Girls Camp 2011

Hey there! Camp was amazing!!! (im happy to be sleeping indoors)

I thought you might want to know how it went to HERE GOES!!!

DAY 1 ~ Tuesday

I got up at 5:00, so I could get to the church by 5:45. They changed the time to 7:30. So, I had LOTS of time to get ready. Finally we got to the church, loaded my stuff into the trailer and got put into cars. We started out drive to Little Sioux. When we got there, It was very rainy. and windy. and wet. and miserable. All the tents were set up except ours s

o we had to build our own. They girls in my tent were:

Annelyn

Me and Kirsi Melanie Rochelle

We all got along really well!!

Our first class was "Destiny" (spiritual stuff) We learned about being unified. It was REALLY hard to participate because we were outdoors and centipedes were EVERYWHERE!!!

Then we went to do service. We were making things for the zoo:

Cheerio Necklaces for the Monkeys

Paper Mache Poppers Peanut Butter Roll Ups

Then we did crafts! We made bottle cap necklaces and washer necklaces!! :)

Washer Necklaces (kirsi made these

for each of the girls in our tent)

Bottlecap Necklaces

Then we went to our certification class and learned about distress signals, using the sun and stars for directions, and about knives.

We went back to our tents and I discovered my pillow had fallen into a puddle :( I spent a lot of my free time drying it off in the bathroom

We had dinner. It was spaghetti and it was delicious!

After dinner, the 4th years had a game prepared for us to help get to know each other. We all sat in a big circle and shared certain things about us (fav vacation spots, family stuff, embarrassing moment, or a special skill)

Then we went on the Faith Walk. It was AMAZING!! We were blindfolded and we were holding onto a rope, deep walking into the forest. Along the way, our YCL's were trying to tempt us to let go (ewww, watch out, we're all done, let's party, etc) At the end, they strung a bunch of lights onto a tree (to represent the tree of life) It was a really cool experience.

Day 2 ~ Wednesday

We woke up at 7:30 and went to breakfast (Biscuits and Gravy) It was still pretty wet.

Then we did service (the same thing) It was actually fun. Then we did crafts. We made Journals:

This is mine.

Then we took our Destiny Class. We learned about stars (our camp theme was "It takes MORE than ONE star to make a CONSTELLATION)

And after that, we got some more certification done.

Then it was time for free time. But there was an issue. The wind was really bad where the 2nd and 4th year tents were located and it was breaking the tents. Everyone was to empty the tents, take them down, and hike up a 1/2 mile to this small valley. It was a pain but everyone worked together and we got the job done. I got a new tent, and a new tent mate, named Cheyenne.

My new tent being put up

Everyone hiking to the new site
My old tent being taken down
My new tent mate, Cheyenne

I was bummed because I didn't get free time. Then we had dinner (tacos)

After dinner, we were split into our wards. The Millard Ward was put into a cabin. We had a testimony meeting. It was pretty emotional and everyone cried during the meeting except me. I cried a bit after.

All the girls in the cabin
A fun game "Are you Smarter than a Young Women"
After we spent time with our ward, we went star gazing. The clouds FINALLY cleared and we saw the stars. I headed to my camp and went to bed

Day 3 ~ Thursday

Thursday was our last full day, and also the day of our hike. It was cloudy in the morning. I was READY TO GO! The 2nd years had a 5 mile hike. It was pretty fun, but really long. I had to go to the bathroom SUPER bad at the end. It was disgusting. One of the latrines had a dead bird next to the toilet and there were super huge spiders in the toilets. BLECH!!! When we were done, we did MORE certification. We had a pretty late lunch after but it was good (baked potatoes) Then, it CLEARED UP! In fact, it was hot! For free time, I went to the lake with Rochelle. We went canoeing, and we swam in the lake. Our ranger, Doc, told us that there was a snapping tutrle in the lake, and that if you wiggled your toes in the water wile you were sitting on the dock, it would bite you. I was scared to go in. So me and Rochelle said 1, 2, 3, and we were supposed to both jump in, but I chickened. She was kinda mad. Then Morgan pushed me in. (: After the lake, we went on the biggest slip 'n slide ever. It was SO MUCH FUN!!

Me all ready for our hike

Ready for swimming

After free time, we had dinner (Hawaiian haysatacks)

The cooks (if you've noticed from the pictures) dressed according to what they served for dinner(: it was fun.

After dinner, we had our BIG group testimony meeting (with EVERYBODY)

It was the last NIGHT so all the girls in our tent were planning to party. We saved all our snacks from the day, so we would have food. Unfortunately, we were by the leader tents so we had to be quiet. :( We didn't get the party we were planning but we had fun. Then, we went to bed.

Day 4 ~ Friday

Last Day

Everyone in our tent woke up at 7:00. They were going to let us sleep in until 8. Darn. But, we all got packed up and organized so when it was time to go, we would be ready. 2nd and 4th years were in charge of making breakfast that morning, and we made our own version of Egg McMuffins. They tasted OK. After, we got some freetime. I just hung out in my tent. Then, each year level performed our skits. 2nd years was like a boot camp. We were all doing things bad. My group was singing Spirit of God waaaaaaay of key (on purpose) Others were messing up on the 13th article of faith (chased by an elephant instead of chaste, benevolent) and so on. It was fun. Then we had one last destiny class. By then, it was SUPER hot and we were all really sweaty. Finally, we got lunch (sandwiches) We only had 20 minutes to eat. When we were done, we had to walk up to camp, get all our stuff, take down our tents, take all our things down to a trailer, load it, and get ready to go. We said our goodbyes, gave hugs, and got numbers. I had been making a bracelet and I gave it to our camp director.

The drive home was long and I fell asleep. It felt AMAZING to be home, with air conditioning, indoor plumbing, and my own bed.

Camp was an awesome experience, but I'm sad it's over. It went by very fast. Good thing the reunion is on Wednesday, right???