Our Beginnings

People often ask us how and when we started singing.  Way back when the kids were little, we sang together at family devotions.  There weren’t multiple harmonies or instruments back then- just Becky’s guitar and a handful of voices.  As the children got older, we decided to start music lessons.  As they learned to play instruments, Becky began to take them to nursing homes to share their music with the residents.  At some point, Marlin decided the whole family would go to the local Salvation Army soup kitchen to sing and play.  Over a few years, we went there various times and were privileged to share with those dear people.  One day in 2005, we were contacted about sharing music in South Carolina prisons.  We put together a short program of songs and headed for South Carolina!  Going into the prisons was a wonderful experience for all of us, and we knew we wanted to do it again.  For the next several years, we made the trip down south, adding a few more concerts in churches along the way every time.  In 2008 we were gone for three weeks and after that we started traveling much more than previously, going on a longer Southern tour and adding other trips throughout the year.  By 2011 we spent as much time on the road as at home.