My Grandmother is one amazing woman! Grandmother Downs Chappell turned 90 years old on December 5, 2009. The entire family - all children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren made it to Ruston, Louisiana on Saturday, December 5th to celebrate the life of this woman that we each love so much! She is an avid fan of Louisiana Tech University - doesn't miss a home football game or basketball game, and I think she makes it to the baseball games as well. She graduated from there, all 3 of her children graduated from there, and some of her grandchildren graduated from there. By the looks of things, I think some of the great-grandchildren may attend there in the future as well.
There was no better way to celebrate her 90th birthday than to kick it off with a tailgate party in preparation for the last Tech football game of the season! We enjoyed gumbo and cake. We all went up to her box seats during halftime to see the President of the University give her the game ball signed by both the Coach of the football team and the President of Tech. A portion of the band came up and performed a special rendition of "Happy Birthday" for her - it was quite the celebration!
We went on to my aunt and uncle's house for a celebration that evening where the Mayor of Ruston attended and issued her a declaration declaring December 5th to be Juel Downs Chappell Day, and my uncle (who is a state representative) issued her a declaration signed by the governor of Louisiana declaring December 5th to be Juel Downs Chappell Day. It was quite the celebration! And seating was hard to come by, which meant some of us ended up in the stairway.
It was a lot of FUN being together with all of the Family, celebrating my Grandmother!
We continued in our celebration the following day as we honored my Mom! She's not one that likes too much attention, but we couldn't let our time together pass without celebrating her 60th birthday, which was December 9th! This was a big year - Ross turned 30, Mom turned 60, and Grandmother turned 90! We Love You Mom, and we're glad we could celebrate and honor You as well!!!
My Grandmother is one amazing woman! Grandmother Downs Chappell turned 90 years old on December 5, 2009. The entire family - all children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren made it to Ruston, Louisiana on Saturday, December 5th to celebrate the life of this woman that we each love so much! She is an avid fan of Louisiana Tech University - doesn't miss a home football game or basketball game, and I think she makes it to the baseball games as well. She graduated from there, all 3 of her children graduated from there, and some of her grandchildren graduated from there. By the looks of things, I think some of the great-grandchildren may attend there in the future as well.
There was no better way to celebrate her 90th birthday than to kick it off with a tailgate party in preparation for the last Tech football game of the season! We enjoyed gumbo and cake. We all went up to her box seats during halftime to see the President of the University give her the game ball signed by both the Coach of the football team and the President of Tech. A portion of the band came up and performed a special rendition of "Happy Birthday" for her - it was quite the celebration!
We went on to my aunt and uncle's house for a celebration that evening where the Mayor of Ruston attended and issued her a declaration declaring December 5th to be Juel Downs Chappell Day, and my uncle (who is a state representative) issued her a declaration signed by the governor of Louisiana declaring December 5th to be Juel Downs Chappell Day. It was quite the celebration! And seating was hard to come by, which meant some of us ended up in the stairway.
It was a lot of FUN being together with all of the Family, celebrating my Grandmother!
We continued in our celebration the following day as we honored my Mom! She's not one that likes too much attention, but we couldn't let our time together pass without celebrating her 60th birthday, which was December 9th! This was a big year - Ross turned 30, Mom turned 60, and Grandmother turned 90! We Love You Mom, and we're glad we could celebrate and honor You as well!!!
