Derrik's 20th Birthday

Derrik had a special guests from Pennsylvania down for his birthday weekend. We held a "friends" party on Saturday and had a "family" party on Sunday.

Hunting Season

Dwayne got his third deer on the last day of the season.

New Year's Day - 2012!

What? Sauerkraut? That's what happens when you have Yankees with you on New Year's! (smile) Each area of the country has their own various traditions. In the northeast, sauerkraut is a must on New Year's Day. It was actually a delicious addition to the meal. The southerners require black-eyed peas for good luck. The two sides actually agree that the meat must be pork, so a pork roast it was.



Devin made a triple chocolate peppermint trifle for dessert.

New Year's Eve

We rang in the new year with food, friends, fireworks and funny games.

Paintball

The guys got together at the West's place and shot each other up with some paintball. I have a difficult time identifying people when in full gear, so not sure who is in all of these photos.




Here they are unmasked - Mark Bolt, Irving West, Devin Holladay, Brian Yost, Travis Holladay, Derrik Holladay, Barry West, Brandon West and, of course, Dwayne Holladay who also doubled as photographer.

Day in DC with the Yost Family

We spent a day in DC touring with the Yost's. We went to the Crime & Punishment Museum, had lunch in Chinatown, browsed through one floor of the American Art Museum, made a quick pass through the Holocaust Museum, walked past the Washington Monument and around the White House, had supper in the Old Post Office Pavilion, hit another floor of the American Art Museum and then froze our tails off at ICE at the National Harbor. We were tuckered out when we got home.

Christmas

We didn't open gifts until after Sunday lunch, so no one was in their pajamas.

Devin got a 12 gauge shotgun and Dwayne got a 9mm pistol, so the guys all went out skeet shooting the next day to try out their new toys.

Derrik was thrilled to get the new iPhone.

Rocky loves opening his gift. He was so excited about the raccoon inside that he didn't even pull out the bag of treats.

Devin got several very fun games that gave us lots of laughs.



Derrik loves the balance board and so does Devin. They are both quite good at it already, though quite wobbly on this first try above.