Creation

Okay, so Creation was everything I wanted it to be. Of course the music was great and the bands put on such great shows. And once again, the group of kids we took was GREAT. We are so blessed to have such a good youth group. But what I didn't expect was how perfect they all were with Harlie. I never ever had to worry about where my kid was or who was watching her while I was cooking, etc. They all worked together to take care of her and it was so so sweet. I can't say enough how great it was and how much I appreciate them. And speaking of Harlie, she was a little angel! Every night during evening worship (around 7:00 or 8:00) she fell asleep in her stroller (usually with little struggle) and she slept through all of the evening concerts. And some of those concerts can get LOUD. Christian music is definitely not always soft and frilly. And she even slept through Skillet and TobyMac! (By the way, if you haven't heard of these bands, check them out - they are awesome. I can give you a very long list of good Christian bands if you want.) Anyway after the concerts we'd wheel her back to the car and load her up (around midnight) and she'd wake up a bit until we started moving. She'd sleep on the way back to the camper and we'd put her to bed until around 6:00 when we woke up and headed back to Creation. She was such a trooper. Enjoy the photos!

To explain the photos a little (I'm not going to try to put a line beneath each one) - the band is David Crowder, the kids are head-banging and goofy dancing in two of the photos, they found a baby bird and fed it the first day there, everyone shaved around the campsite - so funny to watch, Harlie loved hanging out in the baby carrier while her daddy walked her everywhere, the group photos don't include everyone that went with us - just the ones I could get in one place, and the photos of all of the people at the festival - that's really just a small portion of the people that were there. I think there were about 100,000 in attendance.