Girls Camp

Well, I finally got my dream calling as YW Camp Director, and it was truly a dream!  I loved every minute of camp.  I had great assistants, YW leaders, YCLs, cooks and especially wonderful young women.  We all had a great time at beautiful Cinnamon Creek.  Plus, Kori came along!  She was here fresh from HI, so she joined us at camp for a week.  She's a great sport, she loved the girls and acted as our camp photographer.  Of course, the girls loved her.  I never thought I'd be able to spend a Girls Camp with Kori again!  Lucky us!!  We also got to be there with all the Wallys, which was even better.  A very fun and rewarding week, indeed.  Our theme was from 2 Nephi 9:39 Spiritually Minded Is Life Eternal, or SMILE.  We talked about what happiness truly is, keeping an eternal perspective, and bringing smiles into the lives of others through service.  We did a few service projects and crafts, hiked to the mine, played a lot of outdoor games, wore ugly pants, ate some seriously delicious food, shared testimonies under the stars, held fast to the iron rod, and did all of our certification at camp.  One of my former young women came to speak to us and did a beautiful job.  She was the highlight for me.  The next week we took our 4th years on their separate adventure to Bear Lake.  We did a little hiking, and a lot of swimming and sitting by the lake.  We had a very fun camp fire and did a night hike to see the fire flies.  LaBeau's shakes on the way home, it was a fast 24 hours, but a nice chance to start planning camp for next year with our new crop of YCLs.

Camp SMILE 2016:

4th Year Overnighter: