Our cute little cabin

We loved our little cabin at camp - the YCL's had to go back to their cabin at night, but we kept them in our cabin to goof around as long as we could.  Bishop even came by to tell sweet stories of his proposal to his wife and other fun memories that the girls loved!    Seriously, there were some crazy antics, and a lot of laughing (and snack eating!!)

cooling it off

During the day, it got a little toasty, so one great solution to that was the pool!  Sister Tyler even jumped in (after Katie let her borrow a swimsuit :)).  The slide was the highlight for sure (we have tons of pictures of that somewhere... ).  What a great way to cool off!

Look at that YCL group

Fun times at the bouncing station

One of the rotations on the "High Adventure" day sent the girls and their groups to the giant bouncy slide!  Some of the groups did races to see who could get up the back and then slide down the fastest, others just bounced and laughed a lot!

singing, crafts, and archery

The older girls in ward got to be YCL's, which means they lead groups of the younger girls in all their activities for the week.  They guided the groups through all their fun activities (crafts and high adventure anyone?!) , but they also led numerous devotionals every day.  They tried to get to know the girls in their groups, so they could help them find their value and build up their testimony and self-esteem.  Their loudest function, though, was definitely leading all the camp songs at the beginning of every night.  We would gather at the "baseball diamond" (since it was a "Homerun to Heaven" theme everything had a baseball name) so we would gather together and sing our camp songs under their {loud} example and then have our speaker for the night.

First Day of Camp Festivities

We made it to camp all safe and sound!  The older girls (YCL's) went up on Monday, so we met them up there (minus our two fourth year hikers who would join us later in the day).

We got our matching shirts and checked out the facilities ,with all the "Homerun to Heaven" themes around and the baseball diamond in the background.

these were the benches we sat on for the firesides and the campfire singing.  I won't lie (this is Sister Tyler), those things were not very comfortable after the first hour or so, but we still had some wonderful nights with great speakers.

Marianne and Madi were two of the leaders of the same group.  (I think that's the back of Christie's head, too).  They got to welcome the girls in their group up to the stage to be welcomed)

Sister Tyler and Chloe both got to get a rawhide necklace to keep all our charms on - good times!

4th Year Hike

We had two "fourth year" campers from our ward this year - Alie Dean and Lindsay Ward.  When we have a stake girls camp, the fourth year hikers go up the day before to another location, hike in, then camp, then hike back.  They have to carry all their food, belongings, comfort items, you name it - they've got it on their backs.  It's a rough hike, but both girls finished with their bodies and minds still intact!  We are so proud of them - talk about doing something you didn't think you could do!  Amazing Accomplishment!