Nisbett Family News: February 2008

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

PLAYING IN THE MUD

Over Christmas Break, my sister Julie and her husband Jon, from Atlanta, GA came for a visit. We had a wonderful time, and Julie gave me a refresher course on throwing on the wheel. She then taught the kids the fundamentals. It was so much fun, and Julie is such a great teacher (and a great sister.)

We got really good and muddy, which is not hard for me to accomplish.

Joy throwing her first pot. And below we have Anna throwing a pot, and Nathanael just hanging around with Julie

CHEESE BALL

No holiday would be complete without the famous "cheese ball"!

John dumps in the parsley.

Anna and Glory help mix.

And Zoe (Julie and Jon's hound) helps with quality control.

MUD, THEN CRYSTAL AND CANDLES

After playing in the mud, we had our favorite turkey and dressing together. It was quite a contrast, along the lines of Sense and Sensibility, or the Agony and the Ecstacy, just not as poetic.

Adam playing with a new lens

Jon playing with nieces.

And everybody is about to play with the apple pie, ice cream, and hot cider.

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

We have been very busy, and having a great time too, preparing for our next play. We are doing a musical version of "The Prince and The Pauper", by Neil Berg. The music is great, the story is great, and our cast is great. What more can I say, other than don't miss the performances (April 11, 12, 17, 18, & 19). Here we have Alex Goff (our prince) working on his swordsmanship.

Blocking a scene (with the backdrop from White Christmas still showing) We start building set March 8th.

Nathan Brown and Josiah taking a break.

Amy has been working away on costume design and construction up in Pennsylvania. She brought the first batch of costumes in last week(and we had a great time visiting with her.) Joy and Anna decided to model the prince and pauper costumes for us. They look even better in real life on their rightful (at least for half the play) owners.

Monday, February 04, 2008

OUR TRIP TO THE CAPITOL TO SEE GOVERNOR HUCKABEE

Tuesday we traveled to the capitol to see Mike Huckabee speak. It was an honor to hear him. We were very impressed by everything he said.

Standing next to me was the president of Missouri Right to Life, who not only has endorsed him, but is wholeheartedly supporting him. Across from me were Kerry Messer and his wife Lynn, the founder and head of Missouri Family Network. Kerry has 20 years experience lobbying for pro-family, pro-homeschool, and pro-life issues, among others, and is extremely supportive of Mr. Huckabee. I also talked with Sue Stolz, the local (Rolla Area) manager of Bott Radio Network, and the local head of the National Day of Prayer. She is very excited about Governor Huckabee.

It was also an interesting experience traveling, as it was a sunny 70* day on the drive up and a blizzardy 24* day on the drive back, and we were only in the meeting about an hour.