the nativity set

the main project the branson high school art club has been doing this semester is repainting this nativity scene. when set up, it overlooks downtown branson from the cliff way up high above the taneycomo river.
we had them laid out in bits and pieces on the tables in our art rooms and painted them with oil paints (losing several brain cells in the process). it was quite a task, but it turned out pretty nice. the place at which they set it all up is only a couple blocks from our house. nick and i went for a little walk on thanksgiving day to check them out. it was such a perfect, beautiful, sunny day, it's hard to imagine even though it was only last week! branson has definitely left behind the idyllic fall weather and encountered full-blown winter head on, darn it all.

the little-publicized sneaky wiseman who almost got joseph with his shank.

for being the star of the show, jesus is looking rather... tiny?

ah, jerusalem. just as i've always imagined it.

this cement pad overlooking downtown is the spot where nick and i went on our very first date. you can see the back sides of the nativity scene in front of us.

we set up our christmas tree on sunday! but that's a story that will have to wait for another day.