My Weekend

 This weekend, we have been making preparations for our big move. Cleaning out cabinets, the refrigerator and freezer, junk drawer (awful), and other things. We have been selling off furniture and extra stuff, which we still need rid of. Couch and loveseat, a mirror, pictures, a guitar, and a play fort...anyone?

We will have packers and movers, thankfully! But, they still don't move everything..including all liquids and food items. Tomorrow, I may try to pack the store room. Oh my, it will be quite a job. 17 boxes of cereal, 40 boxes of pasta, 40+ toothbrushes, 25 tubes of toothpaste, 15 bottles of Bbq sauce, and lots more. I always wonder what people thought about that room when they looked at our house...

The best thing about it...I ordered more coupons for this week's sale. More toothpaste coming this week! It's the right time of year to stock up on items like this. It saves so much money in the long run!

Today we went to church and stayed there for the afternoon. I brought my guitar and was able to jam with the Grape family. (Grape jam? Ha!) We played for about 2 1/2 hours, it was so much fun! My fingers are so sore, but it's good for me :)  I'm hoping to do that again in a couple weeks!

Tell me about your weekend!

Silver Dollar City!

Hello everyone! I hope you had a good weekend!

As a continuation of my weekend, Sunday we went to church. Sunday afternoon, we went to my grandma's house to visit my dad's family. I was able to spend some time with my cousins, which is always fun.

Here are a couple of my cousins and I. Kyla, Justine, and Me.

Today, my family was able to take off for Silver Dollar City. Moonlight Madness is going on right now, so the park is open till 10 pm. We didn't stay quite that late, but it was still a lot of fun! It was about 103 degrees out, so we hung out on water rides most of the day.

We were waiting in line for Tom & Huck's Riverblast. If you haven't rode it, it's a very slow paced ride, other than your arm is killing you by the time you get off from shooting people with your water gun. It's basically like a human car wash..and yes, you do get that wet. We also rode Lost River several times (my personal favorite).

I sat this ride out. My amusement ride tolerance level is quite, quite low. :)

Kori and Gage had a really good time today, too. They usually get along good together. She is always trying to take care and watch out for him. They are the best brother and sister I could ask for!

Did I mention that it was HOT? We had to pick one of the hottest days of the year, but we did stay hydrated!

Ah yes, my trusty ole' phone. Tate is gone right now, so he wasn't able to come, but without fail..we were able to text most of the day. We will make great old people someday. As I mentioned earlier about my tolerance for rides, Tate feels the same way I do about them. You will not see us in line for Wildfire, Powder Keg, etc. We are more likely to frequent lines for shows..only during Bluegrass festival. You know you are going to a good show when you stand out because you are the only one without gray/white hair in a crowd that large. My personal favorite..the die-hard Rhonda Vincent fans. Oh yes, the t-shirts, the autographed pictures from 1996, the pins, the mugs, the self-portraits with Rhonda, etc.. You know who they are.

 If only it were Bluegrass & BBQ festival all year long..ah, that would be too good.

On the way home, we listened to a really great CD. One of my current favorites! It's by Darin Aldridge & Brooke Justice (now Brooke Aldridge). She has an awesome voice!                       Check it out here:

Darin Aldridge & Brooke Justice -Amazon

That's all for now! Have a good week!



Gospel Spectacular 2011

This evening (Saturday), my family and I had to the opportunity to go to Gospel Spectacular in Lebanon. It seemed like they had a great turnout! This afternoon around 1, they started off by having a "Gaither style" sing. It was really fun..and lively :) I especially enjoyed the piano player. He was quite, quite good and exciting.

Starting at 6 this evening, the Lesters, New Horizons, The Link Family, and the Inspirations sang. (Not all together!) The Links did an awesome job! They are good friends with Tate and his family, and I have enjoyed getting to know them as well.

My friend, Rachel (Link-Keeler) and I

I was also very excited to see The Inspirations, especially after hearing that Jonathan Epley (formerly of the Epley family) was their new baritone singer. His family used to travel and sing as he and his siblings were growing up. They came to our church several times, so we got to know them over the years. I was, and still am a huge fan of him and his mom's piano playing. I have rewound their tapes and CD's over and over again just to try to get a 5 second technique on the piano figured out. It was really neat to get to see him tonight. Him and his wife have a really good CD that was produced before he joined The Inspirations. You can check it out here:  Jonathan & Tiffany Epley 

It was only fitting that I take a picture with one of my many piano "hero's" :)

The Inspirations really did a great job. You really can't beat good, strong, 4 part harmony. I enjoyed their piano player, Martin Cook who is almost 75 and still playing! He would randomly stand up and play..it was great, and comical.

There was my weekend. Have a good Sunday!