Newell's Clan 2017

Newell & Sally
Memories Of The Year 2017

From The Humpherys Family

January 28, 2018

Nevada City, California

Thank you Alisa and Barry for doing this year’s Humpherys Herald Family Newsletter!

Here are some Highlights from 2017—

April—2017—

Newell, Sally, Damien, Camille and Lance went on a fun vacation to Costa Rica.

Highlights From Our Costa Rica Trip—

Lance Driving the Rental Car was the big Adventure for Newell

Zip Lines and hanging bridges

Treehouse restaurant

Sloths

Church and Temple

Scuba Diving

Surfing

Coconut Smoothies!

Tacos

Swimming in the Ocean

Sally and Damien—Parasailing

June—2017—

Barry, Alisa and family, and Kelly and Sandra visited us and Uncle Kenny who had open heart surgery.

July—2017—

Newell, Damien, and Jameson went to the big family reunion in Etna, Wyoming. Kelly, Sherry, DeAna, MaryLynn, and Barry did an amazing job!  This reunion was a lot of fun and will be remembered for a long time!! Sally stayed with Mercy, and Quinn in California.  C.J. and Laurie and Porter went on an amazing trip to Spain.

December—2017—

Dad picked up Damien from the Sacramento Airport on Thursday, December 21 from his Mission in Colorado.  Then, Mom, Dad and Damien flew to Tucson the next day.  We enjoyed a nice Christmas vacation with C.J. and Laurie, the grandkids, and Camille. We all went on hikes together, once to Garden Canyon and saw the pictographs (Indian Sketches on the sides of the cliffs).  The other hike was to Coronado National Memorial where we had a nice picnic and saw some trails where C.J. tracks and chases the illegal aliens up and down the mountains.  We also enjoyed going out to eat and shopping in Bisbee, and shooting laser guns at the park next to C.J.’s home.  We had fun riding C.J.’s motorcycle.  We played basketball and had lots of good food.  Lance had to stay in Idaho and work around the clock Dr. Shifts.    We returned home December 27.  The next day, we took Damien to the train station in Truckee, and Camille picked him up in Salt Lake, and Damien lived with Camille and Lance for about a month, then enlisted and left to serve in the United States Army on January 28, 2018.

2017—Information Tidbits

Newell—Insurance Broker

Serving as Young Men President

Sally—Teaching for the High School District

Sings in Music In The Mountains

Sings in a Country/Rock Band

Serving as Stake Music Chairman

Damien—

Graduated from High School—June—2017

Served as a full time Missionary in the Colorado Denver South Mission for 5 months—August through December 2017

Serving in the United States Army as of January 28, 2018. 

We pray God’s Blessings to be with him as he serves in this new capacity.

We are so grateful for so many blessings.  We love you all and look forward to reading all of your news. Each year goes fast.   We hope to see each of you soon!

WITH LOVE FROM NEWELL,SALLY, AND DAMIEN HUMPHERYS

CJ & Laurie

Hello Humpherys Family,

This past year was perhaps one of the most fun we have had as a family together. During the summer we took two awesome trips, to Spain and to Hawaii. In July, Porter, Laurie, and I traveled back to the land of my mission. It was great to see it again 16 years later. We visited Madrid and Barcelona, and swam in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and even the Cantabrian Sea. We witnessed b​ull fights, festivals, parades, and endless amounts of the tastiest food in the world. I even decided to run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. That was pretty scary, but I'm glad I did it. Porter loved Spain and was able to go on a tour of Barcelona's soccer stadium, the soccer mecca of the world. He wants to go back someday. Maybe on a mission! During fall break we took the whole family to Oahu, Hawaii as a surprise vacation. We took the kids to the airport and they had no idea where we were going until we got in line for the plane. In Hawaii we went to Laie and experienced the Polynesian Cultural Center, BYU Hawaii, and saw the temple. We swam in the ocean at Waimea, Waikiki, and found some sea turtles at Turtle Bay. Jameson and I ate more than our fair share of food truck shrimp. It was so nice to be in such a warm, beautiful place. This past year went really well for our family as well. I feel very blessed with all the successes and experiences we have had.

CJ- Besides the Spain trip that I have always been dreaming of, I had a fantastic year. I continued most of the year working on the Mountain Team with the Border Patrol. I wouldn't trade this job for any other. My new calling at church is 2nd counselor in the Sunday School presidency. I just had Lasik surgery on my eyes and am so glad I finally did it. What a relief to not have contacts and glasses anymore.

Laurie- loved Spain maybe even more than I did. Im so glad I was able to share with her the country where I served my mission. Laurie is still working as a preschool aide, and is always busy with children's activities. She has been called to the Young Women as a Mia Maid advisor in church. She has also started again with earning her degree in Early Childhood Education. She is on the PTO board at the kids elementary school as well. I don't think she ever has much down time to herself.

Mercy- Went with some classmates this year on a week long trip to Washington D.C. She was able to have so many awesome educational and fun experiences with her friends, and learn so much of our country's history. Mercy still does honors marching band, and will be trying out in a few months for the high school marching band playing trumpet. She is an amazing student and continually makes the principal's list and is a member of National Junior Honor Society. She is excited for high school next year, with her goal of attending BYU not too far away. Mercy and Laurie also got to participate in the Tucson Temple Cultural Celebration in August, it was one of the most incredible things they've ever gotten to do. Mercy got to see President Uchtdorf and she said the celebration really cemented her decision to serve a mission when she's 19.

Porter- Porter is a phenomenal student-athlete. Like his sister, he almost always gets straight A's. This is really impressive to me since he plays about 4 hours of soccer a day. He is on a travel soccer team still, and we go to Tucson almost every other weekend for his tournaments. He was also one of only two 6th graders to make the middle school team as well, so he juggles two practices a day, along with conditioning and weekend games. Porter also did track for the first time last spring and really liked it. He is getting so big, and I think will soon pass the whole family up in height. Porter was also recently ordained a deacon, and continues on with Boy Scouts.

Jameson- Is still our most independent child. He is not one for sports, but is one of the smartest 10 year olds I can think of. I am always amazed at the grownup conversations/ideas he comes up with. He is a student of science, and anything to do with plants/animals. He is also an expert at any video game. He will learn and beat any video game we buy him in just a short amount of time. He also is a principal list student and wants to be an entomologist when he is older. Jameson scored "Above Mastery" on a state reading and literature test this year. His teacher told us that she had never seen anyone score on this level in all her years of teaching.

Quinn- Is still our baby princess. She is almost 7 years old now, and continues to excel in dance. She also plays soccer and is pretty good at that too. Like her siblings, she seems to have a knack for getting good grades. She still wants to be an actual princess when she grows up, and loves to dress in beautiful clothes. She takes a long time to get ready in the morning because she is always so particular about what she wears, making sure that it matches, and that her hair is good so kids won't think she has "messy hair".

We love everyone so much and are sad we live so far away from everyone. That just makes it even better when we actually get to see you! Have a great 2018!!   - CJ & Laurie