NOBLE family Christmas Party

We were able to get together with my fathers' side of the family this week. I wish that I had taken more pictures so that Ella could see where she gets her beautiful looks :) My dad's youngest sister Karol, looks so much like her! We shared a quick lunch with my grandfather (David B. - and yes...the image is totally unedited - sometimes I like to go au-nautral) and then headed over to the Wright House (yes - we have family in HIGH places baby :) for our family party - hosted by my dad's middle sister Peggy Wright (get it? the Wright House?) My aunt Peggy made my children sing a ridiculous song and kept the good musical act for her family!

Oh...and my other aunt Vicky - made her apple dumplings. They were so wonderful I almost started to cry...I remember driving to Mesa and getting to her house late at night and walking in (at 10 or 11pm) and there was a massive pot of hot apple dumplings waiting for us. I vowed right then and there to aspire to be like Vicky....feeding and feeding the random people who wander in. Vicky is like Martha Stewart's twin sister - I went a few years ago and took her entire recipe binder and just started photocopying and copying and copying. She's the best ever in the kitchen.