Herrick Christmas 2011

Another Christmas, here and gone!  This has been one of the busiest years EVER.  I can't even recall the last time that I blogged!  Ahhh please don't judge me readers!  This year WILL be different!  I am going to work harder on getting posts up quicker!  I promise! 

Getting ready to open gifts!  You will notice a few "Ugly" Christmas sweaters in this picture!  It's a tradition to open presents at the Herrick Christmas in an ugly sweater! :)

Meet my pet dino Steve! Haha!  Kathy has a wide assortment of play dinosaurs and Titus is crazy about them! This little guy looked pretty real!

The Herrick Men!

The Herrick Girls!

For New Years, we went down to Jason's grandma's house to celebrate Christmas on that side of the family!  We also celebrated Grandma Alice's birthday!  We arrived on New Year's Eve and all of us had already decided that we were going to ring in the New Year together, so we set out to Harlan to find a place to party! :)  We first stopped at a place called Wild Willie's in Harlan...let's just say we didn't stay to long.

Here we are at the next bar, Westside!  This was a great bar with an upper deck, which is where we were for most of the night unless we were tearing up the dance floor...yes, it got crazy!!  Notice our sweet NYE hats!  This bar is great!  They give you this bag full of poppers, noisemakers, hats, beads, etc! 

New Years fun was had by all of the Herrick's!  We had a great time together!

The next day we awoke to a busy house already prepping for the day's food and fun.  The picture above is a standard for the main dish at this family Christmas.  These are called Ranch Burgers!  Inside of these pockets are a combo of beef, onions, kidney beans, and other flavorings.  They are one of a kind, but so so delicious! Bridget and I helped roll them out this year and stuff them!  I should also mention that Bridget gets the credit for all the pictures in this post!  Thanks Bridget!!

Here is little Winny, Holly and Andy's youngest.  Isn't she just adorable!?  She is getting so big!

Here is grandma Alice playing with Winny as we relax after the big meal. 

There is more to come!  I have to show you some pictures from my parent's side of the family too! :) 

Stay tuned!