Girls Camp!

This year Girl's Camp was a Stake camp. The Stake leaders did such a good job preparing it. The theme was "No Strangers Among Us". Every ward in the Stake picked a country to represent. Ours was Tonga. Other wards chose Germany, French Polynesia, Italy, Denmark, Madagascar, Mexico, and the Stake leaders chose the USA. Ashlee was asked to be one of the Stake YCLs. She was involved in much of the planning. The girls got to participate in a fun "Amazing Race." They traveled to the different "countries" (ward camp sites). At each country they did a camp certification requirement and an activity from the country. When the girls came to Tonga (ours) They learned knot tying, bed rolls, or emergency shelters and the activity they did was a Tongan music stick game. The other activities in the "amazing race included canoeing and a zip line. The ward YCLs traveled with the girls in groups and the stake YCLs ran part of the Amazing Race. Ashlee ran the zip line. She loved it and had a lot of great leadership experience.

Mike, me, and Emily during our 8 mile hike. The girls had an 8 mile or a 4 mile hike to choose from. Ashlee was asked to lead the 4 mile hike. I heard she did a great job. She planned team work activities at the top that everyone enjoyed.

The last night of girls camp we did a culture night. All the wards planned a skit or dance that represented their country and then we all sampled desserts from the country. Our ward did the Hakka. It turned out great! The dessert sample we brought for everyone to try was coconut bread. I got the recipe from the Polynesian Cultural Center when we were there a few years ago. (I was assistant camp director and was assigned to do the all the food for our ward.)

While performing the Hakka, the women have designs on their chins.

While we were getting our designs painted on our chins, a few of the girls had a lot of fun with the paint and added eyeballs. Emily's eyes are closed in this picture.

All of the girls in this picture have their eyes closed and have painted eyes on their eyelids. It looks quite real doesn't it?!

Canyon View ward girls and leaders performing the Hakka. Mike said he was amazed by the performance! We are all wearing pink and yellow tie-dye shirts. In this picture it looks like some are shirtless, but of course none of us are!