Band Party

Ben has had the privilege co-leading a worship team at Apex with Matt for the last year! It has been an amazing year and a team of people that Ben has thoroughly enjoyed and been blessed by. Ben is remaining on the team this year but has stepped down from leadership as the added tasks and time with Isaac seemed more important to him.

However, in light of the eventful first year we thought it would be fun to have an end-of-year/beginning-of-year band party. Those of you that know us know that it rare that we throw a party that doesn’t involve a costume. And this party was no exception.

Ben had the costume theme idea which seemed to be perfect for this crew. The theme: Come dressed as someone else in the band (or a member of their immediate family). In light of the fact that the band was getting a new drummer we didn’t expect him to be dressed in costume, but everyone else was required.

Okay, let’s just start with the party pooper award and get that out of the way! That would be MATT! He came dressed as himself. Okay, that is out of the way, onto the rest of the great attire!

There was Melissa, Drew and Jonas who came as Baby Acker, Beck, and Isaac – great ensemble!! We didn’t get a picture of them with their real life people because Baby Acker wasn’t present

Next there would be Jody who came as Marisa – of course Marisa decided to straighten her hair for the day so it was kind of funny! But kudos to Jody for participating!

Justin was most definitely Mark Acker! He totally looks like this during band weekends don’t you think? Well, not really, but he has the landscaping ensemble down. I think we need a weigh in from Mark and Mandy since they weren’t able to join us – what do you two think?

Then there was Ben, Isaac, and I. We came as pregnant Melissa, Drew (with a bit of a mullet), and Jonas. We were quite the site! So much fun though. Not sure I am quite ready to be 6 months pregnant with an infant though!

And taking the prize for best costume was Alathea who came as Justin. Check out that great shirt and if you look closely at her legs (I am sure Alathea won’t mind you checking out her legs) she is covered in some great poison ivy. It really looked real! She might want to consider going into makeup artistry if she gets tired of the youth gig. Oh. Wait. Being a makeup artist is a necessary skill when working with teenage girls!

To view all of pictures from the evenings events head on over to the gallery. We had some great awards that were given away and were glad that not only the new drummer could come, but that last year’s drummer, Brian could join us for some of the festivities.

And one of my favorite pictures from the evening was this one of Jonas hanging with Drew and Justin. He looks like he is just one of the guys! Just chillin’ and contributing to the conversation!

Speaking as the wife of a band member – you all are a tremendous blessing to our family and our walk with Christ! Thank you for your service, time, candor and the great relationships that have been formed over the last year. We are looking forward to the upcoming year and many more great memories together.