Girls Camp 2009!

Well it is Saturday morning and I am recovering from girls camp again! My house is a disaster, there is no food in the cupboards (well that's relatively normal actually!), and I am really tired! We left for girls camp on Tuesday at 8 am. Got to millers flat around 10 and then had a flag ceremony to start of the camping. I decided that this year I would not even start day one with makeup or even "do" my hair, so I thought this was a good idea... Just think, so day old mascara to clean off on day two with cold water in a dark, dirty bathroom and no hairspray to act as a dirt magnet! Well it was really sunny at flag ceremony and I had not yet put on sunscreen, yeah whoops! So the very first hour we were at girls camp I got sunburned, not just a little either, I had blisters on my nose and forehead! The good news is I didn't get burned on my entire face, I was wearing these very stylish sunglasses, you know the ones that cover just over your eyebrows down to about your lips? Yeah those are the ones! So now not only do I have this bright red nose and forehead and partial cheeks and chin, I can't take of my sunglasses because the raccoon line is a little awkward! I was off to a great start!

Day 2 brought us hikes! I wasn't going to go on a hike this year, but started feeling like I needed to and so I decided to go on the "short" hike with the 1st years! After we had been walking for 1 & 1/2 hours on what was supposed to be a 3 mile hike, one of the stake leaders informed us that they made it a little longer this year so the girls didn't get back to camp so fast! Are you kidding me? Come on, seriously that's why I went on this hike! It turned out to be a good hike though and I am glad I went, even though I missed out on a nap! Later that night we had an awesome devotional! Deena Geddes came and spoke to our girls and she was awesome! She reminded me a lot of John Bytheway, or at least her style did! She brought the spirit with her and kept every one's attention for a good hour and a half! She spoke about knowing that you are a daughter of god and I want everyone to know, that I know. Anyway she was great, if you ever get the chance to hear her or book her, do it!

Thursday morning started off my favorite day at camp! Not only is it technically the last day at camp, it's testimony meeting day! And this year it was even better because Brian was our priesthood leader Thursday night so I got to share the most spiritual evening with him this year! The day was actually jam packed with things to do, we had our humanitarian projects, and certification projects to do which took most of the day! We also did a service project for one of the other wards and painted their nails. (That's only service at girls camp!) The stake president and our bishopric were our guests for dinner that night and it was fun to tell stories of camp to them! My favorite was when the bishop asked Mary Osmond, our camp cook, why her eye was bandaged? I replied that breakfast was a little late that morning and she had taken a hot dog roaster to the eye! She was a pretty good sport and commented that it was supposed to be ready at 8 and it was 8:06! We laughed a little and then told the bishop the real story, that she had gotten dirt in it and scratched it the night before.

For the most part camp was a success this year and we had a lot of fun! I am always glad that it is over, but more glad that I went! Oh and by the way, our theme this year was "Daughters of a King" and we used Disney Princesses for our camp mascots. Ours was Pocahontas!