Young Women's Campout

This weekend we had the all young women's campout, down at Celebration Park. We had 16 girls attend, with 5 adults. The girls had a great time hanging out and visiting, learning all about fire-starting, and playing hide and seek once it got dark. We also had a great campfire lesson about how our testimonies are like lights, and how we can use our lights to encourage others, but we can't give our light away. 

The next morning, after breakfast we packed up camp and spent some time at the Atlatl range. We even had 3 girls hit the mammoth, including Brinley! 

After that we set off on our hike. We walked to the rock house, where we stopped to eat and play, then walked over to Halverson lake to play some more. By the time we made it back to the vehicles, we had walked about 7 miles, and everyone was properly worn out and ready to head home. It was a great time, and a great first camping experience for some of our youngest young women!

Dance Competition- KAR

The girls ended Spring Break with their dance competition, and they did great! Their hip hop routine scored Top First, 1st overall, and invitations to both New York and Hollywood for conventions and work shops. 

Their jazz routine scored Top First, a Judge's Choice costume award, and a New York invitation. 

Spring Break

We had an awesome spring break this year. Cahl, Hunter, Brinley and I loaded up Tuesday morning and set out for Leavenworth Washington. Once we got there, we spent some time checking out the fish hatchery and Cahl's projects, then spent the evening downtown. The kids really loved seeing what Cahl works on, and they especially loved the town and all the shops. 

Wednesday morning we made our way over to Cle Elum, and took a tour of the fish helix that Cahl has been working on for years. It is an amazing structure, and we were lucky to get to go down inside and see all of the different areas. 

After Cle Elum, we stopped by one last project before making our way over to Seattle. We found our rental house, and spent a relaxing evening down at Alki Beach. Then we met up with our fiends that we shared the house with, and just played games and visited.

Thursday morning we all loaded up and headed downtown. The first stop was Pike's Market, followed by the gum wall, Ferris wheel and aquarium. After all that, we rented some scooters and scooted over to the Space Needle. Brinley was definitely nervous about being at the top, but she made her way out to look, and by the end she was really happy to see it all. The  night was spent at the house, eating, playing, and visiting. 

Friday morning I was sick, so while I stayed in bed, the rest of the crew went over to check out MoPop- the museum of pop culture. The kids really loved it, and in the afternoon we caught a ferry over to Southworth and Vashon Island. That evening we enjoyed fish and chi[s on the beach, and hot showers!

Saturday we spent the day at Brinley's dance competition, and had dinner in Chinatown. Sunday we packed up and headed home. It was an awesome trip, and I'm so happy for every opportunity to show the kids new things, and spend time with them!