It seems like so much has been happening lately, but the recent photos I have don't so much reflect it all. Here's a bit of what's been up!

We carpooled with Alan & LaDawn up to St. Louis...

because....

Chris & Kristian got married!
It was a fun (but verrry fast paced) weekend. We drove up Friday evening, shared a hotel room, went to the wedding in the morning, ate lunch (at Five Guys...SOOO good), and drove back to Willard for the 7:30pm reception. Phew!

Our new computer finally arrived! We've been having a lot of fun with the webcam. And I promise that's not all it can do...I just don't have pictures of anything else. Yet.

I finished my HUGE project and displayed/presented it at our Winter show last Friday. It was great! A lot of people said they really loved my design, but I can't help but feel like what they really loved was my board--I constructed this big foam core board system that held my elevations, so they could pull out! Everyone seemed really impressed by that...

Anyway... as you can probably tell, my project was a home design. It was for two classes--Environmental Living & Residential Design II. There was a huge list of requirements, but in general the project required incorporating sustainability, energy efficiency, and accessibility.
The plan shown is the first level (we weren't required to color our second level).

I was really proud of the coloring/rendering job I did on this project (if you think it's crappy, PLEASE don't say anything--this is a huge improvement for me!).

I thought my elevations looked pretty bad-A, too. I spent a lot of time experimenting with AutoCAD's materials and rendering capabilities, and was able to print my elevations in color, and then just add a little marker and pencil to add some depth.

It's really a shame that none of our classes teach us how to take advantage of the more advanced features of AutoCAD--being able to print in color made my project much easier to color; and I think it looked pretty nice, too.
I plan to build a model of this house for my senior show--complete with a working water wall, oooooooh!