Girls Camp '09

!WARNING!

(This post may contain hideous pictures of yours truly. Please ignore.)

So this year, I wasn't all that excited for girls camp. I didn't think I'd have much fun and I basically dreaded it. BUT, When I STOPPED having such a bad attitude about it and actually started looking toward bright sides, and stopped with the negative, I got excited for it! I love, love, love my ward. Some of the people in it are so cooky and silly it's always a good time!

Girls camp started with us all meeting at Sister Lyman's house, our camp director this year. We loaded up, and headed out! I took some pictures of us in the car on the way up, but my camera started having issues so I had to re-format it resulting in loosing those pictures. But that's fine. I guess. haha. At least it works now!

We stayed at the Houston's cabin up by Panguitch Lake. Their cabin had a fantastic view. You could see the Lake and...well It just looked amazing.

When we got there we unloaded the trailer and then just kinda got the feel of camp. Which was really a cabin. At first I was a little iffy about staying at a cabin. I mean, this is Girls CAMP. Not Girls CABIN! haha But I actually really liked the cabin and was grateful for it at night time!!

These where my main bud's during Camp: Maddie Holland and Lydia Lind. They are amazing girls. We had so much fun together during camp! (Look how BLUE her eyes are! It's insane...)

Maddie and I being silly, You can see the cabin behind! haha


This picture got a good laugh at camp, and it gives me a good laugh now. Maddie looks like she has down-syndrome, and she said it, not be. I'm just quoting her ;)


So If you're a girl that's ever gone to girls camp, or maybe you just know...We do Secret Sisters. Where you give a gift to a girl every day you're at girls camp and then at the end you reveal who you are. This year my SS was Andria Soderquist. I thought it was funny cause she had absolutely NO idea it was me. And she asked me who my SS was several times and I wouldn't tell her. haha. She didn't catch on. This picture I find funny, cause she is posing with the lotion her "SS" gave her. (a.k.a. me if you're really slow...)


So one of the first things we did when we got to Camp was a Challenge. Our them this year was "Can you Imagine..." So the first day was Can you imagine getting married in the temple and being a mom? And for that we did toilet paper brides, where we dressed up someone in a group with toilet paper wedding dresses. In my group our bride was Andria. Her dress didn't exactly come out as planned...It ended up not being that modest. haha

Awh...Doesn't she look stunning?! hahaha


Maddie was also a beautiful bride. :)


This is Arizona with her Banana Boat. Now you may be wondering why I dint show me with MY banana boat. And the answer is because they are gross. Make me sick. Absolutely disgusting. Nuff said.


So, after some random going ons...Maddie, Me, and Lydia decided to go sit on a log a little ways from camp. I dunno their purposes, but I just kinda wanted to get away from people for awhile...But some people followed us. Which was okay. We had some FUNNY conversations... :)


Now, this next picture might arouse questions...hahahaha actually I just wanted to put it in here cause It was so darn funny. And even though Andrea Cluff doesn't read my blog, I think that everyone who heard about this, or had her ask will appreciate this:



Are Dolly Parton's breasts real?

When she crossed over into pop and became a media superstar in the late 1970s,
she was significantly overweight, although her small frame and costuming made
her appear average in size everywhere except the breasts, which were very large
and quickly became the target of late-night talk show host jokes. At the time,
whenever asked if her breasts were real, she said they were real. In the
mid-1980s, she lost a considerable amount of weight. In interviews afterward,
she avoided answering whether her breasts had been augmented, referring to any
procedure as only a "lift." In 2002, however, she admitted for the first time in
separate interviews with The Irish Independent and The Daily Mirror that after
the weight loss in the 1980s, she lost a great deal of breast size and
subsequently obtained breast implants to bring them back to a similar size as
she had prior to the weight loss. Since then, she has made ample jokes in media
interviews about their not being natural. She even once joked by saying "Yep
they are mine! Bought and paid for!".

hahahaha. Okay. Yeah. So Andrea just wanted to know if they were or not.

ANYWAYS.....

This next picture is not to make Maddie hate me, but she probably will when I post this.



Isnt she a cutie?? :D

DAY 2...


Now this is something that makes me a little mad. We are at Girls CAMP. I would understand a little bit of get up, I mean some people look scary without make-up...but still. You're at girls camp, not some hot date with Prince Charming. A couple girls HAD to put on their make up. One girl even had a suitcase the size of .... really big, Just FILLED with make-up and things. I just dont understand . . . Anyways.


Today was our hike day. If you know me, you know I hate that kinda thing. :P But. We went on a really wimpy hike. Which made me happy. haha. The night before I had gotten my hair french braided with Maddie.(although Maddie's hair ended up being too short and didnt last long) I had it that way last year and that's how I like my hair at camp. The next morning, lo and behold....






I started a trend...eh. But that's okay. haha

Getting ready for the hike with my big sunglasses, haha:


Me. ya. Look how white i am...wow.









After the hike and random going ons...We all played Ha, Ha. I dont know what it's called actually. But it's where you have your head on someone's stomache and then say ha and you can't laugh...It's a fun game. Hilarious. haha







Then we made the leaders do it!!







Then we did skits, which are always a blast!! haha The leader's had the best skits by far this year.

Our skit:

i talked on a pinecone...ya.



The whole group...


And The Leader's skit :)



SO...What do you do when you're at girls camp at a cabin by Panguitch Lake??

You Play PHASE 10! haha we played this game SO much it was crazy.

This was my favorite round of Phase 10 by far. haha Nicki had the runs for about 45 minutes, and we cracked jokes about it the entire time. Haha, When she finally got off the run's there was a great eruption of cheers!



After that and other things...We had a PJ fashion show. I didnt really want to be a contestant, so I volenteered to be the Host of the show. I probably had the most fun out of anyone. I said something about everyone's pj's and it was just a lot of fun.

And yeah, I know that Red and Green dont go together except Christmas time. But I dont really care haha



Me analiyzing Kayla's PJ's


The whole group...with me in front for some reason.


Then we danced the night away...



NOW. After this I was the "Butt of the joke"

IcyHot + Jokesters + Toliet Seat + Unsuspecting McKenna = Upset McKenna with icey/hot buns.

You want to know the worst thing about the ordeal?

The got CANDYBARS as a reward for best prank. Sister Holland, I know you will be reading this. And I just have to say that that was not okay. They didnt need to be rewarded for that.... :( I'm sure you wouldn't have given them rewards if it had been you, Would you have?

Later that night we went Snipe Hunting. And it was a blast! We only had 1 first year but it was still really great. She got REALLY scared though.



The next day I had some pretty crazzy hair. haha



Sister Lyman did my hair and made it look REALLY cute, I just don't know why I didnt take a picture of it...Oh ya. My camera was being stupid.

That day was pretty cool. We played phase 10 (of course). Did a craft, then went to the Lake. Not to swim, or fish anything. Just to go. When we were there we saw these BEAUTIFUL butterflies. And Jamie took my camera and took multiple pictures of them...even though my camera was dead and she kept coming to me to fix it...





Then we went to the Dam



After that made food, ate food. Awards, testimony meeting, roasting... I got the "Best Befriender at Camp" award and the "Hottest Buns at Camp" awards. haha. After and during the raosting we had some hilarious conversations around the camp fire with a few of the girls and a couple leaders. Did she flush it...??


Next day we cleaned up and went home!

This is the cabin, as we were leaving pretty much.




All the girls at girls camp!!




Okay I'm done with that...Sorry it's insanely long! You get a gold star if you read it all!!