Girls’ Camp

I’ll just share a few pictures with captions. I’m not going to write too much about girls’ camp because I’ve been home five days and I am still catching up on sleep, laundry, and dishes.

When we arrived there was animal poo EVERYWHERE! Here’s Pam scooping up poo.

And here’s Meredith showing off the poo that was flung on her.

We didn’t know what kind of animal poo it was until we saw this dead lamb on the side of the trail. That gave us a clue. Another ward named the dead lamb Sam and wrote and performed a whole song about him. It was quite funny.

Here are some of the cute girls. They were great and great to each other. We only had minimal drama between girls.

This photo totally needs explaining. Those are the leaders acting as tempters for a faith hike activity for the girls. They look like they are having a little too much fun with the “cigars and alcohol.”

Here’s a camp fire gone a bit out of control. The fire was burning nicely until Bro. S decided to burn all the cardboard he could find. Leave it to the priesthood to be pyros. Even adult boys have to show off in front of girls.

The fearless and sleepless leaders.

Here I am with Rachel. I bet you can tell our ward’s color was green. I’m glad I went and I’m glad I’m home.

What a Dad!

Stephen is a great dad. He is so willing to play with his girls. This video is just a sampling of his relationship with them. This was taken at our Ward Family Reunion. When Dorothy Ward Koller, 91, the oldest living Ward family member started playing the organ Stephen and the girls couldn't resist dancing. This video is going to be a family classic.

What we’ve been up to

We spent a weekend away in Park City.

The girls did a lot of this in front of the TV.

And we did a lot of this in the bath tub. We had to do it wearing our swimming suits, because we never knew when a little girl would come barging in.

You can see from our laughing faces we had a great weekend.

Mally turned 5.

Eva is still 2, still beautiful and still crazy. Here she is “drinking” her toe.

We began working at This is the Place Heritage Park again. I can’t get enough of seeing my girls dressed in their pioneer clothes. We love it up there. May I suggest if you go this summer to go on a Wednesday. Not only is there a chance you will see us up there, but it's only $2 per person to get in! A total deal.

We went to Lava Hot Springs for a weekend. We went up to go to a Ward Family Reunion. It was the girls’ first time camping. They LOVED it and were great little campers.

Here are some Ward family members at breakfast.

Now on to my next adventure, girls' camp.

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Dance Concert

This past year I have been in an adult women’s jazz class. I have LOVED it. It has been so much fun to dance again. In fact, that’s the name of the group, Dansagain. Here's a video from our concert.

If you are in my area and are interested in doing it too, here's the info: The instructor is Lacy Seegmiller, 801-427-2115. She has been doing this group, Dansagain, for 9 years. She has classes Tuesday nights and Thursday mornings. She teaches beginner to advance classes. You pick what level you want to take, I picked intermediate. Classes run September to May and are $30 a month. It's super fun!

My FFs (Friends Forever)

Last week I got to have lunch with these ladies.

We were quite the threesome growing up in each others’ homes, being raised by each others’ mothers and being teased by each others’ brothers.

  From childhood to motherhood, I have loved these girls and they will always be my friends. It was so nice to chat and enjoy their company again.