The girls are AMAZING! We had no drama, we surpassed every goal we set for ourselves and all came back loving each other and the Gospel a little more.
The theme for this year was: Values are always in Fashion at the Chandler Values Mall. We ended up being assigned the value Divine Nature and the Optical Store. I think the girls were kind of bummed about the optical store because it wasn't as exciting as some of the other (shoe store, jewelry store, clothes store. . .) But we made it work. I decided we should be a sunglass store, so we went with Aloha Optical and went tropical.
This meant we spent our days lazing around by the palm trees in a hammock. OK, if only!
I did have to laugh that poor Sadie fell out of the hammock *multiple* times a day.It was also fun that my sister was my "assistant camp director." My poor sweet sister always gets dragged into all of my fun plans. I am grateful that she shares her talent so willingly with me. She made me gobs of cute tags to put on all of our scripture study gifts. Like this:
and this:
and this:
And she spent hours on the phone with me trying to come up with clever sayings to go with each scripture. At first I was worried the girls wouldn't appreciate all the time and effort but they totally got it!!Along with the tags, she also made me a tidy tent award that all the girls were dying to win.
There was also lots of hair washing, braiding, games, laughing, hiking, screaming, cheering and general Girl's Camp-ness.Lows:
* The elbow song. If I never hear that again, I will be a happy girl.
* Too much candy. I am so sick.
* Forgetting the foam pad for my cot. My sweet husband texted every Priesthood holder that he knew up there and they all jumped to my rescue. I slept amazingly well and stayed warm. All thanks to the Priesthood! Our Stake Presidency is really the best.* Dustin lost my pillow on the drive home. After flying off the trailer, it is laying somewhere on the highway. I hope some desert animal gave it a good home.
And that's it. Even being dirty wasn't that bad. Although I did look at my leg at one point and I had dirt up to my knees.
Highs:
* The Wiggle-O
I've brought it home and the kids love doing it too* Dustin getting to come up for Bishop's Night
You should have seen me staring down the road when I expecting him to appear. He brought the girls ice cream cake which was delicious and we even won the "Name That Bishop" game.* Spending time with the girls.
We have the most amazing YW in our Ward. I know some of them from back when I was Primary President, but I was so grateful for the opportunity to really get to know all their quirks. They made me laugh and I really love them so much more now.* Big Booty
(this is actually my favorite picture of the entire week)
Kaycee taught it to us and had to leave for a family reunion right as we were getting good at it. We ran out of chairs, and I came back from a meeting to find sweet Brother Stewart sitting on top of the ladder.
(this is actually my favorite picture of the entire week)*Pranking
Christy and I may have had a little rivalry going. I think it all started over her killing me off repeatedly during Mafia and involved some "alloy" lotion. I'm not even sure if we've called a truce yet since I woke up to a "We love the Utes" sign on my garage this morning.* Solo Time
Isn't it gorgeous? It was so nice to get out of the heat and be in nature for a few days. You could really feel the love and power of our Heavenly Father out there. I hope the girls felt the peace the gospel brings.* Testimony meeting. Our girls had such sweet & simple, yet powerful testimonies. I am in awe of the things they shared and the spirit they felt. I am so touched that I was able to be there and share in this experience.
After a week up there I totally get why people love going, although I don't know if I could ever go with anyone other than *my* girls!!!
6 comments:
i'm so glad you had fun, although i knew you would. plus, i knew they would adore you, looks like i was right.
ready for the 100 tag project to begin??
May I borrow Kathleen next year? :) I'm glad you had such a fabulous time!
What can I say, wow!
I'm so glad you had fun! Big Booty is the BEST! You definitely should try camping again, but you're right there is nothing better than girls camp.
Looks like you had a blast!! Those girls are lucky to have you {and your sister} as their leader! Love all the pics and stories - so fun. And that ladder pic is quite funny! Sorry about your pillow, that would have made me so sad!
So jealous! That is my dream calling.
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