Mark Ballas Jr. is almost like another son to Marriann and so we had to get a picture of Mark while we were there. Also, when Derek and Julianne’s Grandma saw Cloris she had to have a picture of her to remember the occasion.

We (mom and family of Derek Hough) love Shannon Elizabeth!

Here’s a picture of Derek Hough’s grandma with Shannon Elizabeth. I love Shannon’s tender heart. She is a sensitive person. She is an advocate for animals. In fact, she has a few dogs herself that she has saved from bad circumstances. Yes, she shows her emotions but hey, you know who she Really Is! And I love that about her.

There is a saying, “Be careful what devils ye cast out, lest ye cast out the best part.” The sensitive part of Shannon does alot of good. But when she is playing poker WATCH OUT!

Next, is a picture of Katherine Hough (Derek Hough’s sister), Rocky her boyfriend, Mark Ballas Jr. and Kristi Yamaguchi eating dinner at the Grove after the first show of this season’s Dancing with the Stars.

Everyone ate sushi but I ate veggies.

Katherine is actually my super funny daughter. Her boyfriend Rocky is not only easy on the eyes he will help you out in a pinch. Actually he is a stunt director. And for being a really tough guy Rocky is a teddy bear!

I love sharing and may God bless everyone. Let us all find the good. Why? Because it feels better. I notice the difference’s in people, the variety, the talents, and I have opinions but I’m not really into putting people down.

Thanks for coming by Pure Derek Hough! I’ll be posting more about Derek soon.

Glad you could stop by Pure Derek Hough. As I posted in the previous post, we’re just getting started with this website covering Derek Hough. It’s the beginning of what we believe will be a great experience for Derek Hough’s mom to interact with Derek’s fans and for Derek’s mom to be able to share her experience and perspective on her son Derek.

Who we are?
My name is John and through an interesting set of coincidences (and love of Dancing with the Stars), I was introduced to Derek Hough’s mom Marriann Nelson. Marriann had this great desire to be able to share her story about Derek and Julianne Hough and I have quite a bit of background in creating websites and marketing them. Pure Derek Hough and Pure Julianne Hough are the offspring of our meeting each other.

Yes, Marriann is the real mom of Derek Hough.

The plan is for Marriann to do most of the writing about her children along with snapping plenty of pictures and possibly audio or videos of Derek also. I’ll certainly be assisting Marriann and you may also find me writing a thing or to about Derek Hough myself.

My guess is that if you’re reading this blog, then you know who Derek Hough is quite well. However, for those less informed he’s a partial biography of some of Derek Hough’s most significant accomplishments.

DEREK HOUGH

Derek Hough (pronounced huff) (born May 17, 1985) is an American dancer and choreographer. A former world champion in Latin-American Dance, he appeared on Season 5 of the ABC television series, “Dancing with the Stars” with actress Jennie Garth (earning 4th place in the competition), and was eliminated during the 7th Week of Season 6, earning 6th place with actress Shannon Elizabeth (whom he’s dating as of the time of this writing). He has returned for Season 7, this time partnered with Brooke Burke. Hough has also been featured in the track Dreaming Under The Same Moon of his sister, Julianne Hough’s self-titled debut album.

Derek Hough and fellow Dancing with the Stars professional, Mark Ballas, started a band called “Almost Amy” in 2005.