Hi! I am Billy III!
I was born in Hot Springs, South Dakota. My parents moved to Bridgewater when I was just a year old. We lived on a little farm in Bridgewater. We had a few horses, cows, pigs, sheep, etc. and I helped take care of them. I spent much of my time on my go-carts, lawnmowers, and motorcycles. You will have to ask me about the time I jumped out of our two story barn. It is a pretty funny story.
This is my mom, dad, 3 sisters and me!-----------Me with the chicken pox!------------Me in those sexy 70's clothes!
My parents divorced when I was 13 and I moved back to Hot Springs with my dad. I met Jodi while I was in 8th grade. We spent most of our time together after we started dating. Jodi graduated from high school in 1992 and I still had two years left. I decided to take those two years together so that I could go to college with Jodi. I finished school in 1993 and Jodi and I married that summer.
We left Hot Springs for Brookings so we could attend college at SDSU. I majored in Graphic Design. I graduated in May of 1998. After college at SDSU, we moved to Colorado so I could attend the Colorado Institute of Art to get a degree in Animation. After one boring semester there we decided this was not for us so we moved back to Hot Springs. I continued to work out of my home for Daktronics (the company I worked for while in college at SDSU). After a year and a half in Hot Springs, Dak called me back. I came back to office life and am still there now.
Jodi and I found a house in a town just north of Brookings in 2002 so we packed up and moved into what we hope is our last house. It is a nice house but we have some renovations that we want to accomplish. It is fun to have some hands-on projects to do.
Billy Lee Sides III and Billy Lee Sides IV |
Billy Lee Sides Jr. |
Billy Lee Sides Sr. |