Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Girls Camp Was All About BUGS

Girls Camp 2009
B. U. G. S. (Building Up Gospel Standards)

as reported by Kendi Hansen and Summer Simkins. Additions are welcome from other girls campers and leaders!

Wednesday, July 8th (Day 1): We left for our Duck Creek adventure at 8:00 a.m. When we got to camp…we were assigned to our tents (hives) and got set up. Putting up the tents was a little bit of a challenge. Some stakes were hammered in half, some zippers were zipped apart, and some fingers were smashed. After finally getting the tents up, we had a flag ceremony, which we held every day after a delicious breakfast. Along with a devotional. Then we drew for our “Secret Sisters" which was a way for the girls to get to know each other a little better. Every day we gave our Secret Sister a gift without them knowing.

We played a game to get to know everyone better then came up with nicknames for our mailboxes:

Evilicious Emily (Forsyth)
Spastic Sarah (Smith)
Absolutely Alicia (Ward)
Silly Summer (Simkins)
Kooky Kiera (Wright)
Amazing Ashley (Wilkes)
Lively Lisa (Carson)
Magnificent Mailea (Dalley)
Mighty Max (Gavin)
Lazy Liz (Larson)
Adjectively Aubrey (Forsyth)
Excellent Elizabeth (Bown)
Awesome Alyssa (Adamson)
Bodacious Brandy (Christley)
Terrific Toshi (Becker)
Authentic Aspen (Erskine)
Artistic Aleia (Anderson)
Kreative Kendi (Hansen)
Adorable Avonlea (Dalley)
Caring Caroline (Bown)
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Sarah (Bown)

In the morning we usually made a craft. That day we made decorated camp boxes. Then we ate lunch and did certification. Then we made up and practiced creative skits. Then came a 5-mile hot hike to the very cool ice-caves. Then we came back, cooked dinner, had the flag ceremony and our amazing skits. Then was Family Home Beehive (FHE). Later, we sat around the fire and talked before we went to bed.

Thursday, July 9th (Day 2): We started the day off with breakfast and our flag ceremony then did our craft. This time we did magnetic picture frames. Then we had free bug time. (Free time). After that we got to do a service project. When we came back we did our certification and then ate dinner. After the flag ceremony, the leaders gave us a skit called "it's a Bug's Life". And like every night, we sat around the campfire and stargazed then we went snipe hunting. That was fun. And when we came back, we all went to bed.

Friday, July 10th (Day 3): Just like every morning, we started with breakfast, then did our Flag Ceremony and finished our certification. After that, we went to Navajo Lake and we got to go on a boat. And when we got out on the lake, we all jumped in. When Aspen and Kendi were in diving position, everyone thought they were crazy. And yes, all of the girl's thought the water was freezing - actually melted snow from the winter. After the lake, there were only four girls plus the leader who wanted to go on the hike to Cascade Falls. There was Max, Kendi, Aspen, Sister Stout, and Lizzy Larson. We came back with some terrific pictures to find a delicious dinner cooked by our leaders.

After the Flag Ceremony we had a guest speaker, by the name of Norm Bangerter. After he left, we had a Testimony meeting. Everyone had such strong testimonies, and we were all crying. But can you blame us? That's just girl's camp!!! After testimony meeting, some of the girls went home. Avonlea and Mailea went home to welcome their new baby brother. And Alicia went home because she got sick. Then we all got to enjoy a good night's rest for the trip home tomorrow and a wonderful time at girl's camp.

Saturday, July 11th (Day 4): In the morning, everyone awoke with the sun and enjoyed breakfast. After breakfast, we hurried to get ready to go home to a shower. Putting down the tents (hives) was not that big of deal. But leaving girl's camp was going to be hard because even if it is your second or third year, you still probably had a lot of fun. When everything was packed up and put away, we said a prayer and left for our nice warm beds and our showers. And that was Girls Camp 2009!

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