A Better Video of me playing my Bodhran

Dad showed me how to take a video using our camera, and so I had Mom take a video of my playing my bodhran. The sound and picture quality is better than that of my phone. I also now know how to play it the way it's supposed to be played...while my voice teacher was getting married and on her honeymoon, I took bodhran lessons from a friend. So now I know how to REALLY play it. :-)

Maidens IV Concert at Johnny Appleseed Outdoor Amphitheater

Maidens IV had a concert yesterday at Johnny Appleseed Outdoor Amphitheater, which is about 10 minutes from our church. I would've liked to go, but I assumed we weren't going since it would involve coming home from church, and then driving back just a couple hours later. But on the way home from church, Dad said, "So, do you want to go the Maidens concert tonight?" And I say, "Sure!"
Follow this link to go to a online scrapbook album I made of some of the pictures I took:
http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/vw_full.aspx?sbid=561329

Also, a prayer request, could you please keep the next-to-eldest Maiden, Heather (she's wearing the blue high-waisted dress in the pictures) in your prayers? She is pregnant, and she is having back problems, so you can bet that it isn't easy to perform, especially the dancing and the jumps when you're pregnant and in pain. Thank you! :-)

Reading Rewards Program

A Life of Faith/Mission City Press was having a reading rewards program. If you read 5 A Life of Faith books, you would get a certain A Life of Faith activity book. If you read 10 books, you would get another book. If you read 15 books, you would get ANOTHER book (3 books in all) and a 50% off coupon for a A Life of Faith doll. Well, after reading hard and long, I read 15 books. The paperwork went off yesterday, so hopefully soon I will be getting my rewards! And Mom said she would pay for the other half of the doll. :-D Lucky me.

Maidens IV

If you scroll down, and you'll see I've now got a little Maidens IV Music Player Widget thingy. :-) I especially recommend you listen to the song "Blessed". It is simply gorgeous.

And here's something I did on Photobucket: (a photo-hosting site)

I just took a picture and then played around with some of the new features on Photobucket, and came up with that. If you can't figure out what it is, it is a digitally rendered "drawing" of Maidens IV.

Baby Bunny

Dad spotted this little fellow when he was moving flower pots back up onto the porch after he had finished painting. He was between two flower pots when he first saw him:


And even after all the pots were moved, he didn't leave for a while.


That was fun to see. :-)

Flower Wreath Shoppe

I've started a mini-business selling these flower wreaths for American Girl dolls.



Here's the link to the album where you can find pictures of the wreaths I'm selling.

Meet Joan!

I made this doll based on Grandma when she was a little girl.
She is a American Girl Today doll #5. I got her at the Madison Children's Museum Benefit Sale. We took her to a professional hair stylist and had her cut Joan's hair, and then I curled it.
Here are some pictures of her:





Here's her Amber book! I know this was Grandma's favorite book when she was a little girl.


This is her doll - I think Grandma had a little African American baby doll when she was younger: