Our Friends
"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
Bernard Meltzer
Derek's Friends
Mutual Friends
Betsy's Family
The Fully Monty (Swedish side)
The Fully Monty (German side)
Derek's Family
Derek's High School friends
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| Derek and his senior prom date, Peggy F., 1977 |
Then and Now:
BT, Rick, and Derek in 1980 |
Derek was a best man in Rick's wedding in March 2005. 1992-ish |
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| Derek and BT being silly at a party at Kristin's house, sometime in the late 90s. | Derek, BT, and Jeanette. This was taken at Gritty & Ruth's wedding, 2000 | Dan, Betz, and Ann (photo taken at Randy & Ruth's wedding). Dan was also a Huron guy, one year ahead of Derek and everyone above. |
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| Derek and Jay, one of his best friends since childhood, 2001 | Jay and his daughter, Emily. The funny face is because they just tried "Vicious Viper" hot sauce | Derek with Jay and their other high school friend, Pete. Pete visited from California in 2001, and we had a BBQ. |
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| Dinner at Benihana with Kelly and Dave, who is another one of Derek's buddies from high school | Raucous game of Trivial Pursuit, August 2005 (Rick & Laura's first trip to Michigan after their wedding) | "In the hand of the puppet man"--from what movie did this song come? ....that correct answer helped clinch the upset victory for us! |
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| The whole Trivial Pursuit-playing gang (courtesy of the self-timer on the camera) | The boys | The ladies |
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| Jay, Derek, & Rick at the BBQ the next day | Gritty the Grill Master | Jay and the ladies (you dog, Jay!) |
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| Lawn view of the crowd | Aerial view of the crowd |