The Promise at Glen Rose

"The Promise" at Glen Rose is an outdoor drama production of the life of Jesus. It's held in an ampitheater under the stars on Friday and Saturday nights in September and October. It's a couple hours away from Dallas and our family had never attended until this year Halloween night. We were especially motivated to make the trip because a family from church with 2 sons who are in our youth group are in the cast. The professionalism was impressive as were the sets, music and acting. Starla enjoyed seeing the real camels, sheep and horses on stage. It brought back fond memories of the years when Angela, Lily and I participated in the Easter drama at Blythefield.


One of the most powerful aspects of the production was the portrayal of Satan. In each of the scenes, this sinister looking, red caped, slithering sort of man loomed in the background participating, inserting himself, looking for opportunities to capitalize on. Starla was tracking with Satan's every move. Robyn felt afraid of him. I was especially impacted by the scene below where Satan moves in on Judas and eventually wraps him up entirely inside his cape. For me, it was such a powerful visual of spiritual warfare. Satan lurks in the scenes of my life and yours looking for opportunities to wrap us up in his cape.



The grand finale was the resurrection. Jesus conquered the grave and is alive. I don't have a photo of it but Jesus actually lifted off the ground and ascended into the clouds at the end of the show.

For A Laugh...

Lily's having a great year in school but everyone has those moments--especially when doing Abeka grammar.

School isn't fun
And I can't wait until it's done
Almost every day
And I can say
School isn't fun.
by Lily Webster

Sweet 15!

On her birthday, Angela sewed a skirt for herself and made her favorite pie--chocolate pecan. Every year, she has a stack of presents that all look like books. Wonder why? This year she was pleasantly suprised when a large, heavy gift was unwrapped and revealed a portable easel. She'd admired Aunt Nerine's on a trip through IL this year and hoped she'd have one of her own just like it someday. Her someday wish came true sooner than expected. She's already putting her easel to good use.


She invited her close friends Hope, Grace and Mollie to spend the night and they cooked one of her favorite dinners--meatloaf and mashed potatoes. They designed cards for martyrs in prison in other countries and sewed parachutes for attaching Bibles and distributing them in the hostile jungles of Central America. They watched an old movie based on the French Revolution--The Scarlett Pimpernel. Good girls, good times!!



Angela's date with Dad this year was a trip to the Dallas Symphony. Angeal thought the conductor was fascinating to watch and drew this caricature of him.

Birthday season is now officially over at the Webster house.

Robyn turns 9

Robyn and I spent a quiet Sunday morning together on her birthday as she recovered from the swine flu. We cuddled up together and admired her baby scrapbook. She was an adorable baby! Her favorite present was the electric typewriter Angela and Lily bought for her at the neighborhood garage sale the previous day. She'd been dreaming of a typewriter ever since she watched the "Kit--An American Girl" movie and aspires herself to become a girl newspaper reporter.


She also received a deluxe magic kit. The key to magic tricks is good stage presence, quickness of the hand and distracting the eyes of the viewers. Robyn's a natural. She is preparing all her favorite tricks for a show when Pop-Pop comes to visit later this month.



Her birthday party was a "movie making" theme. In advance our girls painted sets, prepared costumes and wrote a "loose" script based on the classic story "The Basket of Flowers" by VonSchmidt. In 3 hours, they filmed what turned out to be a 15 min. movie which Angela edited and polished. (Countless times we have been grateful to the Zainea girls who first taughter Angela the fine art of movie making.)

The birthday celebration concluded with the annual date with Daddy. What a fine looking couple!

The Year--by Robyn

January's frosty cold, crocheted blankets many sold.
February's nice and cool, lakes will glitter just like jewels.
March brings sunshine very bright, it's still quite light even at night.
April's muddy from the rain, but we like it just the same.
In the month of May, it's Mother's Day I say.
June plays a part of the year, the sun is so bright it brings a tear.
July brings starts and stripes, and fireworks light up the night.
August is a happy time, the green grass is as green as lime.
September brings the colored leaves, it's getting cold--time to wear long sleeves.
October brings great delight, it's so peaceful and the leaves are such a sight.
November brings the cold and snow, it bites the hands and makes them glow.
December brings the sleight bells cheer, Christmas is very near.

Soccer Season is over--until Spring

Brian and Lily polished off their second soccer season this morning. They played a tough team--bigger, older, more experienced but they are a hardworking, scrappy bunch of girls and they did great! Lily barely limped off the field with 2 knee injuries and getting the wind knocked out of her all in 1 game. She plays like she lives and it scares her mother. The girls learned alot from Brian about strategy on the field and we look forward to having most of them back on the team in the spring. Here's our end of season team photo.

Northern Pygmy Owl

We have recently discovered that a Northern Pygmy Owl has taken up residence in one of our porch supports. Sir Speckles as he is called comes at about 7:00 pm and leaves at seven in the morning. He is diurnal and sleeps the entire time he is here.

The State Fair

I guess it's become a tradition now to go to the State Fair. I think we should win the award for "cheapskates". We go on $3 Dr. Pepper day with our empty can on pop. We almost always park blocks away and walk through "the hood" to get in. (Although this year, I broke down and paid.) We bring a sack lunch in our wagon and we only enjoy the free stuff--no chincy carnival rides for us! This year we went to the dog agility show, the african acrobats, the wild bird show and the marionettes performance. We also took in the butter sculpture and the arts and crafts building. The bird show won our "Favorites" poll this year. Scott went with us and we met a family who are friends of ours from choir. It was a good day.

Fall at the Arboretum with Cousin Scott

Brian's cousin Scott came from NJ to visit so we took in some sights this past week including the botanical gardens. The girls had fun with cousin Scott. He likes to cook and they made turkish delight to take to their theater class: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He also made fried chicken strips for our dinner one night so that was nice too.

Lily's New Hairdo

Lily just got a haircut. Isn't it cute?