Festival Time

Dinner the night before the festival. The girls too turns taking the pictures of everyone.

The Music Festival

headed to the festival on the school bus. The plan for next year is to paint it (except that is the plan for every year).

the first show.

Makeda playing with Shannon

Simret passed out after the first show.

Makeda doing Jessica's hair.

the girls pushing the stroller - which could only lead to a disaster right?

...well it did, Mama Jen tripped over it - fell backwards and spilled her wine ALL OVER herself (skirt, legs, arms, shirt, face and hair).

sweet...sweet Hannah (that should be the lyrics in a song).

the girls getting down.

hard work pushing your sister?

nap time again?

dancing.

loving.

taking important phone calls.

more dancing.

It was agreed that we wouldn't bring toys to the festival for the girls to fight over. So, they got creative and found other things to play with. This picture is of Simret pretending that her water-bottle is a baby.

Not sure who's idea this was- but right before Dave - the girls decided that it would be a good idea to get "naked baby" and dance around. It was really funny and those around us loved their spirit. (this picture has been censored).

as has this one. Silly girls!

The festival was an amazing time for all of us! As most of you know, I LOVE music festivals, but this particular one I will cherish for some time. I think, because it was a turning point for our family. The girls- forced to be together for 12 hours, with no TV, no toys, no where to go except to be together. I think they learned to enjoy one another, to play with each other, to dance and sing together, to sleep together, to help each other - to just have a great time together; that it was much more fun than fighting over things and people. It seemed that they really bonded during this weekend. Simret keeps asking me when we are "going back to the festival to see Dave" (which of course warms my heart- how couldn't it). Since this weekend the girls have gotten along soooo much better - don't get me wrong we still have our struggles and battles- but life is much more easy. So, overall it was another successful adventure - good times were had by all.