Girls Camp

       I spent the last five days at Camp Lo Mia with my stake. We left on Saturday and got back on Thursday. My stake was in West Camp, which is the smallest of the three camps. The first night was Bishops Night. The Bishop from each ward gave a little talk to their ward  and provided dessert. My Bishop talked about how we should save our kisses for someone who really deserves them. After his devotional Bishop gave each of us a piece of seven layer cake. Alright so for those of you who don't know where Lo Mia is, it is near Pine, Arizona. It was pretty chilly and it got down to around forty five degrees. I was not expecting it to be anywhere near that cold so the first night was a shock! There was a very strict no prank policy this year so we went right to bed and stayed there.

The baby hat that I made

         Sunday morning flag ceremony was at six thirty in the morning so everyone was up at six, that was fun. I hadn't slept very well the night before and to make it better I had a stomach ache. Right after flag was instant choir, which was optional. I didn't go, I decided to go lay down for thirty minutes. To avoid the heat we had sacrament meeting at seven. My friend Shannon in my ward spoke and so did a girl named  Mikaela, and the concluding speaker was President Hettinger. Shannon talked about how a Kodiak bear could smell bacon from ten miles away, (later this information became very relevant). We had a little break before Young Women so I laid down at that time. Our YW lesson was on being friendly to others. We had some down time after this. Since I was  feeling better  I helped make little Father's Day presents. Later we did humanitarian aid projects. We made hygiene kits, file folder games and little baby hats for less fortunate people in other countries. The evening started with the Colors of the Wind Program. The fourth years teach the first years about the Young Women values and paint the first years faces with lines of the value colors (white, blue, red, green, orange, yellow, purple, and gold). They also sang Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas in sign language. Following the program we went back to our cabins for a little while. Then back to the grove for the next program. Women in our stake dressed up as Biblical women and told us some of their stories. At the end each ward gathered in their group and stood a few feet away from the closest ward. It was pitch black. All of a sudden one ward would turn their flashlights on and start to sing a song, and then another and another until each ward had sung their song. Most if not all were primary songs. My ward sang Scripture Power. It was probably my favorite program of all three years that I had been there. We went back to our cabin and received another devotional from the YCLs before we went to sleep.

               

My hair

I won best hair in my eighth grade class.

Jon Heder!!!!! So, we're pretty much friends by now, right?

Guess who just met Jon Heder? ME! He was at my bishop's house talking to us for Sunday evening discussion. His wife's grandparents live in my ward. It was so cool. He told us all about his movie experiences, and how he became a star. It turns out that he graduated from BYU, and served a mission in Tokyo Japan. He was so so funny, and it seemed crazy to me how "normal" he is.
               When asked about the dance that he did  in the Napoleon Dynamite movie he said that he had never taken any dance classes. He just danced around in front of his mirror and did his own thing. They ended up just playing music and filming how he danced to it. Pretty cool right?

update on my life

I graduated from eighth grade on Tuesday, and it was wonderful. I got a nice pretty dress - purple with a big sparkly square just above my bellybutton. After the recognition ceremony Grandma and Grandpa L. treated my parents Zeke and me to a wonderful Outback lunch. However I think that my favorite part was that I am finally done with junior high. Summer here I come!
              My first day of summer was spent helping my mom clean out her classroom (being a preschool teacher is hard work, I wonder whats it like on normal days). Then right after I went to my house to tidy up so the carpets and vents could be cleaned from the smoke from the small house fire we had around two weeks ago. That was fun, within fifteen minutes I was black with soot, yeah!
I also made my very first tie-dye shirt for girls camp, which turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.
              We are having lots of fun with Ben, Grant, and Zach. They are just a big ole' barrel of monkeys. They just have so much energy, and they are just awesome. They are always running around Grandma & Grandpa's house looking for a good time. Little Zachy, loves to talk, he is just sitting there in his chair telling me a story and I'm just amazed at how smart he is for such a little guy.
                Another essential part of my summer is working out with my auntie Jessica. We ran two miles today, and pumped some serious iron (five pound weights).
                  This summer is looking to be a good one!!!


 
 

   

The Bean Trees

Currently as a summer project for school next year I am reading The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver. I am about half way through. I think that it has a good story plot, relate-able characters, and ironic happenings. If you have read it please give some feed back, if you haven't I recommend it. note: there are a few swear words