South Dakota Trip!

Great Faces, Great Places...and SO MUCH MORE! Even though we didn't capture everything in pictures, here's a taste of our time in South Dakota. 😊 We had fantastic concerts, great fellowship, many wonderful conversations, and were completely spoiled by our hosts during our time on the Quarter Circle D Ranch....Thanks to everyone who helped make our stay relaxing and refreshing!

 
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Ruthie took Silas (the rest us tagged along!) to the Shakespear gardens in Wessington Springs to see the thatched roof on the cottage. If you ask him, thatch is about the best roof you can ask for. 😊 

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Getting ready for an opera house performance...

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While we were in South Dakota, we were thrilled to be able to spend some time with our good friends, Dale and Ruth! They graciously invited us out to their farm, and we had a blast learning about real ranch life on the most beautiful spread west of the Mississipi! 

 
 

We all enjoyed some roping lessons from old hands at the craft, and caught lots of five gallon buckets! Hint: never call a rope a lasso or you'll get labled a greenhorn...

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Wait a minute, boomerangs in South Dakota? That's one of the last places we expected to get to throw them, but the wide open spaces on the plains work great! Dale was an amazing teacher, and really let 'em rip. If you haven't had the opportunity to throw one, you are missing out.  😊 

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Four wheeling was a highlight for us - even though we live in the country, we do not have four wheelers and had not had the chance to go together. 

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Seth's Graduation & Open House!

And...We're back! We have been non-stop busy for the last two months - thus the lack of posting! We will try to bring you all the way up to date soon!

We had a wonderful time at Seth's high school graduation and open house party - some of our good friends were able to drive down to help us get ready and serve all the food at the party!

Getting ready....

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As with most of our events, they include a last-minute construction project - our staircase up to our stage now has a custom railing made from Iowa barn beams!

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Seth will be attending Pensacola Christian College this fall! He is excited to be following in Dad's footsteps, pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Seth picked out all the food (it mirrors his personality well!) - mom made almost 1,000 meatballs!

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Visiting with guests...

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A word from Seth during our performance...

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We are sad to be "losing" Seth to college in Florida (no more concerts with us!), but he's still performing through the end of the summer. :)

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Seth also performed two solo works - Zarabanda and Flamenca by Rogelio Huguet Y Tagell, and Allegro Appassionato by Camille Saint-Saëns.

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What's better than relaxing with friends late at night after the party's over and eating some of the extra ice cream? :)

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Special thanks to Hannah S. for taking these pictures for us!

Irish Legend and We Three Kings Given Two Gold WorldFest Houston Awards!

Gold Remi Winners at World Fest Houston 2016, music video divisions Instrumental (Irish Legend) and Stage/Concert Performance (We Three Kings)! We're thrilled! We wish we could have attended the fest to say thanks in person. Help us CELEBRATE by watching them at our channel on YouTube! goo.gl/QABQK1
We also want to thank and acknowledge our fabulous editor, John Clay Burnett, for his collaboration on these projects.

 
 

Irish Legend and We Three Kings Win Film Festival Awards!

ANNOUNCEMENT!

We are thrilled to announce that our music videos, Irish Legend and We Three Kings took 1st and 2nd place in the Pro-Am Freestyle category at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival, taking the GOLD and SILVER Awards! If you haven't seen them, check them out at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=skgYzHqNSYE (Irish Legend) and www.youtube.com/watch?v=7URsGRcD0Eo (We Three Kings). A big thank-you to festival director Scott Chrisman for this opportunity! 

 
 

Goodbye...

We have officially said "goodbye" to our Mercedes Benz Sprinter. Unfortunately, "Van-Gough", as we called him, didn't "go" like he should have. After many, many extensive and costly repairs over two years with no end in sight, Dad decided to call an end to the repairing game, and an auto dealer was "eager" to have the pleasure of "dealing" with it. As many of you know, it was certainly an adventure in the making every time we loaded up and headed down the road! if you haven't heard about Van Gough, just ask us at one of our performances - we have many stories to share. :)