Pre-Nickapalooza Activities….

Shopping at Sam’s for all of our concession stand supplies!!! Don’t kill me, Linda, but you looked so cute! Who ever thought WalMart’s parking lot could be so much fun!! Loaded down and ready to head back to Grayson!    Last-minute search for cotton...

Live Fish!!! From dawn til almost dawn again!

  Early morning set up of sound!    Live Fish guitarist Josh Reardon…Doesn’t he look like Jack Black?    Lead singer Dustin Fenison stretches a bit as they unload the van from an early-morning drive from Somerset, KY Unloading the sound equipment was a job...

NICKAPALOOZA..the beginning of the story..AND ANOTHER GIVE AWAY!!!!

This is me and Melissa..before Nickapalooza kicked off! Her story, like mine, has been one with lots of tears.  Several years ago, Melissa lost her mom to cancer.  This loss was made even more intense because just a week before her mom lost the earthly battle and went...

Nickapalooza is tomorrow!!

We’ve loaded the trailer with pop, water, volleyball poles.. We’ve separated the t-shirts into groups according to size.. We’ve made the signs for concessions… We’ve loaded ice chests with drinks and ice.. One band is safely sleeping at...

Releasing my claws……

Believe it or not, God has been using Olivia’s new kitten to speak to me this week while she has been away at church camp. Not in real words.  Not even in “meows.” But definitely in actions. See, I decided to keep Marble up on the hill in our...

A Two-Sided Attack

Grief has reared its ugly head this week and somehow become intertwined with family drama.I feel confident that this spiritual attack has its roots in the reality that Nickapalooza is closing in on us and the list of things to do keeps getting longer and longer even...