Girls Camp 09!

All of our wonderful YW!

Keeping each other warm!

Us doing our skit! We did a dance!

This year it was stake girls camp! The theme for camp for "A soul fitness retreat" and each ward had a name that went along with fitness, we where the Rock Hard Abs! It was at our stake properity up Spainsh Fork canyon! Yes, it rained a lot but we still had fun and let me tell you how impressed I was with our girls! They never complained about the weather, they all had amazing attitudes! My love for them truly grew up at girls camp and I was able to see their amazing spirits. We left last Wednesday, when we got there we had time to set up camp and then it rained! That night we got together with the stake and had a great fireside on dating. Thursday morning had breakfast and went to our mini classes. Our YW president did a great class on nutrition, and let me tell you I will not be eating a donut for awhile... Thanks Dawnie! Then we where scheduled to do the zip-line, so we hiked up to go do got there and it rained! Luckily there was a pavillion close and we took cover, still no complaining about the rain instead we hid out and play Big Booty! Finally, our priesthood holder saved us and made a couple trips up to get us all. That was the biggest storm we had and once we got back to camp we where stuck in our tents for a good hour and a half. That night we got together and had skit night! That was really fun, our ward was the only ward to have their leaders in it! After skits where all done we sang camp songs as a stake and then our ward went back to our fire and sang for a while. Friday morning we did some more mini class went back up and did the zip-line then got ready for the Bishopric to come. When they got there we did our skits for them and they did a skit for us!! In the middle of the Bishoprics skit the stake president pulled and watched, lets us just say I dont think they will ever hear the end of it!! That night the Stake YW presidency planned an amazing night hike for us. We started out in the premortal existence and travel around the mountains to the various stages of life and ended up in Heaven. This made me miss Taylor, Mark was with me, so bad I could not help but cry. The next morning we backup and came home. I am so grateful for the amazing girls we have and I am grateful that I serve with WONDERFUL women who I learn so much from. We did not get cell phone service where we were but "Cell Phone Hill" was not too far and our great camp director made sure I could call and check on Taylor almost everyday afternoon. I love our ward and I loved girls camp this year!

Day at the Zoo!

We got a Zoo pass this year and I am so excited to be able to go whenever we can! We went for my nephew's birthday and we had so much fun! I will admit I think Tay's favorite animal was the chicken that was in with the gorilla! She loved it and would not move from looking at it! She was tired and it was super busy so she spent most of the time in the stroller. Cant wait to go again and again and again!

A couple of weeks ago Mark was honor for being a Marine by the chamber of commerce. Each year they honor 2 service men from each branch of the military and Mark was nominated by his unit! I was a fun evening, with food and entertainment! This should be his last time getting in his uniform. Here are some pics!

Mark's presents for being honor!

Mark up on stage!



Being honored

First Big Accident

At the end of May we went camping with Mark's family! It was a lot of fun BUT Taylor had her first big fall... not so fun! She fell off the cool flat on her forhead=( It was horrible to see and hear, she could not stop herself with her hands so it was really scary. She was screaming and we ran into our tent, both Mark and I where very shaken up after seeing her little head hit pavement. She was screaming and her nose was bleeding and we where worried she might have a concusion. Thank goodness Mark was able to give her a blessing and couple minutes later we where still worried and she was fine! She healed very fast but I did snap some pics~

Wheeler Farm

On Memorial Day we went to Wheeler Farm and had a pinic and walked all around looking at the animals! Taylor was not too excited about getting close to the cows... they are huge and she is so tiny! She LOVED the chickens and the little chicks, and the little goats. The goat was so little(not sure what a baby goat is actually called) she loved feeding it grass. She also likes the ducks and geese... not like her mom! While we where there Mark challenged me to let one of the geese eat bread from my palm... and I did it. For those that dont know me I DONT LIKE BIRDS, DUCKS OR PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THING THAT FLIES! For some reason they scare me so I was pretty proud of myself. As we where walking out we saw some Donkeys and she also loved them and sat and feed them for as long as we let her.

Her with the Goat

Looking at the Chickens

Daddy's little girl