After MONTHS of communication and planning and scheduling conflicts, JJ, Alyssa and their mother were finally able to visit me in Columbus for their senior session!  It had been so long since I’ve seen these guys…I’m talking years (except for a dance performance with Z Company last fall), so it was nice to catch up and hear about their lives and future plans.

JJ, an avid wrestler and leprechaun (he even has a leprechaun suit, which he donned in some of his photos, of course), will be attending the University of Minnesota in the fall to study something so incredibly complicated that I can’t even remember the correct term.  Something like mathematical analytics, which basically equates to a money making machine.

Alyssa is an incredibly talented dancer and has dedicated much of her young life to her passion and love alongside her Z Company family.  Despite the amount of time and energy it takes to be a dancer at her level, she has managed to finish school and graduate a year early.  Double the seniors = double the fun!  Alyssa plans to take the next year to focus on herself and her passion and explore the different options she has for the future.

I have no doubt that this brother & sister duo will be rockstars in whatever their future holds.  So, guys,

“Now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes.  Break rules.  Make the world more interesting…”

-Neil Gaiman