Girls Camp

Here are my Girl Camp pictures I promised I would post! Enjoy!! (For those of you who did not go to camp, I apologize for the billion of pictures you now have to look at. lol!).

We had an amazing Girls Camp. We went to the Camp Director's cabin near Heber Valley. The Cabin was gorgeous, the weather was perfect and the girls were soooo fun!!

The theme for Camp was "Be the Hero in your own Fairy Tale".

Here are the girls putting on their awesome skits. The girls were divided into 4 groups, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Princess and the Frog and Shrek. Each group was led by youth camp leaders and throughout the week they would do activities, such as the skits, in their groups.

We went canoeing two times during camp. This by far was everyone's favorite thing we did at camp. Minus the leeches. LOL!!

I couldn't believe how brave the girls were about getting in the water. I wanted to strangle a few of the older ones who dumped my canoe but I survived and eventually thawed out. Lol! Do you see the pictures of my fellow YW leaders (above), dry and beautiful. All I'm going to say is Chickens, Chickens, Chickens!! (except for the two prego ones , they have a good excuse. lol!)

During the week we did all the normal Girl Camp acitivities, such as hike, crafts, trust games, faith walk, camp fire, camp songs, certification, firesides etc... My favorite and I know many of the girls favorite was the Faith Walk, amazing. Oh, can't forget all the delicious food and treats, treats and more treats.

*Julie, you were inspired by asking us leaders to bring extra treats, still can't believe how much our girls ate. Crazy!! LOL!!

Here is poor Kiya who was unfortunately stung by stinging nedal. (I think that's what it's called) Broke my heart to see how much pain she was in. A big thank you to Brother Harrop who scraped off all the poison out of the wound.

On one of the nights we did a Women of the scripture walk. Each of us leaders acted out a different women from the scriptures that represented a young women value. The girls had lanterns (which they made) and walked around the cabin stoping at each of us as we told our stories. It turned into a really special night.

More fun and random pictures. If you notice that I have more pictures of some girls than others it's not my fault. My camera became the "camp camera" and most of these shots were taken by our crazy girls. Just a small FYI!!

After the 5 mile hike the girls soaked their feet. Can you say pampered girls camp. I'll admit it was weird to come home and not stink of camp fire but I'll also admit I liked sleeping on soft carpet and I loved the shower.

On one of the nights we had a dance off! We ended up dancing for over an hour (maybe longer), it was a blast!!!

More crazy fun!!

This is one of the rooms that us YW leaders were assigned to. We turned it into the luggage and hang out room and eating lots of treats room.

The last night we had the "Camp Awards". The youth leaders came up with the awards but us YW leaders presented them. We dressed in old prom dresses and did the whole Oscar thing.

The girls with their awards!!

More pictures!!

A quick over view of the camp theme. 1st day: was all about the Hero, not knowing who they are or how truly amazing they are. 2nd day: we were introduced to the Villain (Satan). 3rd day: we talked about the choices in our lives- what path to follow. 4th day: we talked about the battle. 5th day: we celebrated- victory day!

I can't end this post without mentioning the six YW leaders I serve with. They are the most amazing gals whom I look up to and love so much!!

Here are the girls on the last day having lunch and shakes right before we took them home. A fun way to end Girls Camp!

I love you girls!!!

ps. It's so sad but I can totally tell I'm getting older, it took me at least 4 days possibly 5 days to fully recuperate from camp. No sleep, being around beehives, hot sun, eating junk food and laughing non stop for four days seriously about killed me. It was all worth it but it doesn't change the fact that I'm getting old !!! Lol!!

Here is a funny video clip of the girls singing a funny song. They sang this song the entire camp, it was very catchy and got stuck in all our heads. Crazy girls!!!