Girls Camp 2009: Heber Valley

This post is going to be about the mom and the awesome time she had a Girls Camp last week. We went to Heber Valley camp this year. It's in the mountains east of Heber, Utah and it is run by the LDS church. It is a dedicated area and they call it the "temple without walls". It was gorgeous! The girls left Monday, August 3 and returned on Friday, August 7. I wasn't able to go up until Tuesday because I was having a pin removed from my foot from my bunion surgery 8 years ago. The girls had such a great time and were able to do a lot of fun things that we usually don't do. There was a challenge course and a lake they were able to canoe on. We also stayed in cabins while we were up there which was really nice on Wednesday when it rained on us. Here are a few pictures of the great time we had. Hope you enjoy them!

This is the inside of the scout trailer before they left on Monday morning. It seemed like there was a lot more gear for the girls this year. Probably because we made sure everyone had something soft to sleep on.

Making t-shirts. This was just one of the crafts we brought for the girls to do. We had a lot of ward time.

Beads, beads, and beads! This is the girls' favorite craft to do at camp. They made bracelets and earrings this year.

Their other favorite pasttime at camp is doing each other's hair. There were some interesting hairstyles walking around this year.

The great and spacious building on the hill above the lake. I guess some bishop lives there and it has like 14 bedrooms and 20,000+ sq. ft.

Girls on the lake. No one tipped over which was good because that water was gross. This is Dora Nielson, Serena Woodhouse, and Alyssa Swett.

E'owyn Jorgenson, Kristan Nielson, and Janae Mills. Don't they look good!

Rachel Taylor in the front of the canoe. What a leader!

Chandra Marshall in the pink shirt. She was riding with some friends from another ward.

Mabby Jordan, Samantha, and Cassidy Mills. They are working hard.

Aubree Davis, Alexa Jordan, and Becca Mills. Three of our awesome Laurels.

Lynsay Carter, our camp director and fearless leader, and her niece Samantha. We did this a lot at camp this year. We were always laughing!

There was a sandbox by the lake. Becca and Aubree were building a giant sandcastle.

Brother Hess and Brother Lems on visitors night.

The whole gang right before we left to come home. What a great bunch of girls and leaders!