I forgot to mention one thing. This funny girl, Monica, is always joking that she's the only black girl in camp. So one night, she was telling us one night that she always wins at hide-and-go-seek at night because she blends in with the darkness. We laughed and headed to the bathroom. Well, 20 minutes later, she was getting mad because we were taking so long, so she told us she was leaving and would wait outside.
When we finally got out, we could NOT find Monica... Until we saw a floating yellow t-shirt. It took us a while to realize that is was Monica! We just couldn't see her because she really was blending in!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Girls Camp... Probably the longest post I've ever... posted.
I did it. I went to Girls Camp! I was really nervous because I did NOT like it my first two years, but this year, I actually REALLY enjoyed most of it. I wish I had pictures, but my camera died the first day. Bummer.
We left for our over night hike on Tuesday. A bit rushed, us just getting there Monday afternoon. We drove probably a 30 minute drive to where we started. The actual hike was a bit weird for me. It went straight uphill, and I thought to myself "If it's like this the whole time, I'm going to DIE!" But then it changed majorly. It went from uphill and foresty to downhill and out in the open. They second half of the hike was just climbing down rocks. About 10 minutes into the downhill part, I fell down a big rock. NOT FUN. I still have a big scar, although it's almost healed. It's not very pretty. But honestly, it barely hurt. Everyone was making a huge fuss over it, but I just told them it was fine. They thought I had gone into shock or something. It was pretty funny. (To me.)
Now that I look back, that hike actually kind of had a sense of humor, especially on the way back. It makes you SO out of breath and you think you're about to die, and then it's over.
The over night part was actually pretty easy. Of course I was spoiled by Dad's awesome backpacking gear, but still. It was fun to set up our tent (I shared one with Audrey) although it was NOT fun to sleep in it. I missed my pillow that night. :(
Around 8 pm that night, after dinner (consisting of top ramen-yum!) we took a short hike to this big rock where we watched the sun go down. It was SO PRETTY and relaxing. I just laid there and had my friend Mae Lin play with my hair.
I woke up around 6 am. The frustrating thing about this hike was you weren't allowed to go to the bathroom alone, and I had a really small bladder, so poor Audrey had to come with me every time. So I woke her up probably way too early for her liking and made her wait. (By the way- I was terrified to go to the bathroom behind a tree, but it ended up being no big deal. ) We ate our breakfast (consisting of hot chocolate and too-runny oatmeal) and did some certification. I was surprised. Usually the certification is boring but I like it this year. We pumped water, (okay, that wasn't too fun), made shelters (Barbie sized), started fires (without matches!), and wrote haikus about nature. Or, mostly about nature. Here are some, just for fun:
Cliffs
The cliffs stand solemn,
looking down upon the earth,
watching the lake gleam.
Watching
People watch the lake,
I watch the small things instead,
the leaves breeze softly.
We were only required to write two about nature, so I gave up on that subject. This next poem haiku thing basically explains why.
Poetry
I'm not poetic,
I try extremely hard though,
but I can't do it.
Yeah...
Crazy Sock Day
It's crazy sock day,
It is not good for hiking,
Reindeer don't feel good.
(One of Laura's crazy socks had a huge reindeer sticking off of it.)
Stand By Me
We sing "Stand By Me",
Our tent neighbors are annoyed,
but we still sing on.
(I'll explain that haiku a bit later...)
Anyway, after that we went on a day hike before heading out on our ACTUAL hike. He basically trail blazed around the lake. It was fun, but scary. I had to hold Krista's hand the whole time- literally- just to stay brave. We were climbing over logs and all OVER the place. There was absolutely NO trail. On the way to our destination, Ken Black discovered Wombat droppings. As he was explaining their habitat and that exciting stuff, he mentioned that Wombat droppings were EDIBLE, popped one in in his mouth, and ate it. I know it's insane, but I decided that it didn't kill him, so it wouldn't kill me and tried one. all I said was "This is the best poo I've ever had!" Then Laura ate it and spoiled the fun by saying, "Hey, this is chocolate!!" That was a fun experience. :)
The hike back was mean. When I saw our cars, or more importantly, our AIR CONDITIONERS AND COMFY SEATS, I sang "hallelujah". We got in the car, but then we had ANOTHER hike after a too short drive. It wasn't hard at all though. It was Tragedy Spring. There they had the BEST TASTING WATER EVER! And that was my hike.
Now about that "Stand By Me" haiku. I get sick of being around people pretty easily. So when we ("we" being Me, Krista, and Audrey) got sick of hanging around a too crowded cabin, we ran maybe 20 or 30 feet to cabin 6 where we sang our heart out for hours on end. We'd make up cool harmonies to songs like Stand By Me and Witch Doctor. It was super fun. Also, on the last day we got on in a bubble fight (a bubble fight being blowing bubbles at each other and then throwing the bubble stuff at each other) with some bubbles I had one for Crazy Hair Day. Yeah, I WON crazy hair day. WOOT!
Tubing was pretty fun, and climbing was... climbing... Let's see... Oh! Our leaders. We had great leaders. There was T.P. (that's her nickname, her real name is Tracy Persson) who was this crazy lady who was also cracking jokes, then Sister West, who was nice, quiet and kind. A good balance. Then there was Kayla Coolbear. OH MAN, she was awesome. Truly an awesome leader, although she was more like one of the girls. I love her.
What else... oh yeah. In addition to my minor leg injury, a couple first years were chasing a lizard and while bending over into the fire pit, the lid to the fire pit slammed close. OUCH! Also, a girl in our cabin hurt herself while tubing. She took some medicine for it, but she got night terrors as a side effect. She started spazzing in her sleep and we couldn't wake her up, and since she was sleeping up stairs, she might fall down the stairs so people had to stay up with her ALL NIGHT. I was VERY tired the next morning.
Testimony meeting was great. Laura, a non-Mormon bore her testimony, and near the end of the night, to my surprise, Audrey got up there. I was so proud of her. If you're reading this, you rocked, Audrey!
Since then I've been tubing like crazy, swimming, making music videos, and lots of other fun stuff. Our next YW activity is WATER AEROBICS! How awesome is that!?
Well, I'm going to quit before I get carpel tunnel.
We left for our over night hike on Tuesday. A bit rushed, us just getting there Monday afternoon. We drove probably a 30 minute drive to where we started. The actual hike was a bit weird for me. It went straight uphill, and I thought to myself "If it's like this the whole time, I'm going to DIE!" But then it changed majorly. It went from uphill and foresty to downhill and out in the open. They second half of the hike was just climbing down rocks. About 10 minutes into the downhill part, I fell down a big rock. NOT FUN. I still have a big scar, although it's almost healed. It's not very pretty. But honestly, it barely hurt. Everyone was making a huge fuss over it, but I just told them it was fine. They thought I had gone into shock or something. It was pretty funny. (To me.)
Now that I look back, that hike actually kind of had a sense of humor, especially on the way back. It makes you SO out of breath and you think you're about to die, and then it's over.
The over night part was actually pretty easy. Of course I was spoiled by Dad's awesome backpacking gear, but still. It was fun to set up our tent (I shared one with Audrey) although it was NOT fun to sleep in it. I missed my pillow that night. :(
Around 8 pm that night, after dinner (consisting of top ramen-yum!) we took a short hike to this big rock where we watched the sun go down. It was SO PRETTY and relaxing. I just laid there and had my friend Mae Lin play with my hair.
I woke up around 6 am. The frustrating thing about this hike was you weren't allowed to go to the bathroom alone, and I had a really small bladder, so poor Audrey had to come with me every time. So I woke her up probably way too early for her liking and made her wait. (By the way- I was terrified to go to the bathroom behind a tree, but it ended up being no big deal. ) We ate our breakfast (consisting of hot chocolate and too-runny oatmeal) and did some certification. I was surprised. Usually the certification is boring but I like it this year. We pumped water, (okay, that wasn't too fun), made shelters (Barbie sized), started fires (without matches!), and wrote haikus about nature. Or, mostly about nature. Here are some, just for fun:
Cliffs
The cliffs stand solemn,
looking down upon the earth,
watching the lake gleam.
Watching
People watch the lake,
I watch the small things instead,
the leaves breeze softly.
We were only required to write two about nature, so I gave up on that subject. This next poem haiku thing basically explains why.
Poetry
I'm not poetic,
I try extremely hard though,
but I can't do it.
Yeah...
Crazy Sock Day
It's crazy sock day,
It is not good for hiking,
Reindeer don't feel good.
(One of Laura's crazy socks had a huge reindeer sticking off of it.)
Stand By Me
We sing "Stand By Me",
Our tent neighbors are annoyed,
but we still sing on.
(I'll explain that haiku a bit later...)
Anyway, after that we went on a day hike before heading out on our ACTUAL hike. He basically trail blazed around the lake. It was fun, but scary. I had to hold Krista's hand the whole time- literally- just to stay brave. We were climbing over logs and all OVER the place. There was absolutely NO trail. On the way to our destination, Ken Black discovered Wombat droppings. As he was explaining their habitat and that exciting stuff, he mentioned that Wombat droppings were EDIBLE, popped one in in his mouth, and ate it. I know it's insane, but I decided that it didn't kill him, so it wouldn't kill me and tried one. all I said was "This is the best poo I've ever had!" Then Laura ate it and spoiled the fun by saying, "Hey, this is chocolate!!" That was a fun experience. :)
The hike back was mean. When I saw our cars, or more importantly, our AIR CONDITIONERS AND COMFY SEATS, I sang "hallelujah". We got in the car, but then we had ANOTHER hike after a too short drive. It wasn't hard at all though. It was Tragedy Spring. There they had the BEST TASTING WATER EVER! And that was my hike.
Now about that "Stand By Me" haiku. I get sick of being around people pretty easily. So when we ("we" being Me, Krista, and Audrey) got sick of hanging around a too crowded cabin, we ran maybe 20 or 30 feet to cabin 6 where we sang our heart out for hours on end. We'd make up cool harmonies to songs like Stand By Me and Witch Doctor. It was super fun. Also, on the last day we got on in a bubble fight (a bubble fight being blowing bubbles at each other and then throwing the bubble stuff at each other) with some bubbles I had one for Crazy Hair Day. Yeah, I WON crazy hair day. WOOT!
Tubing was pretty fun, and climbing was... climbing... Let's see... Oh! Our leaders. We had great leaders. There was T.P. (that's her nickname, her real name is Tracy Persson) who was this crazy lady who was also cracking jokes, then Sister West, who was nice, quiet and kind. A good balance. Then there was Kayla Coolbear. OH MAN, she was awesome. Truly an awesome leader, although she was more like one of the girls. I love her.
What else... oh yeah. In addition to my minor leg injury, a couple first years were chasing a lizard and while bending over into the fire pit, the lid to the fire pit slammed close. OUCH! Also, a girl in our cabin hurt herself while tubing. She took some medicine for it, but she got night terrors as a side effect. She started spazzing in her sleep and we couldn't wake her up, and since she was sleeping up stairs, she might fall down the stairs so people had to stay up with her ALL NIGHT. I was VERY tired the next morning.
Testimony meeting was great. Laura, a non-Mormon bore her testimony, and near the end of the night, to my surprise, Audrey got up there. I was so proud of her. If you're reading this, you rocked, Audrey!
Since then I've been tubing like crazy, swimming, making music videos, and lots of other fun stuff. Our next YW activity is WATER AEROBICS! How awesome is that!?
Well, I'm going to quit before I get carpel tunnel.
Monday, July 7, 2008
SAMH
Sorry some of the pictures are so small!
So much has happened! In late June (I've already forgotten the dates!) I went to Denver for a choir concert... type thing. It was directed by Bob Chilcott. I found this website of him: http://www.bobchilcott.com/. He's pretty awesome. He's from Oxford and has composed over 100 pieces of music! We got to stay at Denver University in the dorms. We went all over the place, and even got to sing in Red Rocks nation Park. Apparently tons of big stars have performed there.
Us performing at Red Rocks
A red rock at Red Rocks. No way!
So much has happened! In late June (I've already forgotten the dates!) I went to Denver for a choir concert... type thing. It was directed by Bob Chilcott. I found this website of him: http://www.bobchilcott.com/. He's pretty awesome. He's from Oxford and has composed over 100 pieces of music! We got to stay at Denver University in the dorms. We went all over the place, and even got to sing in Red Rocks nation Park. Apparently tons of big stars have performed there.
Us performing at Red Rocks
A red rock at Red Rocks. No way!We also went to a water park called Pirates Cove which was rented out just for us! It was great fun and they had some amazing slides.
That's most of out choir going down the lazy river together. We crashed a couple of times. :)
That's most of out choir going down the lazy river together. We crashed a couple of times. :)The other choirs were great. There were some from Kansas, Illinois, New Orleans, California, and of course, Denver. I met a lot of great people... and a lot of not so great people... But I won't get into that.
If I may say so, we were basically AMAZING at the concert. Here are a couple pictures.
Very professional, eh? That's because one girl, Molly, threatened to beat us up on stage of we touched our faces.
The ending for one of our songs, "La Lluvia" which apparently means, "The Rain". Hence the umbrellas.
This is the huge mass choir. It was so fun to sing with so many other people my age.
If I may say so, we were basically AMAZING at the concert. Here are a couple pictures.
Very professional, eh? That's because one girl, Molly, threatened to beat us up on stage of we touched our faces.
The ending for one of our songs, "La Lluvia" which apparently means, "The Rain". Hence the umbrellas.
This is the huge mass choir. It was so fun to sing with so many other people my age.That's just a quick, non descriptive version of our trip.
The end. I'm sick of writing. :)
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