I am so proud of Josh! He has been compiling his portfolio for years and has now been in 2 shows with more to come. At his last show, in downtown Fort Worth, he also won an honor award for his photography! The kids and I joined him for a while one morning, and then I went back that night leaving the kids with a babysitter. It was really fun to see him "in his element" talking with all the people admiring (with some buying) his work.
The kids also really enjoyed seeing their daddy's hard work up for all to see. As we sat on the curbside, eating fried plantains from a food vendor, they would eagerly watch as people would come up to the booth. I know they would have jumped at the chance to be a salesmen if they were given the opportunity.
His next show is in 2 weeks in Houston. According to the Event Staff at the Fort Worth show, the
Bayou City Art Festival is in one of the top 10 shows in America. In my own research, I found it to be ranked 4th-6th. We both think it is amazing that he got into this show while just starting out. We plan to leave the kiddos with grandma in College Station so I can help him. It is quite a lot of work to set-up (about 4 hours) and break down (about 2 hours) and really hard for one person to do. It will be better to do it together. We hope everyone will have a chance to see his booth someday, but for now...please admire his work at
joshtrefethen.com and also
here!
On a recent trip to
Greece, he captured some beautiful shots. Here is an example of one of his top photos from Santorini, Greece:
Also, for those Twilight fans, check out the photo below on a beach near La Push as well as
these:
We enjoyed the Little Hands on the Farm--
the Petting Zoo...
and the big sand pit.
Natalie particularly enjoyed her cookie :)
Ashley and Granddaddy went in a Fun House together. It was hilarious to see him come down the huge twisty slide!
Zack was sad he wasn't tall enough for the Fun House, so he really wanted to go on the Pirate Ship ride. We did it at Disneyworld and he loved it. So, we sat in the very middle of the ride and he was whoopin' it up at the beginning. As we got higher, he got DEAD silent, clinging to me. I kept hanging on to him, telling him it would be over soon and we were okay, and wasn't this fun? Finally, it started winding down (much to my relief) and Zack started relaxing a little. When it was over, Zack loudly exclaimed, "That was fun!" Here is our picture of how cool we were when it was over:
Natalie loved holding hands of both her daddy and granddaddy.
Thank you to grandma and granddad for making these fun memories with us!
