Family Reunion Part 1

Last Thursday we headed out to the middle of nowhere Wyoming for Mike's family reunion.

We were able to meet up with Pam and Delbert and have lunch with them in Jackson Hole.

We went through about 25 miles of road construction near Togwotee Pass. Since we were driving so slow we were able to check out lots of cool looking construction vehicles.

Notice the legs hanging out from underneath the tilted cab?? Not where I would want to be. These trucks were HUGE!!

We have never driven through Togwotee pass - it was beautiful!

The elevation is around 9500 feet at the top - so we were able to see snow in July. I am still a little baffled why there was still snow when it was about 70 degrees outside.....hmmm...

It was a long drive, but we pulled into camp around 6pm.

It was 97 degrees outside (which is really HOT for us Idahoans!)

This is what our campground looked like.....

Yep...it was flooded!

Luckily, there were enough campsites that we were able to just shift to a spot on higher ground.

Overwhelmed

What a crazy week!

I have been thinking about how I feel all day today......

.....the only word that I can come up with is OVERWHELMED.

I was called to serve the Young Women in our ward about 2 years ago. Our ward was realigned a few months ago and I was blessed once again to serve the Young Women in our new ward (in the same calling). I have loved this calling. It has been my favorite and most time demanding calling I have ever had.

I am sad to say that it took me a long while to adjust to the new ward - I was being very selfish. I missed my other girls so badly that it hurt! I had become very attached to the girls and the leaders of our previous ward.

However, as I have served, I have learned to love each and every one of our young women. They are certainly different than my last group! But, I am learning to love the differences.

A few weeks ago our YW president, Erin, told us that she would be moving at the end of July. My heart sank. She has been such a fantastic leader to work with. I knew that with her moving, this would be yet another change for our young women. I thought that I might be released.....

nope.....

instead I was called to serve as the new Young Women's President.

Holy Cow!!

Really???

I asked the Bishop a couple of times if he was absolutely sure and he insisted that he was.

Deep down I knew that this was meant to be - I just didn't want to admit it.

As Mike and I drove home Wednesday night from visiting with the bishop, we talked about several things.

We talked about how hard the transition into the new ward was for me (it was pretty rough).

It was then that I realized that serving as one of Erin's counselors was one of the Lord's tender mercies in my life. He knew that I needed time to adjust and to embrace this new group of girls. He new that I needed to spend time at girls camp with this amazing group of girls and leaders. He knows me so much better than I know myself.

This new calling will certainly force me out of my comfort zone.

It already has.

I know that things will all work out how they are suppose to.....but for now ............I am just overwhelmed.

I will have faith!

I Agree.....

The more I read this, the more I LOVE it! I am going to frame it and put it in our home.

Girls Camp

We had an amazing time at Girls Camp this past week!!!

Our theme was

A.R.M.Y

B.O.O.T Camp

That stands for A Royal Mormon Youth, Building On Our Testimonies.

We took 14 girls and spent 3 1/2 days in the wilderness with them.

They learned so much about each other.

New friendships were formed.

Testimonies were strengthened.

They learned that their leaders liked to pull pranks.

As leaders, we learned to love each girl even more.

We had so much fun together and didn't sleep very much.

Some of the things the girls got to do:

Set up an enormous Army tent for all 14 to sleep in.

Complete camp certifications.

Attend a local dinner theater that was hysterical.

Play games.

Hike.

Skits.

Hike into a cave.

Be scared half to death by Sasquatch and a gorilla (hehehe)

Compete in an obstacle course.

Solo time.

More games.

Participate in a great testimony meeting.

Weapons training.

Our camp directors did an amazing job!

They had such unique and fun ideas.

We had several girls tell us this was the best camp they had ever been to.

As a new ward, this was a valuable time for our girls to bond together.

Mission Accomplished!!!

So Powerful......Love It!