Valentine's Day

Derrik spent Valentine's weekend with his Valentine, so he missed out on our gourmet dinner. We did have chocolates waiting for him when he got home.

Grandpa & Grandma stopped by to make sure the boys got enough chocolate.

Devin with part of his stash.

Eating a delicious dinner of ribeye steak & shrimp.

Our meal--warm french bread with oil & spices, loaded baked potato, ribeye steak, mushrooms & onions, grilled shrimp and a vegetable medley. Dessert was chocolate lava cake with creme anglasie.

More Snow

This is our third snowfall of the winter. We got 12 inches. Usually we only get one snowfall late in the winter of six inches max. Devin was making use of the snow and his snowboard.

Braces Off

This is the "after". He is wearing retainers. Look at those straight teeth.

This was the last photo with his braces on.

Derrik's 18th Birthday Weekend

Derrik enjoyed every bit of his birthday weekend. His girlfriend Gina and her family came down to help celebrate. Devin and Derrik are pictured here with Cara and Gina. The boys were still in their Sunday clothes and the girls had changed to their traveling clothes, as this was taken right before they left.

This is the kids table. The over 40 crowd had to eat in the kitchen.

The kids had an ultimate frisbee game in the backyard before the spaghetti dinner.

After breakfast, the men & kids went to the West's place for a game of paintball.

Eighteen candles....WOW!

More Basketball

We try to attend all of Devin's home games, but we don't go to the away games. We need a night or two at home. It is fun to go, though.

Happy New Year - 2010

We had a small New Year's eve celebration at our house. This is Sandra, myself and Lori.

These are our children, with a few more thrown in for good measure. Tara was a good sport about being the only girl.

We went to Grandpa & Grandma's house on New Year's day to eat our traditional pork and black-eyed peas.

Christmas

Dwayne helping his eyes open with a cup of coffee on Christmas morning.

Carla helping Rocky open his gifts.

Derrik got a new lacrosse helmet.

Devin got custom designed shoes with his name stitched on the tongue.

Devin whipped up a chocolate mousse torte for Christmas Eve.