The director asked the boys to not get a hair cut until after the production. Their head gear would stay on better if there was more bulk to their hair.
There was bulk all right.
9 A.M. Monday morning, Nan came over to get the boys and take them to the salon.
There had to be a pound of hair on the floor when she was done.
It was nothing short of God’s great love for us that Stewart, Nigel, and Marie got to be part of this fantastic production.
Friday night John, Tabitha, and Johanna went to the show.
Saturday afternoon, after Tabitha, Johanna and Katriel had their last swim lesson, Tabitha and I went to see the production. I then ran Tabitha over to the church where John was taking a class and I went back to get the performers for a pizza lunch at Cam’s. It was excellent! And yes, the kids DID wear their make-up to the restaurant!
Then on Sunday John, Tabitha, Johanna, and I went to see it again. I was so sad that it was our final opportunity to see this amazing show.
Part of the beautiful supporting cast. These girls logged in countless hours riding in the car back and forth to Finney.
Hanny wanted to meet the characters!
I was a planner/helper for the cast party. It was such a great time.
The whole entire thing was a blessing from start to finish. To God be the glory!
I’m trying to get caught up on my blog. I’m getting there piece by piece. I need to stop and share this story, though.
Six to twelve months ago Nigel asked about switching over to guitar from piano. We were okay with the idea and our piano teacher does both. But there was that part about not having a guitar. We HAD had two guitars at one point, but in our attempts to declutter over the years we had already gotten rid of them by the time Nigel expressed his interest.
John had done some occasional searching on Craigslist and Amazon, but we never had peace to just jump on anything.
The idea moved more to the front-burner in the last few weeks and I decided to pray about it. There were far more pressing things going on, however, and it was never a major focus.
Then one Sunday at church, after Nigel was finished ushering for the day, Mr. Soanes (the head usher) asked Nigel out to his car. It seems Mr. Soanes had asked Nigel in the past if he was interested in singing in the choir as Stewart does. Nigel explained he’d like to play guitar. Well, Mr. Soanes had a guitar at his house that no one was using. And as I headed to the doors to exit the church that particular Sunday, my mouth dropped open as I saw Nigel walking back into the church with Mr. Soanes, with a guitar bag in his hand.
Really.
And here is Nigel with his first guitar lesson with Nate.
Do you remember the story about the drums?
This time I was able to one of the drivers to Rochester Christian School.
I can’t WAIT to see the show!!!
As production continued to move forward for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the cast had a few promotional field trips to local Christian Schools. Early Friday morning I received an email from the director asking if I could help transport students to Northstar School. Because I technically could… I made the shifts necessary to have it happen. And BOY was I blessed for it. We had to leave co-op early. I had to grab lunches at Wendy’s. I had to drop off Tabitha, Johanna and Katriel to hang out with Nan. (THANKS, NAN!) And I had to be at Finney by 12:15 PM.
We headed to the school and I got a sneak preview of some of the songs from the show!
YouTube hates me, so I can’t upload the video here…
But we stopped at McDonald’s on the way home for a quick treat.
How could hunks of metal make him look so much older???
We haven’t had much snow this year (PTL!!!) but when we did timed out just right in our busy schedules. The youngest two had a planned afternoon with Nan, so I offered the oldest four a trip to the hill at the high school. Tabitha decided she’d rather hang with Nan, so Stewart, Nigel, and Marie gave their snowboards a test drive. The hill is big and it was a little harder than they’d expected.
I, of course, observed from the car. I ventured out on occasion to catch an image with my zoomy-zoom lens.
Someone learned how to make a grumpy face.
It’s a lot like this one from 2004…
My outdoor photos did not come out, so I can’t show you how much fun we had meeting up at church with friends, walking to a nearby neighborhood, and singing on doorsteps and driveways.
The weather was mild (yay!) and the time went by too quickly.
We headed back to church for some snacks and additional singing. Marie opted not to join us and stayed home with Dad who was working on a home repair. The rest of us had a blast and are looking forward to next year.
Dayspring Disciples 