Our ward's Girl's Camp was a huge success and so much fun! It was held up at North Fork Campground. I was a little nervous about it because I'm not a hugs camper. I was nervous how my little family would do without me for 3 1/2 days and I wasn't sure how pumping would go up there without power. But as usual, I shouldn't have worried so much before hand because it all worked out just great and I came home so glad that I was able to go for the whole time. My kids missed me but my mom and Michael handled everything fine. Thanks to them!
I got to know the girls in our ward so much better and I loved it. This camp was different than the camps I went to when I was in YW. We have a small group of girls and because of this we get to know each one better. We also meet all together each week for activities (we don't break into Laurels, Mia Maids, etc.) and so I think the girls all have a special bond and really care about each other. I loved that I didn't feel like there were clicks or different groups.
We had sure done a lot of planning beforehand including some 5 hr. meetings that went to about midnight, but it was worth it. Everything was executed as planned and was great-even with our camp director deciding not to go the week before due to the fact that she was 8 months pregnant. Our camp's theme was " Our Happily Ever After". Each day was centered around a Disney princess. The first day was Cinderella Day. We included our hike on this day since we knew it'd be a bit of work. The waterfall we hiked to was so pretty though. That night we had a visit from our Fairy Godmother (our YW President's mom came and gave a great fireside) who gave a great lesson about waiting for your prince charming and making sure he's worthy to take you to the temple.
The second day was Rapunzel Day and this day the highlight was for sure the ropes course that we got to participate in. It was so fun and super scary at the same time! Weber county runs it and it's basically a big faith challenge as you have to climb a telephone pole, pull yourself up onto a 12 in. "pizza plate" that is super wobbly and then jump off and try to grab on to the trapeze. You are trusting the 2 belayers on each side of you that are holding your ropes. Hopefully you can get an idea from the pictures I posted of myself attempting. The last picture shows me after I'd dropped a bit from the trapeze which I barely missed. Only one of our girls was able to actually get the trapeze as well as our priesthood guys.
It was such a fun afternoon spent encouraging each other and watching everyone face their fears and go for it! All of our girls tried, some didn't go all the way up but most did.
That night we had a spiritual evening as we talked about the glow inside each of us and searching for the light ( just like Rapunzel wanted to see the lanterns) of the gospel. We had candles for each of the girls that we handed out after and lit them one by one. We played a really cute song, "You are the Glow." I love the lyrics to it!
The 3rd day was Ariel Day and we headed to Pineview for a day of boating and playing in the water. It was a lot of fun! Saturday was The Prince of Peace Day and during our scripture study that day we talked about our Savior and how He died for us. Because of Him we can live again and be forgiven of our sins. I lead the scripture study that day and it was nice to be able to share my testimony with them.
I was so grateful to be able to go and spend the time at camp with them. We had some awesome late night games of Big Bootie which were so fun! I won't lie, it was nice to be able to eat when the food was hot and not be feeding 3 kids first. I loved not having to cook and being made fun of for how much I eat. :-) Having to chase raccoons out of our site at midnight after they got into our brownies was quite exciting too! Once again, I loved it! Loved my shower once I got home, too.
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