Long Time No Blog........

It has been a busy and fun couple of weeks....

On Sunday we came home from our trip to CreationFest....it was hot, hot, hot but totally amazing! So many fantastic bands!

We saw...

Newsboys - Switchfoot - TobyMac - Kutless - David Crowder - Jeremy Camp - Skillet - Flyleaf - Hawk Nelson -Barlow Girl - Family Force 5 - Leeland - Ayiesha - Mike Farris - Group 1 Crew - Lincoln Brewster - Sanctus Real - Thousand Foot Krutch - Pillar - The Afters - Washington Projects - Seabird - Paul Baloche - 10th Avenue North - Phil Wickham - Steve Fee - Britt Nicole - Disciple - Red - The Myriad - Superchick - Stellar Kart - Inhale Exhale - Fireflight -
Future of Forestry - Dizmas - Eleventyseven - Run Kid Run - Children 18:3 - Ruth - Worth Dying For

Some of our favorites....

Flyleaf

Skillet

David Crowder Band

We really had a blast! Each of the girls brought a friend along and some friends of ours let us use their trailer so the camping experience wasn't too bad. With almost 25,000 other people camping for 4 days at the Gorge in George....the event was quite a feat to pull off. Between taking showers on a semi-truck and using a Honeybucket for 4 days, I am thankful for the comforts of home.

When we came home we went to a family Cheer BBQ and then Hailey went off to Cheer Camp bright and early the next morning. Last night a couple of moms and I drove back across the mountains to watch them at Monday night live at their camp. Busy...busy...busy!!!

The team at the BBQ

Showing their parents the dance they are doing for camp....

The camp gear and uniforms....

The girls had a fashion show of all the mom's uniforms from the past....

Carly wearing one of my uniforms and Hailey wearing another mom's.....

Two of the girls modeled the new uniforms for 2008-2009 season....

Hailey at home after the BBQ trying out her new uniform....
Last night at the camp performing their routine....

Celebrating....

A birds eye view...

House full of artists.....

Just wanted to share my sweet Hailey's newest passion.....painting! It thrills me to no end that she has become so passionate about art. Kyla has also been having fun drawing and painting this summer and the house feels like a little art studio. As well, I have been taking an art class this summer so my paint brushes have been busy also. I love sharing this with the girls and seeing them learn, experiment and grow in their skills and creativity.

Here is a little sampling of what has been produced at the Liptack studio......

Hailey's art....

This was her first canvas that she painted. She made it after going through some stuff with friends and boy.....It really blew me away and I have it displayed in the family room.

She made this one as a gift for her friend Maddy. I just love it!!!!
A page out of her sketchbook....
Kyla's painting....

Finally, this past week I did a painting for class....the assignment was to do self rendered piece which had to do with our life. It had to have a part of ourselves in the painting as well as symbolism that relates to something important or meaningful in our lives.

I call this one "All Tied Up"

Fun on the Fourth!!!

The short trip camping went by fast but we had fun.........with exception of the one night Mike and I had to sleep in the car because we got rained out of our tent.

Since our trip was a last minute plan, Hailey was not with us. She had already made plans to spend the 4th in Chelan with her friend Britt. They had fun but it was weird not having all of us together. I guess as the girls get older this will happen more and more:(.

Britt and Hailey in front of Lake Chelan on the 4th.

From our family to yours!!!!

We are off camping for a couple days....hopefully we get some sunshine. This morning it has been pouring and hailing!!! Crazy!!! It has been nice all week and soon as we are ready to camp, it starts to rain. Hopefully it will be dryer on the other side of the mountains where we are going.

Have a safe and sane holiday weekend!

Happy Canada Day!!!!

Wishing all of our Canadian friends and family a happy Canada Day!!!!

Many of you already know that our daughters were born in Canada when we were living there in the 90's while Mike was in graduate school in British Columbia. They both have duel citizenship so we enjoy celebrating their Canadian roots by hanging their flag in front of the house on this special day!

Our little Canadian Girls!!!