My Roman Soldier

Blaine and I had our ward Christmas party last night at our church. The theme was "A Night in Bethlehem" and everyone had to come dressed in Biblical attire. It was pretty neat because the ward was taxed, meaning each person of every family needed to bring one can of non-perishable food for payment when coming into the church. The cans were then exchanged for a bag of coins, where each person was able to spend the coins at various food booths. It was fun! Blaine was asked to dress up and act like a Roman soldier at the party. We had a lot of fun putting together his costume! Blaine insisted on me taking the following pictures of him in his "gladiator-like" costume. So here is the wannabe Maximus Decimus Merideus...