Did you miss me?
(My not blogging for a week is nearly unprecidented!)
We spent the end of the week at Sonshine Christian Music Festival in Wilmar, MN.
Because we had a difficult start to the week, we left a day later than we had hoped.
We drove late into the night, stopping to camp in the Walmart parking lot.
Believe it or not, it was a great night's sleep.
We were so very thankful to arrive at the Festival on Thursday morning!
20,000 people and LOUD music had Mr. Joshua pretty overwhelmed... for about 30 minutes.
He did NOT stay overwhelmed for long!
After about an hour close to mom, he was wanting to party up close to the bands!
(Just like Daddy!)
Unfortunately, Daddy had to field a few work calls in between shows.
We experienced all kinds of weather, a little cold, some rainy, and some steamy!
Joshua loves, loves music!
He plays a mean air guitar, too!
I do confess that his dancing looks pretty similar to Tommy's Firework Ballet.
(not sure it is jammin' but it makes momma laugh!)
This was one of Sierra and Brenna's favorite parts of the Festival.
The lead singer from Family Force 5 did his final song being tossed around over the heads in a hamster ball.
He was thrown all over the place while never missing a note in the song.
My favorite part of the festival was watching my kids (and meeting my friend Sharon)!
The night Skillet played they (and daddy) had oh-so-much FUN!
This is our crew ready for day 2!
Do they look ready to rock?
Rock On!
Daddy had the great idea to poke a hole in a water bottle and let Joshua play with it.
Joshua really enjoyed it!
Jamison's favorite part of the Festival was the funnel cakes.
He also really liked Remedy Drive.
Singing in the rain.
Let me tell you, this child really LOVES umbrellas!
Long naps kept little man going LATE into the night.
Pillow fight!
It rained and poured and got really, really messy!
Thank you God that we were not tenting!
Yucky!
Joshua is not such a fan of his stroller anymore, but when he saw all the mud he happily hopped in!
I love this girls heart.
Sierra said one of her favorite parts of the festival was one of the singers talking about raising hands in worship. He explained that he thinks of hands raised in worship just like his daughters' raising their arms up wanting to be held. She said those words, "I need you Daddy!" made worship feel safer, more real, and less embarrassing.
Sierra's other Festival favorites were Skillet (of course), Family Force 5, and the Newsboys drum stage.
Smiles at 11...PM!?!
Maybe if we are really, really good momma will let us stay for the encore?
She did!
Rocking with Toby Mac
Joshua says his favorite part of Sonshine was going to the "yucky potty" in the dark using mommy's cellphone as a flashielight. He also really liked funnel cakes and too noisy guitars.
I mentioned many weather changes, right?
Saturday was so very steamy the girls stood in front of the fan every chance they got!
First we used the umbrellas for rain,
later we used them to block a little sunshine.
While the weather was crazy, the Festival was awesome.
lISTENING TO Christian music for 3 solid days was superb.
Seeing teens be EXCITED about Jesus was inspiring!
Hearing testimonies was challenging.
Partying in worship with my family was amazing.
So there you have it... the reason for my blog silence.
Concerts, concerts, and more concerts!
So thankful we were able to go!
