THOSE BEAUTIFUL STANLEY GIRLS ! !

"How Beautifully Blue the Sky""Climbing Over Rocky Mountain"

PIRATES REHEARSAL

The Policemen during "When a Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment"

Joel Nisbett, Nathan Brown, and Amanda Engelke sing "Paradox"

Kevin Edwards as the Modern Major General

Nathan Brown and Elise Hamacher

WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR THIS DELIGHTFULLY FUN PRODUCTION

EXTREME SHEEP ART

Click this link to see AMAZING LIVING ART !! I don't normally post videos, but this one is incredible, especially as we are trying to train our dog to help with the cattle.

BROTHER BONDING

My sister Kelly's sons, Luke and Eric, hanging out together.

THE BIBLE AND DR. SUESS, SOME REALLY GREAT LITERATURE

The link works now . . .
Very Amusing Video!

I haven't figured out how to embed a video yet, so just click on the link above.

CREATIVITY IN THE KITCHEN

This week I didn't make my usual trip to the store during band, and decided for the sake of convenience and the pocket book to just eat out of the "pantry" for the week. For our Tuesday meal, my menu was taco salad, but half of us were going to be at the theatre and the other half stayed at home. I was short on chips for the salad, so John, who was staying home, offered to make chips from a few corn tortillas I had in the fridge. They were a huge hit, and John made some more the next morning


Homemade is so much better!

I was cleaning the kitchen while John started another batch and found his engineering style cooking amusing. He stacked up several tortillas and then cut them into strips with kitchen shears. He was preparing to cut the strips into smaller pieces when I joked that it looked like some "kitchen craft" similar to when we weave constrution paper. At that point, we just had to try it.

Voila! A lattice tortilla chip!
Why?

I'm not sure. . . but maybe
because sometimes creativity is just fun
for no good reason.

DUCKSTAMP DEADLINE

This was where Joy was, while everyone else was loaded in the van, ready to go to town. It was 4:15 pm on the day of the deadline to mail in our Junior Duck Stamp entries. Thirty minutes into town would get us there at 4:45, and the post office closed at 5:00. Joy really wasn't finished, but she had made a valiant effort. This was her first attempt at painting, and I had been gone to Atlanta and busy with school, housework, and the play. She didn't get much instruction until Adam stepped in and helped her. She's ready to start another painting right away though.

THEIR FINISHED JUNIOR DUCK STAMP ENTRIES

Nathanael's Hooded Merganser (colored pencil)

Anna's Mallard (colored pencil)

Joy's Hooded Merganser (acrylic)

John's Canada Goose (colored pencil)

FOR THOSE WHO ASKED HOW JOSIAH'S HAIR TURNED OUT . . .

Josiah and Glory, enjoying some of Aldi's 99¢ fresh pineapple, while showing off their precocious curls.

SET BUILDING DAY --

You start with lots of willing workers . . .

. . . Add a guy with a roller . . .

. . . and a really strong guy . . .

Then add some guys with screw guns . . .

. . .the prettiest stage manager in town . . .

. . some scenic painters in outrageous costumes . . .

. . .and for good measure, include an effective back-rub crew . . .

. . .and some significant progress is made.

Actually, though very little is shown, we were able to build all the set last Saturday. We still have a lot of painting left to do, but it's "progress as promised!"

REHEARSALS ! !

"Yes, yes, he is a Major General !"

The Pirate King, Major General, and Fredric listening intently to blocking instructions.

" . . . and take my daughters, all of whom are BEAUTIES !"

The policemen . . . "Ta-ran-ta-ra, ta-ran-ta-ra "

MORE REHEARSALS . . .

"Climbing Over Rocky Mountain"

What a lovely "mother-daughter" team!

As Amanda posted on Facebook: "No, don't take my suitcase! I cannot live with out it !"

"The enchanting Mabel"

BEAUTY PARLOR DAY, PART II

I had to go to a rehearsal sortly after putting curlers in the girls' hair. When I returned, I discovered that Josiah had been the ever patient, kind babysitter/brother he always is. He had allowed the girls to play "beauty parlor" with his hair. Nathanael was willing, but they ran out of curlers.

And the golden tresses are revealed.

Curls, curls, curls.

Shirley Temple would feel at home here.