Lis Anne: March Madness :)

Yeah, that kind too. And yeah, MY STATE IS THE CHAMPS!!!!!! And I'm not excited at all. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I've been waiting all season for this, NO JOKE!!!! I was pretty happy!

I have to confess something. I used to HATE Kentucky. Not even kidding. I literally didn't like ANYTHING about it except the fact that there were some really nice people. I thought people talked too slow, too back country, everything was hot and brown, the bugs were HUGE, I've always hated snakes, and nothing was lush and green in the summertime because it was too hot. I mean, I was die hard against Kentucky. Gotta tell ya, I was like that about New York for the longest time too. In fact, I was until about a year before we moved. I wanted to move back to Ohio. I can't believe my horrible discontentment! So in the last couple of years, God has really just INSPIRED me to learn to LOVE the place he has put me in. and NEVER get so attached to a place that leaving breaks my heart. Like I did in New York. It was so awful. I missed my growing up home SO BADLY for the first three or four years we've lived in Kentucky. I just wanted my lush green grass, private land with creeks, ponds, woods, fourwheelers, dirbikes, long country roads, big towns, mild summers, skiing, boarding, sledding, twenty feet of snow...I just missed it all really bad. So I harbored a lot of bitterness for the first few years in Kentucky until I had an explosion of good sense ;) This is NOT MY HOME. Earth. The world. Nothing about it. And furthermore, God created all of it. I need to look for God WHEREVER I AM. Meaning, instead of being in one state trying to hold on to everything in another, LET IT GO. The people I need in my life from there will stay around in a deep friendship. The others will go on with theirs, and we'll have beautiful memories of each other. The things I love about one staet, I need to NOT allow it to carry over into my new home. Meaning, if I rooted for Syracuse before, I need to root for Kentucky now because THAT IS WHERE I'M AT (well, besides the fact that my uncle and half th state of Ky would have my hide if I didn't ;) ). If I loved lush green grass that never got dry and poky in New York, then I need to love the fact that I can plant and grow a garden in Kentucky. See, every place has its pros and cons, and I was simply trying to turn one thing into another. Which carried over into my relationships! Isn't that weird? But true. I wanted one person to take the place of another instead of allowing them to be unique relationships EVERY ONE. Wow. Revelation. If I thought the people in NY were just a lot more classy then the ones in KY then I needed to appreciate the fact that southerners take TIME. See what I mean? As my friend Keith Wasserman (from Athens, OH who runs Good Works, Inc.) says "there are two ways to look at this. From above. Or from beneath. Both are looking at the same thing. Both are seeing two different things." Amen.

In short, I love where I am. I could love Oklahoma. I could love Texas. I could love Montana. I could love Maryland. I could love.....California? I think.... :s :) You get my point.

Here's what's been going on the month of March for the Lindseys aside from playing concerts every weekend.

Olivia found an adorable baby. Her words "Tan i hold 'da baby?" :) Oh, and we found this fuzzy blob and its baby when our neighbor was plowing the garden. Some kind of mouse? I have no clue.

My dear friend, Miriam,. enjoying that amazing Grand piano!

Grandpa visited!!! Oh, that puts the house in great spirits. Coffee mornings and stories all day. That can't be beat, I promise you.

Beck's goofy. And I edited her just because ;)

We had an AMAZING visit with our friends the Harper Family who were on their way to do a record with the new company they signed with (Crossroads Mountain Home Records). They're a precious family and we enjoyed every minute.

Naomi, Dillon, Beck and Dalton.

Telling jokes. I mean seriously.

Our friends from here in Greensburg made us a meal after our first concert with the Harpers last Friday night. We had a blast as you'll see with the pictures.

Caleb was listening to Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" and he and Mr. Gaylon were marveling at the solid chorus. Bluegrassers make me laugh. we love so many different styles of music!

Yes, we put oreo cookies, white down on our faces and wiggled and jiggled them into our mouths. It was nuts. Thanks Miss Erica Whitlow! Haha!

Jared and Dalton writing songs.

Then we went home and played poker. Haha! It was a ball!

More music (Dillon and Rebekah)

I won it all baby, won it all!!!

Woke up one morning and found this mouse in an uncovered (why I don't know) pan of cornbread. Yikers that's funny! Ben tried to sneak up on it! I think the poor mouse was humanized. It wasn't scared of ANYTHING!