It's hard to believe, but Derek is 12 today! Last weekend he celebrated with some friends from school at Andretti's.



(L-R) Colton, Gavin, Derek, Adam, Josh, Max




Dude! That was soooo coool!



Kids never seem to tire of earning tickets to buy crappy prizes
(L-R) Derek, Josh, Gavin, Colton, Adam, Max
Derek's 8th birthday party in 2007
Derek's 4th birthday party in 2003
Happy Birthday
Derek's school math class celebrated "π Day" and all the students brought in goodies for a party. Derek made π cookies and came in second in the contest to see who could recite the most digits of pi. Derek had worked his way up to 200 digits at home, but messed up at 55 in the contest and got beat out by a classmate who did 70.
One of the projects that Derek did in his school art class was selected for display in the art show at the county school offices. The show included pieces from K-12 students from all over the county. It was really impressive. Derek said that he was "kind of inspired but kind of intimidated too."