Everyday News

...Is coming up this weekend!  It looks like we'll be competing in the band competition.  Jared will be entering the guitar and banjo competition (competing against his younger brother on guitar I might add!) I don't know if Ben will do the fiddle or not.  Caleb is entering the guitar and mandolin competitions.  I was thinking of a relaxing weekend doing next to nothing, but I've been voted in for backup again... :-)  That's the lot of a bass player's life.  It means I get to learn all these new songs.  Yay!

There's some changes going on in the Lindsey Family Band setup.  It looks like Papa will be taking his attention away from the older children's music and putting it on the up and coming Lindsey Family Band II.  The younger children need Papa to bring them up, too.  Lindsey Family band I will be the five oldest Lindsey children.  Kind of different, but we feel good about the fact that the younger children will get the same opportunities that we did.

The latest news from Lindsey Land:  Yesterday Timothy was playing with an electric drill and as "a joke" he put it up by Liberty's head and held the trigger.  I heard screams and crying from upstairs and dashed down when I heard Mama go "no..oh no...STOP!"  I came out on the porch expecting I don't know what and found Jared holding on to an electric drill that had a patch of Liberty's hair coiled and twisted around it.  He dislodged the head and it took a good bit to untwist it.  Only then did we see that a whole patch of her hair had been ripped out.  Only a girl can understand the implications!  That kind of pain is excruciating.  Liberty's head has been officially battle scarred!

You all have a great day!

Elisabeth

They're heading to the school today to close on it.  Whew.  What lies ahead feels and looks like an awful lot!  That's why I choose the one day at a time principle!

Our cousins can't get used to this "it takes a half an hour to get anywhere bigger than IGA and Tastee Foods"!  Some of us took them into town yesterday and the one stoplight really amused them.  They can't believe we've had famous people in and out of our town a good deal.  :-)  We are having a great time with them.

Grandpa called and is heading down today.  YEAH!  Looks like a promising weekend.

We have a concert at Dale Hollow State Resort Park tonight.  Stop by!

Blessings,

Elisabeth

We have some of my mother's cousins in this week.  Nathan is a worship leader, and plays and sings great!  Yet another music style to have fun with.  It's great to have Nathan and Sarah with us!

Jared brought mastered pop-country copy of his song "Sometimes Love Hurts" to the house last night for us all to have a listen to.  It's really awesome!  There's some minor touchups that might be done, but for now, we're all really impressed!

I'll update pictures this weeken.  We have a singing at Dale Hollow Lake on Friday evening that should be a great evening.  I'm not sure what the plan is, but I think it's a sort of festival more geared towards southern gospel.  It goes all weekend long.

We'll see you all down the road.

Elisabeth for the crew

My Great-Grandparents (Paul and Ginny Hinds) came this week.  They arrived on Tuesday afternoon and we spent a couple of sweet days with these special people.  Grandma got to be with her dad once again - those moments are rare and to be treasured.  Out came Rumikub, MadGab, Carcasson, Dutch Blitz, Scategories, etc.  If you can't tell, these people like games... :-)  They got an unexpected call on Thursday from Uncle Tim that their house had been broken into, so they left in a hurry a little sooner than we would have liked.  It was such a sweet visit!

We also got an unexpected call from our dear friends the Stegamans who have spent the last fifteen years of their lives in Guyana with the Akowaio people creating a written language for them and translating the New Testament into the language that they have created and taught.  They are in the United States for a few months visiting friends and family and reporting to people who have given to their work for the Lord.  They were sort of passing through, and they only do that once every four years.  So they came up from Knoxville for the afternoon on Wednesday and SUCH a sweet time we had.  Mr. Ray and Miss Dee have known my parents for probably twenty years and they have a lot of old and mutual aquaintances.  Their children Hannah and Luke have spent their lives in Guyana and fluently speak the Akowaio language.  Now they are going to be moving to Papua New Guinea for more mission work.  These guys are such a blessing!  It was wonderful to see them again and all too short of a visit.

We have a bit of a long weekend coming up.  Be sure to see the calendar and stop by to see us!

Smiles for your day!

Elisabeth

Here's the link to the house description, specs, etc.  pictures are availble at a link from the link below.

http://skipsmusings.blogspot.com/

Grandma Bear arrived in Nashville yesterday afternoon.  She's well, though tired and a bit pale.  She'll be here for about three weeks before her next appointment in Pheonix on September 2nd.

Grandpa Lindsey is coming down tomorrow for the weekend.  My Great-Grandparents are coming in early next week for a few days, too.  Papa's in Knoxville this week.  Busy few days.

Jared has been working on studio planning.  He was up drawing plans at three this morning!  The affliction of a musician:  An idea always hits at the most inopportune moments!

We're working on moving plans.  The boxes are back out and our lives are being packed - again.  I have a dislike for boxes these days!

Something funny about the school:  we don't know how many teachers/parents over the years have had keys for the school, so there could be tens of twenties, a hundred... we don't know.  Wouldn't it be funny if someone didn't know that the school was being turned into a home and they decided they wanted to reminisce?  But I can't imagine somebody NOT knowing something in Kentucky... :-)  Hopefully that doesn't happen!

You all enjoy the sunshine today!

Elisabeth

The Benjamin Trio (well, they're not a trio anymore) was on their way home from a week in the studio in Nashville yesterday and called us up.  They came for a late lunch and a break from the road.  It was great to see them!  Don't tell, but we got to hear a pre-mix/master of their newest cd!  Joyce Martin of the Martins (southern gospel) produced it and they said that she mixed them all up all over the place!  She did a great job.

We've pushed off Sara Richardson's project for a couple of months due to our rather ill-timed move.  She's getting antsy!  She got Mike Radcliffe to do her drums (Mike drums with the stars in Nashville ...And he's a pushover, so that should go good!) Seriously, he's very good, and I'm looking forward to hearing what we can make of this project.  I'm hoping it will be something more than a "first" sounding thing.

I think our bus is going into repair next week (hopefully put a more automatic engine in so I hear!)

Hey, if you can, catch us at one of the four concerts this weekend.  We'd love to see you!

Elisabeth