Welcome 2014

 

BastianClan's New Years Eve Party!!!! 
Look how cute these paper plates and napkins are.  I was so excited when our PX had them.

Brooklyn and Kendyl made our cute decorations.  With a little help from MOM.

Our Cute Door.  Welcome 2014!!!!

We had 11 Balloons we popped one per hour until 11 and then we popped one every 15 minutes. 
It was a lot of fun.  Next year maybe on the midnight one we will put some confetti in it.  Sounds like so much fun.

Elder and Sister Riding.  I Heart them.
 Some day we will serve a Military Relations Mission Just like them.

Chris and Erin Whipper

Che and Chris Tibbits

Sara, Aaron and Audrey Isom

Dusty Butler

Christi and Jose

Tina, Audrey, and Jeremy

Good Friends, Good Party, Great laughter can you ask for anything different?

Look at all the shoes. 

Party at the Bastian's.  I love the little walkers in the background. 

Jeremy and Jose. 

WATCH OUT they are going to get you!

Bella, Chandler, Riley

Dallin attacking Aaron. 

Dinner time.  Wood floor picnic

Jeremy and Pollyanna. How cute are they???

This is what the little kids did all night.  Played games, watched movies, and shot weapons.

This is what the older kids did all night.  Play games. They spend a couple hours outside playing tag.

Candy tasting.  Hummm which one is your favorite Chris?

I love this picture of Christi.  Do not even think about it.  I am NOT sharing.

Crystal looks like she has her finger in the cookie Jar.

Jenna, Erin, Jose and Chris voting for 2013 favorite candy.

 

Steve and Crystal Brown.

It was Audrey's turn to pop the balloon she was in pure heaven playing with it. 

It scared the poop out of her!  Click on the picture and look at her face.  It was so funny!  You can see pieces of balloon flying.

The adults played several games.  We got in a couple rounds of my favorite game, Scum. 

Best Friends/Trouble Makers. 
Riley, Bella, Chandler, and Dallin

Going around the circle telling about  one blessing in 2013 and a new year resolution for 2014.

The Tibbits got to stay the night and the kids were in heaven.
The girls not ready for bed even though it was 1:30am

The boys were out pretty fast.

Early morning snuggle time watching movies while the parents slept.  We stayed up passed 3:00am playing games.
We got to hang out the entire day playing games and eating.  What an awesome way to ring in the new year.
Happy 2014 everyone.  WE hope it's full of Joy, Laughter, Friends, and Fun.

It's Candy Time!

2013 Candies.
Peppermint Patty, O'Henry, Salted Chocolate Caramel, Peanut Butter Cups, Twix, Cinnamon Honey Nuts, Snickers, Oreo Truffle, Turtles, English Toffee ,Tootsie Rolls, Dipped pretzels, Almond Joy.
The 2013 Winner is Almond JOY!!!!  Runner up Oreo Truffle and 3rd place Peppermint Patty
The kids Top Candy for 2013 was The Snickers!!!  The Snickers was my personal favorite for the year.  YUMMMMY!!!!

I think this is one of the kids favorite tradition.
 I primarily make the candy and prepare it to be dipped and the kids get to dip all the candy in yummy delicious Ghirardelli Chocolate.

Brooklyn takes her dipping very serious.

I love this picture.  The saying is true, "Many hands make light work."

Chandler is a pro with the dipping tools. 

Kayden looks so grown up in this picture.  Wow!!! 

This is how we lined the candy up to be judged this year.  I think it's been my favorite so far.  I love the little candy tents.

One good thing about living where it snows; it's cold enough to store the candy outside. This was huge since I only get one little freezer.  There would have been no way to keep the candy cold.  So thank you Korea for being cold enough to store my candy. 

Christmas in Korea

Merry, Merry Christmas!!!  We had a wonderful fun filled Christmas Day.  I am going to let the pictures kind of tell the story.  We started the morning off by waking up at 8am.  We started breakfast and the Isom's were coming over for Breakfast and Presents at 9:00am.  

Aaron, Sara and Audrey Isom's.  

The kids always love to open stockings before breakfast.  Chandler just couldn't wait any longer.  He was like, "MOM it's time to open stockings.  Remember we get to open stocking before breakfast."  Okay, Chandler we can open stockings.

Audrey opening her stocking.  So cute!!!!  We sure love her.

The kids are very pleased with their treasures.

For Breakfast we made a spinach, bacon, and cheese quiche, homemade cinnamon rolls. The Isoms brought a Quiche and a Traditional Guatemala Breakfast of Black Beans, Eggs, and fried plantains.  

Aaron and Sara opening their stockings.

Really Christmas is all about the smiles.  And we had a bunch of happy people today.

The kids waiting patiently to open Christmas.

Tina's First Present.

Audrey was in love with the tree.  She kept saying OOOOHHH, OOOHHHH

Present time.

Boys are so fun, we can not place the wrapping paper in the bag. 
We have to throw it and try to make a basket.

The Isoms opening their gifts. 

Brooklyn, got lots of boxes.

Finally time for little man to open his gifts.

Just what Jeremy has always wanted.

I love Chandler's new socks. 

Audrey opening our gift to her, One little piece at a time.

What is it baby girl???

Another box.  LOL She got a beautiful Korean hand made coin purse from Kayden.



The Isoms got us a super fun gift.  But not before they made us cry because of their sweet words.
 We love them and they will always be part of our family. 

Jeremy's gift to me.  Who is more excited Jeremy or Me???

Kayden got a black bag for Christmas.  I guess it's better than coal.

A new phone charger.

Jeremy got a box. Yes, what he has always wanted.

Jeremy loves these tactical pants. 

Brooklyn's gift to daddy.  Daddy loves his hot cocoa

Who is more excited to see what it is Chandler or Kayden????

Chandler's face when he opened his Kindle Fire.  Sweet!!!  Kayden is loving this gift as well.

Brooklyn so happy she got what she wanted. 

I love Kayden's face. 

It's finally Kayden's Turn.  What did he get???  It's a big box

Kayden got his very own Laptop.  SWEET!!!!!

Brooklyn and I painted our nails like Candy Canes.  So Cute!

The Isom's got us this beautiful puzzle and we spent a couple hours putting it together.

We went over to the Tibbits for Christmas Dinner and games.  It was kind of a nightmare getting to their home.  I was having so much fun painting nails and putting together a puzzle I forgot I was suppose to make rolls.  I remember at 3pm and we had to be over at 4 :-/ EPIC fail.  So I hurried and made the dough and was getting everything ready we started to load up the car and the Triple Berry Pie was dropped and shattered into a thousand pieces.  UUUGGGHHH  So we had to go back up stairs and get a broom and clean up all the class and out went the amazing pie.  Just as we started to drive I realized I forgot my phone which has my ID (Can't get back on post without it.)   So we had to turn around and get my silly phone and ID.  GRRR  So here we are 1 1/2 hours late.  It was a little frustrating. However, because it took us so long to get out the door the rolls were ready to cook.  Everyone was so patient waiting for the yummy rolls to finish up. 

Our yummy Dinner
Deep Fried Turkey, Black Forest Ham, Cheese, Veggies, Fruit, salads, it was super yummy!!!

Steve and Polyanna

The kids even went and did some Caroling. 

Crystal  love the smell of Glue.   

Dusty and Kayden working off some Dinner.

I'm not sure who is winning.

The yummy desserts.  Dusty thought he would eat them all.

Steve and Crystal. Get a Room!!!

Opening Gifts with the Tibbits.

We made a hospitality journal for their family. 
They host so many people we thought it would be fun for them to have a record of all their guests. 

Paige opening her gift.  Pure JOY!!!

Kendyl opening Brooklyn's Gift.

Brooklyn opening Kendyl's gift.  Kendyl looks so cute here.  I love all the smiles. 

Best Friends.



Merry Christmas from our family to yours. 
Hugs and Loves.