Hearty

We just reached Verndale, MN, where my mom was born and raised, yesterday! During the past weekend, we've played at Buffalo River Valley Bluegrass Festival in Mondovi, WI and in a park in Farmington, MN for the River Church. We had so much fun! At the festival, we laughed so hard and so late at night I almost lost my voice! :D Well, not quite, but I made myself not sing yesterday. All day long. It was hard--I kept starting up and then choking it back! We're going to spend the next week playing music (we'll be at six different places this week, so if you can't make it to one, there'll be another just a few hours later!) and having fun with cousins and friends! The photo above is of us with the Hershey and Wollman families, plus Monica (last name unknown to me) and her daughter, Sharis (and I'm sorry if I spelled that name wrong!) after our volleyball game.  Mr. Lorn & Mrs. Kristi Schultz, the owners of the festival, took great care of us (fed us, gave us a pl...

Saturday morning, while we were practicing for our set that night at Mt. Ida's July 4th celebration at the Front Porch Stage, Micah showed up in grand form. (Always the entertainer!) I just had to share this picture of him in his practice outfit. Note the holster, wooden pistol, and cowboy hat--and you can't miss that invisible camouflage cape! We had a great time at Mt. Ida and got to talk to some wonderful people! Now we're looking forward to Old Union Baptist here in AR this weekend, then our trip up North! The Buffalo River Valley Bluegrass Gospel Festival in Mondovi, Wisconsin, looks like it'll be fun. If y'all are in Wisconsin on the fourth weekend in July, stop by the festival and listen for a while! We'd love to see you there!