Girls' Camp Final Morning

This morning we enjoyed yummy cinnamon rolls as we recognized all the campers who passed off their certification while at camp this year. The YCLs also handed out recognition awards to all the girls in the year that they mentored.

We then went to work cleaning cleaning cleaning. We took off about noon.

We just want to send out a BIG thank you to the wonderful people who came to camp and helped us have a successful week.

Sister Tamra Kriser and Sister Cady Darley helped us present a wonderful program for our stake presidency and bishops.








Sister Nancy Williams and Sister Annette Jenne worked tirelessly to keep the craft room open for us. Thanks!















Brother and Sister Magonigal and Brother Hayes Godwin were around to help with whatever we needed.



And our wonderful chefs cooked delicious meals all week: Sister Becky Godwin, Sister Beverly Lewis, Sister Carrie Jenne, and Sister Rome Godwin. They worked hard and we all appreciate them.

Girls' Camp Slideshow

It took quite a bit of finagling to get this into a format that could be shared here, but I finally got it. :)

Girls' Camp Day 3

So today started with flag ceremony (and all our amazing cheers), certification, singing, crafting, swimming, and pranking...all of which led us Sister Williams' workshop/devotional.

Sister Williams shared a wonderful devotional with us this morning about overcoming adversity. We watched stories about amazing people who have overcome great odds and Sister Williams shared a very personal story about the loss of her daughter. 


She shared with us about the giant fork in heaven and hell (remember the difference?); the people who fed each other thrived while those who tried to feed themselves starved. So, remember:

 Keep Your Fork for the best is yet to come.

We spent the afternoon swimming, crafting, singing and preparing for our musical presentation this evening. Excitement rippled throughout camp as President Bess, President Carroll, our bishops and their wives began arriving for our final dinner at Camp Happily Ever After. Following a fabulous meal and a few antics by our bishops as they competed in our Minute to Win It games, we were graced by a musical presentation that the young women worked hard all week to prepare. It featured music from the 2011 We Believe cd by Jenny Phillips as well as quotes from General Authorities and leaders of the church. It was wonderful. The spirit of the Lord was invited by the musical talent of all our young women and the testimony meeting that followed was strong. Nothing warms my heart more than to hear a young woman boldly stand and bear her testimony of the truthfulness of the Gospel and of God's love for her...these amazing girls are preparing to battle life and I think they are doing a great job. I feel privileged to have been in attendance.

bishops

Our YCLs singing in the program to the other young women

Avi has a glare on her nose...but I don't know how to edit it out!

Girls' Camp Day 2

We woke up this morning EARLY to hike to the Garden of Eden, which, apparently,  looks like this:

Congratulations to all our girls who hiked this morning. 

The day progressed with flag ceremony (and all our amazing cheers), certification, singing, crafting, swimming, and pranking, of course. 

We ended our day with some incredible skits and a movie which reminded us not to settle for the story the world would have us write, but to write our own happily ever after.

Girls' Camp Day 1

Welcome to Camp Happily Ever After!

We have had a great day...our YCLs did a wonderful job of decorating the camp and preparing for everyone's arrival.
After enjoying a yummy lunch, we met all of our campers at orientation....

Our YCLs are the queens of the camp. But remember, they are here to serve--so if you need anything, flag down your YCL and ask. :)

Our 1st years are the #1's princesses. Welcome to camp.

2nd years: You can do anything with Faith, Trust and a little bit of Pixie dust. Help out our 1st years as they adjust to camp life.

3rd years: Remember: the smallest distance between 2 campers is a hug. You've been around; you know what's going on...be there when someone needs some encouragement.

4th years: you rock! As you're busy enjoying your last year as campers, don't forget to serve others. Look up to your YCLs and learn from them so you know what to do for next year.

We played some games and learned some awesome camp songs before we spent the afternoon singing, swimming, and crafting away.

After dinner, Sister Hall introduced our camp theme by sharing Pres. Uchtdorf's talk titled Your Happily Ever After. We had a wonderful discussion on how to use trials and adversity to increase our faith in our Heavenly Father and His plan for us. Some of our YCLs shared their testimonies through song while we had a couple others share very personal experiences about trials they have overcome. It was a very uplifting evening which we finished off with dessert and dancing (that Zumba looked great!)