yo ho yo ho...

saturday night: fall asleep in contacts
sunday morning: pain in right eye
sunday night at camp: no sleep
monday morning: mom picks me up from camp
monday afternoon: doctor scrapes my eye and puts eye patch on me
tuesday morning: new eye patch put on
wednesday afternoon: ????
PRAYING IT WILL BE "EYE PATCH REMOVED AND BACK TO CAMP"

Week 4-International Week-Beehives

This week... I HAD CAMPERS!!! beehive ones at that! finally starting my job!
with all of the horror stories I was prepared for the worst. homesick. bad listeners. bad attitudes.
NONE OF THAT! I seem to keep getting SO lucky!
it was a really great week.
started a little rough!!! i was tired and emotional for some reason.
i think since we were reaching the halfway point i was hitting a wall of exhaustion.  after finding out new roommates (dixie!), i went up the hill to see my sister (she was up patrolling while all of us were finding out roomies), and she made me feel SO MUCH BETTER! after the week was smooth sailing!

kaylee

 

baylee

natalee

brooke

emily

ashlee

"cracker"

amanda

lizzie

izzie

breanna

tia

new roomie!!!

last day as roommates!

hp

so growing up-I tried to read harry potter-got half way through the first and my thought was DUMB.
so i stopped.
been seeing the movies and FELL IN LOVE.
I will read the books this year.
I saw Harry Potter yesterday with the brighton staff! 26 of us (i'm sure that smelled GREAT comin straight from camp).
the movie was AMAZING. I laughed-I cried.
grew up with Harry Potter and I'm honestly sad that it has come to an end.

Week 3-Tweak Week-SOS

This week was by FAR my most exhausting week!
I don't know if it is because it's been 4 weeks there or if it was because I had an EXTREMELY busy schedule!

monday I hiked to lake mary
wednesday I went on the overnighter hike (group of 59)
and thursday morning at 2 am I did the sunrise hike

the overnighter was the most eventful.
we got there and we were having a great time. everyone unfolded their tarp backpacks and we started playing games. then me and granola looked up and saw a giant dark cloud. we spent a few minutes trying to decide which direction it was going. praying inside that it wasn't coming towards us.  about 10 minutes later it started to rain. we told the girls to start getting their stuff together-then the thunder began. we told the girls to grab what they had in their hands and throw the rest under the tree and head out.  we rushed out and down the gated road.  about half way down it cleared up somewhat but everything was already soaking wet and, as one camper mentioned, maybe that happened because something worse was going to happen later.  we got the girls back to camp and me, granola, dynamite, star, and gloria started thinking of a plan of how to get the rest of their stuff before nightfall.  the gate at the bottom of the road was locked.  Dynamite got the code from her family that has a cabin there but we couldn't get the lock undone.  we started searching for someone home at their cabin but it was desolate.  then we saw a car coming below the gate. we waved them down. ZIMMY! the wonderful woman who is taking over as president next year.  by a miracle she was driving to HER cabin. she unlocked the gate (using brownie dust) and we were able to drive the car up to pick up the gear.  that night I felt my heavenly father's love for me stronger than ever. he protected us. he inspired us. and he blessed us.  I'm so grateful for the power of the prayer, and for my Heavenly Father's love for me and for this wonderful camp. 

that was the highlight of my week. and now i'm EXHAUSTED.  but it's now time for WEEK 4 :)

lets get personal.

I didn't start this blog to inform people of my life.
I didn't start this blog to vent.
I didn't start this blog to show everyone how "awesome" I am.
I started this blog for ME.
I started it to have a formal way to put down thoughts of my life.
I started this blog to keep myself sane while my love is gone.

I may get personal sometimes. I tell what I'm comfortable telling.
so if you feel my blog is TOO personal-don't read it.

*that's my first "angry soundin" blogish thing.  that's to those that think I tell too much and I get too personal.

July 7, 2011....

this day was a BEAUTIFUL DAY.  that night my parents came up for devotional and they brought me a BIG surprise!!!

4 LETTERS

1 POSTCARD

1 PACKAGE!!!!

in the package there was 3 T-SHIRTS, 2 TAPES, 1 USB, PICTURES, AND SOME LETTERS!

the postcard is a picture of a woman on a boat in san blas

he sent the postcard in april and he said "The women on the boat is called a Kuna and they live on the San Blas Islands.  I want to go so bad, it would be sweet, but not a lot of people get to go there so we'll see"  CRAZY HUH?



the letters were AMAZING. 

one was a talk about "locking your heart".  it was for missionaries. "If missionaries will, when they leave Salt Lake city, the mission home, the day they are set apart-if they will just lock their hearts!  If you've got a girl in there, that's all right: lock her in."  this talk was all about not falling in love with girls in the area you are serving.  so he highlighted that and a few other parts. and then he made me a little key out of paper and taped over it to protect it and sent that with it.



June 13, 2011

"I love you like crazy. You really are the love of my life."

May 30, 2011

"I miss you like crazy.  I have so many crazy dreams about you and coming home. I love you like crazy.  I can't wait until "the day"! Love-the boy who loves you"

May 7, 2011

"All i want is to give you the world.  Wish i could do it now but it is kinda hard from 4,000 miles away but I am still trying my best. I love you like crazy you know that?  And you are the best and I just love you so much and I hopeI can be good enough for you when I get home.  I don't know what to write anymore other than I love you so much and I'm doing my best with the whole letter thing.  I know at times it is hard but just know I am always thinking about you and I can't wait to have one of you rlittle hugs again.  I can just feel your little arms hugging me.  Wow can't wait for that again.  I love you so much and miss you like crazy.  I love you and you are my love."



bryce-i love you too! and in one year i will be more happy than ever before.  I'm so proud of you and I am SO lucky to have you in my life! I couldn't have picked someone better! I love you! 12 months to go :)