We recently had our ward's girls camp. It was a ton of fun. The first day was spent at a ropes coarse in Provo where the girls and some leaders were able to zip-line, do a huge swing, rock climbing/repelling, and play some team-building games. They all had a ton of fun. Afterwards we went canoeing and jumped in the river to cool off (no pictures of that because I didn't trust our canoeing skills enough to bring along the camera-and it was a good thing!) We also found a rope swing along the river that several of us used to jump in. Kipp was one of the Priesthood members that came along that day along with our friend Jeff Wood-they had fun with the group-and I think a couple of the girls developed a little crush! Kipp and Jeff were very helpful and also provided some good laughs. At one point Jeff biffed it pretty hard. I was glad to see Ann Marie laugh at her husband-it made me feel better about laughing at him as well!
A picture of all our crazy girls and leaders and our instructor that day.
Rebecca climbing the pole to the zip line
Right before Jeff ate it on the low ropes coarse. If only I had taken it a second later!
Jeff on the giant swing-this was by far the girls' favorite activity!
The girls working hard to pull each person up on the swing
Kipp about to climb the wall (and get his trash kicked by Jeff-the girls timed them-it wasn't pretty!)
Cute girls!We then headed up to the Spruces where our campsite was. We had a Boot Camp theme this year-"Be Of One Team"-and we talked about putting on the Armor of God and made our personal Titles of Liberty. Our camp director did such a cute job planning and putting together so many fun things for the girls.
All of us sporting our camp shirts
We hike Doughnut Falls-which really isn't a long hike at all-but we hiked from our campground instead of driving which turned into about a 5 mile hike. We had a couple of leaders carrying infants and the girls were tired-but they were all great sports!
Some of our sweet YW on the hike
We have the best leaders and Priesthood leaders ta-boot!
The night that they Bishopric came up, we performed skits using bags with a bunch of random things in them. It was leaders vs. the YW. The leaders cheated a little by adding other things to the bag and we were not so creative and used the one person puts their arms through the sleeves of the shirt and does the other's makeup and brushes their teeth. We had a great time though and I nearly wet my pants several times. The girls were very creative and stuck to the rules and came up with a great skit.
I had to include these great pictures I got of the girls and Rebecca playing chubby bunny! Hopefully none of them will be upset with me including them! I can't play this game-it makes me sick! But it sure was fun watching. Actually watching made me a little sick too!
We had a great night at Draper Days with family and friends watching the kids on the playground equipment, playing with glow-sticks, and watching fireworks. Ayden once again didn't love the fireworks-but eventually got used to the idea.
We also made it to the zoo. It was an extremely hot day-so we were glad that we got there early enough to leave by noon. Ayden has always been funny about cold things and therefore doesn't eat ice cream-but to show you how hot it was:
I love this boy's eyelashes!
I love this picture of Ayden's friend Sadie
One evening I needle to run to get some fabric at Gardner Village-so we took some bread to feed the ducks. The last time we did this, we caught the ducks during nap time so none of them were interested. This time that was not the case. We literally had about 12 ducks and several birds gather around us. The ducks were getting a little too aggressive for Ayden. One even tried to nibble on his leg-he quickly jumped into my lap.
My sister Nicole, her hubby Shaun and their little boy Cael
Ayden and Grandma Sue
The Carlisle clan
That evening we headed over to the Riverton Carnival. Ayden was initially excited about the rides that he saw-although was pulled off all of the rides that he went on because he was crying and tried to stand up. The best part is that after the worker would hand him to me, Ayden would look back at the ride and say "Weeee!" Kipp was not impressed with his son's behavior-and called him a baby several times. It was funny.
Before:
After:(hard to see his face-but trust me-he was crying)
The look that Kipp gave Ayden several times when he was pulled off the ride early
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After:
Although Ayden didn't like the rides, he was a fan of cotton candy!
Ayden and his pal Marina
