Return to virtue...

That was our 2010 YW camp theme. We camped at bellows and it was a bitter sweet weekend for me. I was so excited to go and spend the night with the girls and just be with them and make sure they had fun. But it would be my last camp with them because I moved soon after that (wards that is). I hope they had as much as I did and gained something from it.

Some of the things we weren't able to do because of weather but I think the girls still had a blast. At least that's what I got from their wonderful and inspiring testimonies. The older girls anyway. The younger ones were still too shy to share what they felt during our testimony meeting but were able to express it throughout the camp. I love them and miss so much but they will always hold a special place in my heart.

We hiked the Koko Crater. At first I thought, okay it's just stairs I can make it I think. Well there were 1048 steps...I think? And I almost didn't make it. I wanted to give up but when the girls started coming back down I had to make it up. Hence the photo:

We actually made it. But most of the girls were down at the bottom waiting for us by now. At least I can say I did it, and I made it!

The view from the top was sooooo worth it!

Some of us stayed up late and played games. This one was a game where you couldn't show your teeth and everyone had funny, no..hilarious signals/signs that they made up. You did your own then someone else's and so on and so on. The first one to show their teeth through laughing got their face dotted with puff paint since no one had a lipstick.

We played games and had a relay on the beach then we watched from the shore as the girls swam and had fun in the ocean.

Activities included poi ball making, including a dance to learn and perform..

bracelet making

and

pillow case decorating.

I know the girls had fun and enjoyed camped and being with each other. It's neat to watch them and see how they treat each other when they think no one is looking. Our girls mesh really well and I hop they will keep it that way.

A two year old's conversation...

Preview to my conversation with Dezi....I have my monthly friend.

I just used the bathroom in the morning and he came in to do the same.

D: "Mommy...red shee shee?"

Me: "Yes."

D: "Oh. I want to make red shee shee!"

Me: "No, only mommies make red shee shee."

D: "Oh."

*I'm putting my stuff in.*

D: "Ouchie mommy! You got bite?"

Me: *laughing, and realizing I should have done what I was doing somewhere else.* "No it's not

a bite. It's a tampon."

D: "Oh. *I could tell he was thinking about something* Mommy I want a tan-pom."

"Pleeeeeease!"

Me: "NO Dezi only mommies get tampons. Your a boy not a mommy."

D: "I want a mommy!" *meaning he wants to be a mommy*

Me: "Your a boy and I am a mommy. Only mommies get this stuff and boys don't get it. Your lucky okay."

D: *sadly saying* "Okay."