Billy's Portfolio Show

Billy is finally finished with school :) We are so happy!! I am so proud of him and his accomplishments throughout his time going to school. He hasn't actually graduated yet, because the ceremony isn't until June, but he finished this past week. Now maybe our life can become more normal with work schedules and such. He had his Portfolio Show this last Thursday. This was where he could show off all of his work throughout his time at the Art Institute. He had his own table where potential employers could come and receive a resume and talk to him. It was a lot of fun to see him there with his stuff and talking to people. He even has a possible job lead, which we will find more out about later this week. That made us really excited, because we were not expecting that this soon. Hopefully it is what is in store for us. We will see. Taggart had fun just running up and down a hallway that he couldn't escape from, so it was nice to be able to let him walk around and not have to chase him too much. Thanks to Wes and Traci they chased him around for a long time and he was so entertained! Here are some pictures of that evening.

Just hanging in the stroller eating fruit snacks!

It would have been better if they had decent easels, but he made it work with what they gave him.

Lilly helped entertain the boy too :)

Receiving a pen for participating.

My handsome hubby and I :)

Our cute little family, it will be so weird when there is another baby in the pictures!

This video is Billy's DemoReel, it shows his modeling work. It is something that they do to go along with a resume to give to people at job interviews. At his show this was showing on a big screen for everyone to see. I think it turned out really great.

It was so nice of Billy's family to come and support him at this, we are just so grateful that we made it through school. At times it seemed like it was never ending!!

21 Months

Taggart has just been getting more and more fun most of the time!! Ha Ha, he is going through a stage where he will look at you in your face and jabber with a made face, but we don't know what he is saying. It cracks us up so much. He is also grabbing our hands/fingers to take us to what he wants. He is just getting so much more character and it's so much fun. He is so smart. He loves stacking his blocks, playing with the magnets on the fridge, doing his puzzles and shape toys. He is getting so good at them. I like when I  see that he is frustrated because he usually still figures it out without help. He is getting better at liking to color and still loves to read stories.  He still eats really well, his favorites lately are of course PB&J, pizza bites, string cheese, grapes, pudding, and grilled cheese. My favorite thing he has started doing is folding his arms when we tell him too for prayers. It melts my heart for him to do that. It makes me feel like we're doing something right.

Aunt Peanut came to visit and after church we let him eat a pudding by himself, he did pretty good :)

Some days I wonder if I am happy I bought this for him, it gets in my way. Luckily we can fold it up and just get it out sometimes :)

While we were in Grace this past weekend we went to see Grandma Mac and Grandpa Lonnie, when we walked in my grandma held out her arms to Taggart and he ran right to her. Then he went and sat in front of her fireplace and posed for pictures. Sadly they are on her camera and hopefully I will get them soon. But it was the cutest thing ever!

Do you like his nice drawing in the back ground?

I watched Graysen and his sisters awhile ago, this is him and Taggart watching Thomas in Graysen's room.

Playing the computer at the library, gotta love the huge keyboard!

Just playing the piano at mutual.

Things are good and we are having a good time. There is never a dull moment around when I am home with Taggart, I love him :)

Ashlynn's Junior Miss

Or should I say DYW?? They have changed the name to Distinguished Young Women. It's so weird to say that! Anyways, we were able to go up to Grace so I could watch Ashlynn in it. It was so fun to be able to go again I haven't been in a really long time. It was fun to be with my mom and sisters, we don't get to be together all of us very often. I'm so proud of Ashlynn and her even being brave enough to be a part of the program, I was never that brave. I think she did an amazing job. She looked beautiful and did awesome playing the piano. I am sad that most of the pictures I took don't do anything justice, but that's what you get I guess when lights are low and you don't have an expensive camera :) Here are a few just to show a little of what went on.

She was going to Jamaica at the beginning, they were playing "It's a Small World"

Fitness in Africa :)

Playing "Solace"

Self Expression

Sis and Mom

The pregnant sisters :) Sporting our Ashlynn Pins!

Mom, Amber, Ashlynn, Me, Peanut

Good Job Sis!! You did amazing, and we are so proud of you!! Love you!