As always, we keep up with our family tradition known as “Game Day”! Here, a group of us pose for the camera:
Just havin’ fun! 
…and being silly. Apparently.
I hope everyone had a a lovely Thanksgiving (and Game Day, if you also celebrate )!
~Kasie
My life over the past few weekends…
“Your Majesty, I beg to put before you loving friends…” (and yes, that is a line from the King and I! Expect these to slip in frequently when conversing with my family…)
The one time you see Nate out on stage, not including curtain call.
Silliness!
Walter sings his chant…
Dear friends who came to see the show:
“I wonder if you know what you might be facing ma’am: an Englishwoman, here in the East!”
Cast photos, and more and more cast photos…
And lastly, the set strike.
What an incredible experience!
~Kasie
~Kasie
~Will and Angie, as the King and Anna
The King and I has been going full swing, and us with it! I almost feel as if the theater has become a second home, we’re there so often. 
Opening weekend went great! One of my favorite parts about live theater is that every performance is unique, especially with the differences that come with each audience. It certainly keeps you on your toes! But with each night we performed last week, the feedback was very favorable; everyone loved it! We’re shooting for a sellout this weekend!
Although several of our readers have probably already seen pictures from Facebook, here are some from our personal camera. Or, in other words, “this is Kasie, going from person to person, taking pictures all over the theater, backstage, and with her cast friends.”
Either way, enjoy!
After our opening night performance and Angie and I made our way to the lobby to greet the guests, we were each surprised with a bouquet of a dozen red roses from Nate and Walter!
I think we have the sweetest brothers ever!
Here’s a job well done to all the cast and stage/tech/costume/helper crew, and looking forward to four more performances this weekend! Have a fabulous day, etc, etc, etc!
~Kasie
I didn’t believe my friend (and fellow horse lover and riding companion) when she told me I’d be riding “Sully” by myself along the roads by the end of summer, yet I am! I certainly wouldn’t believe her if she told me I’d also be taking Sully to his first horse show and placing in the classes, but that’s exactly what happened!
~Sully and me. Don’t we look so good together?
Horse shows are much more fun when you can enjoy them with friends, and none of my adventures last week would’ve been possible without the help of our friends, the Browns! It was Sydney’s idea to bring Sully along with her horse “Blackie” to the last show of the season, since it was a safe and easy going environment for newcomers and green horses. It was perfect! A few days and a vet call later (a standard procedure to give the ‘okay’ to Sully’s health), and we were on our way!
I didn’t know what to expect from Sully. I didn’t even know if he’d ever been brought to a horse show before (read the story of how I got my horses here), but I’m proud of him! For the most part he was a good boy, and we came away with three ribbons out of the four classes we entered in! (2 third place, and one second!) It was a great experience for us.
I still consider Sully somewhat green, but he’s come such a long way! As I said before, I’m very proud of him, and now I know certain aspects of his training that we need to work on. I can never stay mad at him long, that’s for sure. He’s just too cute!
Thank you so much, Sydney and Mrs. Brown for picking us up and for a fantastic fun time!
Now to see what I can do with Violet! That’s gonna be interesting…
~Kasie
P.S. For those of you who don’t know, Violet’s my other horse; a rescued thoroughbred mare, very neurotic, very high strung and high tempered, and very herd bound to Sully. Training her is going to be a definite challenge!
Our band pictures have needed an update for a long time, but it wasn’t until last week that we actually had an official shoot!
It was a fun day, and we got a lot of great shots! We ended up with over 2000 photos, but I’ll only post a handful.
So here you have it; the first look at our photo shoot, unedited with outtakes and all. Enjoy!
Many thanks to our ever patient, ever helpful photographer and gracious hosts! (that taco soup really was delicious!) You guys are awesome.
So be looking for a website makeover in the near future…once we’ve sorted through and edited this mountain of pictures we have. Have a blessed day!
-Kasie
For the past several weekends, TheWilli have kept busy playing at different fall festivals, concerts and churches. It’s been a blast! Check out our pictures from last week’s Fall Festival of Nations:
“Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.”
~Psalm 47:6
~Kasie
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
~Kasie
My nephew has learned very quickly how to ham it up for the camera.
There, that’s better!
~Kasie
“What exactly is Ultimate Spoons”, you ask? Well, to give you a mental image, it looks something like this;
The card game aspect takes place in one room, while the spoons are scattered in another. You might get a scene like this;
(notice Angie’s victory in the background at finding the first spoon!)
You should try it! It really is, quite amusing.
~Kasie
