Balls Family for Christmas

We love to have family time.  A highlight is always Aunt Nellie.  She took Abby and I took a makeup store.  Abby was so happy.  She applied her own blush down one side of her cheek.  And instead of Nellie doing Abbys hair, Abby wanted to do her hair.

We made gingerbread homes with Jordan and Nellie.  We all drove down town and saw the lights.  Then Jordan, Nellie, Tyler and Ella stood in line to get stand by tickets for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert.  Tyler was on the edge of his seat the whole time, just eating it up.  Darren and I headed home to put Abby to bed (after stopping at the toys for a minute at City Creek).  After the concert, the kids got burgers and then rode the train back home.

We had a lovely dinner at Corie and Nolan's house on the 23rd.  The table was amazing.  It set the mood for a lovely night.  The food was wonderful, traditional chicken BBQ sandwiches.  Delicious.  Nellie gave the kids all fun musical instruments and they danced and sang as she played the piano.  Pat, Seth and  Nellie got on a late night red eye flight to spend Christmas with Jason and Whit in Florida.