New Year's Eve Photo Booth Fun

My computer is acting up and won't let me edit any photos but considering the fact that I just lost all my photos from Nov and Dec, I'm not complaining that some of these pictures are funky.  (And it looks like I lost several, hopefully I can recover a few from email.)

Anyway, the photo booth was a super fun part of the party! 

Tyler

Jake, Ryan, Christian, Brent, Brandon, not sure, Tyler and Micah

Ashley

Henry and Jane Hulse

Micah

Izzy, Amy, Lu, Grace, Hannah, Jane and Maggie

Izzy and Amy

Lu and Grace

Grace

Hannah

Jane and Maggie

Annie, Grace and Lu

Jonny, Henry, Beth and Maggie Hulse

Grandma and Grandpa

Tommy cutie pie

Chappells

New Years Eve Fiesta Style!!

We celebrated New Years Eve with Spain this year and it was so much fun!!

We had yummy food (only Scott's Spanish Tortilla and my Mom's Spanish peanuts were authentic but everything was delicious!), great friends and fun activities!  I neglected to get a picture of food or the "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" that Ashley requested but you can see in several pictures people playing games and mariachi music was playing in the background (which made me giggle).

It was delightful to celebrate as a family and to celebrate early and enjoy the rest of the evening at home with the kids.  Hopefully this is a great start to a new tradition!

 Cassie and Scott Chappell, Conner, Jon and Deborah Fairbanks, and Annie Eddy

 Jonny Hulse, Brandon Eddy, and Trevor and Nathan Fairbanks

 Eleanor, Bethany and Maggie Hulse

 Scottie, Grandma and Grandpa

 Izzy's décor from the bottom looking up

Chappell boys

24th of July

Because we spent the evening picking Ryan up from the airport and then opening presents, we missed any big firework shows so we created our own.  Ryan loved helping light them (much to my uptight chagrin).  Thomas enjoyed watching and mostly stayed put.  Ashley was scared and watched from the front window until they were all done and she could just do poppers.

 Izzy and Katelyn Whiting

 Some of the crew

Ashley with her poppers and a smile!

Ryan's National Boy Scout Jamboree July 9-24

For the last two years Ryan has been working and saving and preparing for the National Boy Scout Jamboree.  Finally the day arrived!!  He was nervous and excited and I was a little (or a lot) sick to my stomach about sending my not yet 12 year old clear across the country for two weeks.  It was awful and wonderful all at the same time.  There were 6 boys who went from our ward and he went with several excellent scout leaders.  I was so proud of how hard he worked to get himself ready for this trip.  He celebrated his birthday while he was gone and it was kind of a rough day with lots of rain and homesickness.  We spoke with him twice that day and fortunately by the second call he was feeling much better and much happier.  I'm so fortunate to be the mother of this fine boy. 

 They had a special visitor before they left, Taysom Hill (BYU Quarterback) came to talk to them and shared his testimony.  It was a great kickoff for the whole event.

 My cute boy that I insisted on getting one last hug from before he left.

 He's watching us from the left window and was nervously excited to get on his way.

 The moment of truth (for me - I can't believe I dared to let him go!)

Deanne and I commiserated together often while the boys were gone.  I was so thankful that Ryan was able to be with one of his best friends for such an adventure.