Thursday, January 5, 2012

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!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

First varsity wrestling meet!

Jacob pinning his kid! You can see the ref slapping the mat!


Andy also pinned all three of his kids! Great way to start off the season!


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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Trout fishing in Decorah

Dick, Jason, & Adam went to Decorah to trout fish this morning.

They said it was cold but they were glass they got their limit of five each!


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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Words of wisdom...

Acknowledge the lesson, smile, and try again.

Being a mild perfectionist, I have always been someone who tries VERY hard to please everyone. 

It's just the way I am; I can't stand to let someone down, my boss, my parents, my husband, my cheerleaders.

But, in all reality, something, sometime, somewhere, will happen that will cause me to rethink everything I have done and look back to see what I could have changed, tried differently, or not done at all that would have been a better outcome. 

I struggle to let go of things.  I hang on to comments made by others that make me feel small or worthless.  My skin is thin.  My mind dwells on and almost obsesses on what I need to do to make myself better. 

The quote above is something that I need to work towards.

Not everything will work out as it seems in my head, not everyone will be happy with the decision that has been made, but that is ok.

Acknowledge the lesson is the absolute hardest for me.  Smiling...well that is easy! :-)  Trying again will be a challenge, but one that I am willing to accept and work on. 

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Thanksgiving at Jason's grandmas house!


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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Fish flavored water

Talouse sure loves his fish flavored water! Yummy!


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