All Because Two People Fell In Love...: 2012

Monday 9 January 2012

Christmas 2011

Another Christmas has come and gone in the Edwards household! I was very excited for Christmas this year because Liam is now at the age where he can really understand the "magic" of the holiday and it was also Noah's first Christmas. Liam was very excited for Santa Claus, but we were also adamant about teaching him about the very first Christmas and birth of Jesus. Of course the one thing Liam wanted for Christmas... puppets! However, we awoke Christmas morning to a sick little boy:( We ended up taking him to the emergency room and found out that he had strep throat. He was such a trooper throughout the day and still tried so hard to have fun! You wouldn't have even known he was sick if it wasn't for the fact that he slept most of the day.

Playing with Noah's activity table.

Noah in his Santa suit from Auntie Carla.

This was Liam's favorite Christmas present-
his puppet theatre that Grandma and Poppa made.

Cuddles with Daddy.

Little Hudsyn in her Christmas dress.

Managing to make some silly faces with Uncle Sheldon:)

A couple of days after Christmas Liam was on the mend and feeling a little better, and luckily I had found a gingerbread house that I had forgotten about in one of my cupboards. So, I pulled it out and we had some fun decorating it.

Everything is assembled.

Notice the decapitated reindeer? Liam had to have a bite!

Liam's decorating skills.

Ta-da! The finished product!

Sunday 8 January 2012

The Festival of the King!

Since September Southridge Productions has been rehearsing extensively for its final annual Christmas dinner theatre production, "Festival of the King" which ran from December 14- 18. Literally, hundreds of hours are put into planning, rehearsing, staging, decorating, serving, and clean up- all from volunteers from our church and community!! All in all, it was a resounding success- the dinner theatre tickets sold out for every evening, we performed for packed houses and managed to raise $16000 for the Tanzania Children's Rescue Centre. It is such a blessing to be a part of such a high quality show (and have a BLAST doing it!), while being able to give back to a very worthy cause!

The Synopsis
Basically it is a retelling of the nativity story... but with a twist. It takes place in a tribal setting and is infused with African- style music. My role in the play was "the girl" (Mary). I think the funniest thing about the play was last year Ann (our costume mistress) had to conceal my baby bump, and this year she had to give me one (with the help of a bustle). I was a little sad for the show to be done (knowing that it will probably be a while before I get a performance opportunity again), but it is also great to have more time for my husband and boys!

Here are pictures from the play. Hope you enjoy them!