Wrapping it up
Well, wouldn’t you know I managed to do it again…except this time I waited an entire 2 months+ to post. I will not label this a new year’s resolution, but I will say that I’m more committed to regularly posting on our blog again! Here’s a few shots of the things that have been going down in the past several weeks.
Dinner Theater
The majority of Sam’s fall consisted of lots of energy and time invested in camp’s annual Dinner Theater, which reached its culmination in the 6-performance stretch at the beginning of December. The first act took place in “so-called” Santa’s workshop and was riddled with as much goof as possible. The second act was set in a toy shop, and brought a balanced mood and tone to the point of the show. Overall it was a hilarious, yet heart-moving concoction of gut-wrenching laughter (Sam played a singing/dancing elf!), and a twist on the world’s tainted perspective on Christmas, leaving the audience with a sobering picture of what is real, what is not, and the One who gives us peace in this painful, unpredictable life. Though it’s hard to imagine a serious message from these pictures…trust me… it was pulled off well, thanks to writer/director Matt Hoffland.
Sam played such a convinging elf…who knew?
I was thankful for the challenge and opportunity to help make costumes for the show.
A nightly ritual of getting elf ears and chops applied
The full cast
Travel
The Dinner Theater was actually sandwiched between two rounds of traveling for us. We are grateful for the time allowed to visit family both at Thanksgiving and Christmas. What a great time it was! The kids were champs for the most - and the portable DVD player was the hero of the trip I might add. We made it back home to the good ole’ northwoods on Christmas Eve in time to unload and celebrate together as a family on Christmas day. Pictures are pretty much non existent….because I’m in picture-taking apathy like that. Except for a few taken by family and friends, these would be the dark ages…sad, I know. I’ll get right on that.
Cheesing it up with some good friends
Three’s a crowd
I think I’m being forced to eat some words I wrote in my last post when I swore to you I was, indeed, not pregnant. I really thought those words were true. Little did I know I was! Yes, it’s true, the little bugger is about the size of a plum and supposedly will make its appearance around July , (I’m 12 weeks along). Needless to say I’ve been queasy 24/7 but am hoping that wanes soon as it did with the others. We’re excited and are probably going to wait to find out the gender until the baby is born, (Sam’s request not mine….but I am ever so humbly submitting to that:) And yes, as has been pointed out by some dear friends…we know we’re moving from man-to-man, to zone.
Wintertainment
This past week has been camp’s annual Wintertainment camp for high school youth. Sam hit the ground running with lots on his maintenance plate including shoveling snow off roofs (to prevent ice dams), and problem-solving heating issues. He’s also been running the tows almost every night for the ski hill. We’re grateful that once again the youth from our home church made the trek up to be encouraged and spurred on in their faith this week. Pictures to come!
That should be it for a few days. Really, I’ll be better. We’ve got some great stuff on the horizon….Sam turns 29 in just a few days…I’m eyeing a vintage chair on craigslist that I’d love to reupholster…..seed catalogs have arrived (only exciting for Sam right now), food will actually start tasting good again soon, and by golly….we’re hitting 2011 soon! Wow…..do you ever think about that Y2K “scare”? That was….interesting. Anyway…I’m off for now! Thanks for reading!