons hover not far off the ground in Phoenix, Arizona, on Thursday, December 26, 2013. 

Power lines along a country road outside Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, December 30, 2013.  

A Cactus Wren perches on a tree at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum located in Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday, December 29, 2013.

A Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake lies coiled under the shade of a rock on Monday, December 30, 2013, near Mission San Xavier del Bac located in Tucson, Arizona.

The same rattlesnake as pictured above tastes the air in the shade of a rock.

A Broad-tailed Hummingbird pollinates one of many colorful flowers on a tree just outside the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on Sunday, December 29, 2013.