Girl's Camp

Anyone that spends any amount of time with me knows that I live and breath Girl's Camp!  I love the atmosphere, the fun, the being out in nature, watching the girls become friends and most of all...seeing their testimonies grow.  I LOVE every part of the no sleeping, flag raising, hikes, campfire songs, skits and testimony meetings and lets not forget the pranks.  Here is some of my fun from this summers camp! 

I was asked to go to camp with my Ward and then again with the Stake so I filled in and helped with both.  As a Stake, we had to come up with a skit and we brainstormed for a bit and decided to do a flashmob for the girls!  We danced to Cotton Eye Joe and even blackened out our teeth for the dance.  The girls loved it and I'm guessing this will be a new tradition with these girls and leaders! 

Emory and Leslie are two of the biggest pranksters in camp.  Water, balloons and even cupcakes are all fair game with them.  While washing dishes during kitchen duty, Leslie smeared a sweet chocolate cupcake all over my face.  Instead of ruining another cupcake, I grabbed her face and rubbed my face all over her!  Someone took a picture and I will post it once it surfaces.  

The first night at camp, Linda planned an awesome version of Fear Factor for all of us to play as a Ward.  Andrea here stuffed 11 marshmallows in her mouth and still said fuzzy bunny! Haley is counting off the marshmallows as they stuff and talk....without spewing! 

One of the other parts of Fear Factor was chugging down 3 different types of baby food mixed with water.  Trust me when I say that this was the most nasty tasting stuff I've ever had in my mouth.  I did win and 1 point for team...Unstoppables! 

The Dalton girls and leaders! 

Buddy burner cooking!  We cooked our own biscuit, eggs and bacon on a buddy burner.  All the food turned out "eggs"cellent and we enjoyed the time cooking together! 

One of the girls at camp, Ty, was a fabulous braider!  She took time out after breakfast to braid my hair in exchange for me washing up her breakfast dishes.  

Paige and Andrea showing off our dessert "Lemon Arise Sweet Surprise" for the dessert bake off.  We came out with a 2nd place finish and full bellies since we made extra for us to eat later that night! 

The men slept in a cabin down from ours so we thought we should share the prank love and string the cabin.  I have years and years worth of awesome memories and laughs while stringing cabins and tents.  

One of the things I love to do is pillow treats.  Above are some of them as well as handouts other leaders made for the girls and for us leaders.  

This Stake does something I have never seen before...bead decorating.  You get 20 beads before camp and you paint and decorate your bead into whatever.  You then at camp exchange your bead as you make a new friend.  These girls/leaders are amazingly talented!  Above is my necklace before I finished trading beads.  Mine are the lime green with eyeballs.  

I can't put into words the joy and fulfillment I get by serving with the girls!  This year was the 100 year anniversary of Girl's Camp and I am so happy to have enjoyed another year at camp....doing what I love most!