This year I was able to join our young women at Girls' Camp from July 12-14th. (Plus! I even got to go on the canoeing trip with the 4th years the day before {on the 11th}-- and then join the other girls the next day).
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| Our canoeing trip on Wed, the 11th. SO. MUCH. FUN! I'm not gonna lie, I was concerned that we would totally tip over. But no, we were expert canoers. Go. us. |
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| It was seriously so gorgeous! I totally want to take Freddy there sometime. Hm. Now for the actually having a canoe issue. |
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| Our theme was to Arise to the Occasion-- just like the heroes of the Book of Mormon. We were assigned Moroni-- the one that buried the golden plates/the one that became the angel Moroni. Do you love our trumpet? Brilliant, right? |
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| Eating a little lunch together. Shot out to the camp cooks. |
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| Our ward (minus a few YCLs that couldn't be there for the picture!) |
We all had an amazing time-- especially during the Iron Rod activity/fireside that we had. Seriously-- one of the most spiritual experiences of. my. life. It was so great to see the girls having so much fun together. :)
On the flip side, Nathan stayed home with Freddy-- boys week(end-ish) together! They would sleep at my in laws' house and then in the morning, Freddy would go to work and my mother in law would watch Nathan. After work, Freddy would take Nathan home for a few hours, and then late at night they would head back to my in laws' again. Nathan surprised us all by being so so good! It was my first time away from him for that long, and yet he survived just fine. :) Such a relief for me!
The hardest part was when I'd call at night to talk to Freddy and Nathan-- we even video chatted once or twice. It was so heart breaking to hear my baby ask for me to come home, telling me how much he missed me, etc., knowing that I still had a couple days left. He told me about his new little airplanes that Grandma had gotten for him that day, telling me all the colors of them. I asked if I could see them and he said (with a whimper in his voice), "You can't, because you're at camp... but you could come home, and then I could show them to you." And another time, "Come home Mommy; I miss you-- I need you!" :(
Sighhh.. It was a wonderful experience to be at Girls' Camp-- but I was definitely glad to be back at home with my family!
Nice shirt.
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