Girl's Camp!

Yay! Girl's camp! Last week was our girl's camp-and it rained everyday for several hours! Our biggest trial was trying to keep the girls and ourselves dry! All of our tents leaked so we had tarps and more tarps coming up the mountain from the ward. Even with all the rain and the cold it was such a good experience and we didn't hear many complaints at all from the girls in our ward. We were frequently blacklisted because of the pranks the girls pulled--and everyone knew it was our ward because the girls do not know the meaning of STEALTH! It was hilarious! They taught me some really fun games (Adam's Family and Big Booty for example) and excepted me as one of their own. It was fun to be a teenager again! :)

Some of our girls...keeping dry at the lodge!

Tessa (Young Women leader) and Me! We shared a bed since my side of the tent was full of puddles--at least she had room on her air mattress!

Getting ready for our hike--all bundled up in ponchos! It was coming down in buckets! Luckily they cancelled the hike for that day and we were able retreat to semi-dry areas. During this downpour I spent my time out in the rain trying to fix tarps, etc. I was soaked to mid-thigh! I didn't feel dry for hours afterwards! Oh, I love having a house and dry things now! I am so grateful for the opportunity that I had to get to know the young women in my ward and have the experiences I had-being at camp is always such a wonderful time!

Pinky!

Londa and I...

So I have acquired a new nickname from my sister, Londa: Pinky! Today I decided to do something even more dramatic with my hair-pink streaks!! One streak in the front and 2 'peekaboo' streaks in the back. I like it! Won't stay in permanently but easy to fix when it washes out in a couple weeks. I do like to stand out in a crowd and this certainly does that! :)

Londa and Ray (my sister and her husband) came up for lunch and bowling today so I thought I'd include some pictures of my sister and I as well.

Erin's Preschool program...

Erin and her teachers: Miss Lori and Miss Julie

LOL Erin just standing there...not wanting to budge. :)

My beautiful girls!

Erin's Preschool does a graduation program for all the kids-even those that still have another year of preschool like Erin does. They do such a good job, complete with diplomas, 'cap and gown', balloons, and prizes for the kids. Erin was so cute, when they called her name she walked over and got her paper and then just stood there. The other teacher kept calling her to come sit down on the stage but she just continued standing there staring at the audience-she wouldn't budge! lol After a couple minutes she moved on, but it was sure cute. My little girl is getting big, hard to believe that she will be 4 this summer!

Bailey's Medal! :)

Here is a picture of Bailey and her medal that she got for having 100% attendance this past school year. (I talked about this is an earlier post) She was sure excited to go to the school and pick up her medal! :)

Yay Bailey!

Today was Bailey's last day of kindergarten and she got 2 certificates! She had 100% homework for the year and 100% attendance for the year too! She was the only Kindergartener that never missed a day of school all year, and she was so excited to get recognized for it. The principal came in and told her that he has a prize for her (it's a medal) to come pick up at the school next week. I'm proud of my little girl.

Kindergarten Program

Bailey and her teacher, Mrs. Kelley

Her class...

"I liked it when we made flowers."

As the Narrator...

Today was Bailey's Kindergarten program, and it turned out so great! She was chosen to be one of 3 narrators for it and she was so excited to be so involved in the program. They sang songs and did dances that have learned over the year as well as each child had a part that they said of their favorite thing that they did. I was so proud of her, she did such a good job speaking clearly and singing her songs. She is sad that tomorrow is her last day of school. She told me today that she is going to miss her teacher a lot--and then she asked if we could go buy her a lunchbox today since she'll need one in first grade! AHHH!! I'm not ready for my baby to get big and be at school all day next year, an adjustment for me come fall for sure. Way to go Bailey!

6 Unimportant Things...

My 6 UN-important Favorite Things

Let's see Annette tagged me a while ago and I forgot to do this...so here we go. :)

A list of 6 things that are unimportant that make me happy:
1- Mail! (any kind: junk mail, cards, notes, anything I just like seeing my name on mail! emails too lol)
2- Sugary candy-I have such a sweet tooth...
3- Rain, puts me in such a lazy, cuddily mood. Nothing better than curling up with a good book/movie and listening to the rain. hmmm...maybe I shouldn't live in the desert then, huh?
4- Listening to the girls laugh. It cracks me up to hear them playing and laughing their little heads off together.
5- Flowers and plants, especially in the yard and on my kitchen table.
6- Listening to music. I always have music of some kind playing on the cd player in the kitchen. I attach a lot of memories to music.

I tag:
JaCoy
Wendy
Teresa
Katie
Jennie