tradition reigns supreme and this year we went once again we went to the seventh day adventist church's walk through nativity "the road to bethlehem." this year, with the parsons family. i love that our kids love each other so damn much and i know they enjoyed their night out together so much!
one of my favourite scenes is always the throne room with king herod. he's always portrayed as such a villian (which of course we know he was) but i love how much the guys who play him get right into it and throw themselves into character. he also always has a bunch of harlots off to one side that just wander about flirting with the crowd and throwing out random comments. they crack me up too.
as always the scenes were set beautifully to remind our children (and us!) what christmas is all about and how important it is that we remember the birth of our saviour.
i love how much effort goes into the completely free evening. you only have to book because it is so, so popular!
even baby alex seemed to enjoy himself and was very well behaved as he was wheeled about the place. (isn't he the cutest!)\
as we got into the final room, where we see the baby jesus laying in the manger, madeline insisted that she be able to hold alex as we watched the scene play out before us. i love how much she loves him and i was so touched by seeing this in front of me.
all too quickly it was all over and we headed back out into the real world again, past the donkey - who i adore and look for every year ♥
i noticed this prayer tree as i went past, i don't know if they have had it in previous years, but i thought it was such a beautiful idea and added a few names to it myself. i read once that as we prayer for others, unseen help rises to assist them right as we do so and i have never forgotten it. obviously i know how prayer and the lord works, but i loved how it was worded. i think loving people of other religions and their way of worshipping and praying is a really important thing. especially now at christmas time.
we finished off the night taking these nuggets to get some nuggets at the local hungry jacks. what a night. it just gets better every year, and there is no way you could keep us away... we'll be back to do it all over again next year ♥
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