Patterns Laurel Campout 2008
Doctrine and Covenants Sec 52:14
"And again I will give unto you a pattern in all things, that ye may not be deceived; for Satan is abroad in the land and he goeth forth deceiving the nations."
Phew...we had our Laurel Campout for the Nampa North Stake this last weekend....March 14-15 and I think I am almost to the point that I can call it a success! Ahhhh, I will try and keep this post mostly positive. I think I can do it!!! To start off, we had planned on going to Donelly to stay and Danny and Greta Summers cabin up there...but the weather took a bad turn and we all decided that it was a risk not worth taking...to drive that far with the winter weather that was at hand. So, we decided to just stay in the valley at Danny and Greta's actual house. The girls were pretty sad at first...but they recovered quickly. Greta did a GREAT job cheering them up!!! She is a good egg!!!
We had tons of stuff planned and pretty much kept to our schedule, except we added a few things as we gained a couple of hours due to not travelling. Our first activity was to do a "heart attack" on the Stake Presidency and Brother Fellows (the HC over us)...we had the girls cut a TON of hearts out and tapped some candy bars to them...and wrote all kinds of notes on them. Then we dressed up as ninjas (not in the original plan but it kinda took on a life of it's own) and set out to do the deed. Our first stop was Pres Jensen's house....all was going well, until Pres Jensen and his family pulled up in the driveway and totally busted us! Pretty funny. Our next stop was Pres Garner's house...and it was dark so no worries there. Our third stop was Pres Buchanan, the Stake President. I told the girls they must be sooo quiet cuz we didn't want to get caught....well they were doing such a great job and being soo quiet that it wasn't any fun...so Sister Summers sneaked up and rang the door bell. Pres Buchanan came and whipped open the door...all the girls screamed and we all took off running. It was pretty funny!!! Our last stop was Brother Fellows and his house was pretty dark as well. The girls had fun....and it was a good time filler!!!
Our next activity was a service project. Sister Summers talked about Bonnie Norske and her sweet lil baby girl. The girls were very touched by her story and very motivated to work on the little loom hats we wanted them to work on. We made the tiny tiny preemie ones...and I think we got close to 35 done. It was something they worked on for most of the weekend!!!
After that...we got ready for bed....but there was NOT much sleeping!!! I will plead the fifth on this part of the night. I want to stay positive remember???
In the morning we ate breakfast and went over to the church to watch the Stake Presidency and High Council play the Young Men of our Stake in a BB game. It was pretty funny....long story short...there was some "rigging" with the scoreboard and the YM ended up winning. Too bad for the old guys!
After returning back to Summers house...we had some guest speakers. Paul and Dessiree Lewis came and spoke to us...and boy did they do a GREAT job! They brought such a strong spirit with them and the girls really loved them....it was good. They talked about Patterns...which was our theme for our Campout!
Then we ate lunch and had our last guest speaker. Lisa Peterson from the 36th ward spoke to us and she did a very fine job also! She had some great experiences and stories to share!!! The girls were getting pretty tired by this point....refer back to the sleeping part and the details that you are missing out on.....heheheehehe.
Our last project was making recipe boxes. We had all the girls bring some of their FAV recipes to share and we had them decorate the lil tin Provocraft boxes with ribbon and vinyl lettering cut in the word recipe.....(thanks Laur and your FAB lil cricket). They turned out super cute...and I know the girls LOVED them!!!
We wrapped up and sent everyone home...and boy were we bushed as a Stake Young Women's Presidency! Phew....overall I think the weekend was a HUGE success. Alot of work....but the feeling and spirit was had there was almost immeasurable! I feel so blessed to have such a FAB group of ladies working along side of me!!! So.....Laurie, Tara, Jenn, and Greta!!!! I LOVE you guys!!! Thanks for being you!!!!
Ok...so I got hooked literally at our Laurel Campout. We made these darling little tiny hats for preemies that a gal in our Stake is donating to a local hospital...and they are so DERN cute and easy fast to make, that I cannot stop making them. So far I have done 20 and Sydney has done 2. I decided it is fun to make them while I sit and watch tv...or while I sit and wait for the kids at track or piano....good time killer...and they are so cute...like I said!!!! I have made more since I took this pic...but you get the idea!!!! 
Other than that...we have had a good spring break week. The kids are enjoyed sleeping in and so have I. Yahoo....feels good! But it will feel good to get back into the routine again too. We did to go the YMCA the other night...had fun rock climbing and swimming. Jang Hee even rock climbed for the first time. Think he had fun...but his arms were sore the next day!!! We took Ben and Becca Nelson with us too. Becca even climbed! I was pretty proud of her. I didn't get a pic cuz I was belaying her....couldn't get to my camera!!!! 
