Saturday, July 9, 2011

Week 2-Decades Week-Mountaineers

this week... it is so hard to explain the experiences that I have at this magical place!
so i was a counselor this week! WAHOO!!! I had mountaineers (3rd and 4th year campers).  This made the week really smooth! they all wanted to be there, not homesick, not complaining! it was wonderful.

a few fun things we did:
slept in the barn
slept in the teepee
did the perch (climb a 30 ft tree, stand on a swiveling small circle platform, jump off and touch bell)
zipline
dutch oven cookout
started the FIRST fire of the season
hiked to Lake Mary in the rain, snow, mud, and dark
hiked to the saddle of Clayton's Peak
they picked camp names

it was a great week.  I didn't expect to love the girls that quickly and that much.  It's so true what they say-when you serve someone it helps you to love them.  I was constantly trying to make a difference in their life.  the hardest time I had was knowing that I only have ONE week.  one week to make a difference, change a life, build up a testimony, teach how to love, teach how to serve, and to show them that we "are daughters of our Heavenly Father who loves us".  I hope i made a difference. 

so...
Ducky
Bacon
Canine
Eminem
Mickey

I love you and thank you for one of the best weeks of my life. I miss you already.  Remember how amazing you are.

"overnighter" in the barn







my P.D. sos shasta!

staff "meeting"  PAZOOKIE!

my first time EVER doing perch!

all ready to shower-ohhhh water not working at Skunk

TEEPEE!

cookout :)

Sunday, July 3, 2011

1 year.

when the rain if blowing in your face and the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace to make you feel my love.
I can feel the change, the change you made in me.  but will I ever see all the things you see in me? when you say that I'm one of a kind-baby I don't see it but you believe that I'm so strong and true.
would you mind if I pretended I was someone else with courage in love and war.  I'm weak in the knees for you but I'll stand if you want me to. 
I've been known to take my time and I've been told that I'm alright.  All I know is that you are mine, you're on my mind. 
Lucky I'm in love with my best friend.
They don't know how long it takes waiting for a love like this.  I'll wait for you, I promise you. 
 It's not the pale moon that excites me-oh no-it's just the nearness of you. 
If I die tonight I'd go with no regrets-if it's in your arms I know that I was blessed.  If your eyes are the last thing that I see then I know the beauty heaven holds for me.  Truth be told-you take my breath away every minute, every hour, every day.  Every moment we share together is even better than the moment before. 
You take me the way I am. 
He is good, so good.  He treats your little girl like a real man should.  He makes promises he keeps-no he's never gonna leave. 
I'm gonna be here for you baby.  I wanna sleep with you forever and I wanna die in your arms. I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you.  I wanna make your world better than it's ever been.
everybody's talkin how i can't can't be your love but i wanna wanna be your love for real.  want to be your everything.
I'd fall anywhere with you I'm by your side.  I'm not afraid anymore.  Forever is a long time, but I wouldn't mind spending it by your side. 
It's always better when we're together. 
another night goes by without sleeping because I know I won't wake up next to you.  everything reminds me of you.
I remember trying not to stare the night I first met ya. I hadn't told ya yet-but I thought I loved you then.  Now you're my whole life-now you're my whole world-I just can't believe the way I feel about you. 
always thought that we'd be more than friends. oh I'm all for love.
you're not alone-i will stand by you-I will help you through.  I will dry your eyes-I will fight your fight-I will hold you tight and I won't let go.
for you I wanna sing the happier song.  for you I'm gonna break my bad habits. for you I'm gonna sit and patiently wait.  for you i feel love and I just want to show it.  It's an infinite world and I want you.
you seem quite shy but you're oh so cute.  I'm the kinda girl that would love to be yours if you'd ask me to.  I swear I'll never let go just let me know if you'll be my man.  oh darling I Love you so. If you'd ask me for my heart there's now way that I'd say no.  So we can stay together til hell starts to freeze. 
endlessly-for you I'll always wait.
take time to realize that your warmth is crashing down on me.  I can't spell it out for you.  we'd be perfect for each other and we'll never find another.  we'd never have to wonder if we missed out on each other.
I'll be fine if you stay by my side. never felt this way in my whole my life. can't get you off my mind. you know you shine.
you've got magic inside your fingertips.  every time that I get close to you you making me weak with the way you look through those eyes.  all i need is your teach. I remember the way that you move. you dancing easily through my dreams. you are crazy gentle the way that you kiss.


IT'S BEEN A YEAR. A YEAR OF GROWING. A YEAR OF LEARNING. A YEAR OF LOVE. A YEAR OF LETTERS. A YEAR OF E-MAILS.  I LOVE YOU BRYCE.  ONE MORE YEAR.  THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE ARE ALL WITH YOU.






Saturday, July 2, 2011

goin to the chapel...

one of my BEST FRIENDS Courtney Jean Beckstrand got married to Jared Boyd Stewart yesterday, July 1st, 2011. 
They were married in the Logan Temple and had dinner and dancing immediatly following at the Riverwoods in Logan.

she looked perfect. they looked perfect. it was perfect.

i'm SO happy for her.  I feel so lucky that I got to watch them fall in love.

congrats courtney and jared! i love you both!!!

I caught the Bouquet



6 weeks and counting...


so on wednesday I turned on my phone to check my emails.
I had 3 emails from Bryce.   He e-mails on Mondays so this was unusual.

SHOCKING NEWS

" i am going to a place called San Blas and this is a island out side of panama so i have to take a plane and stuff out there and i will not be able to use Internet for a mouth until next changes so that is super crazy i will not be able to email for 6 weeks so that is why we get to use Internet right now so ya this is super crazy there are only me and my companion out there.  let me tell you a little about where i am going well 1st they don´t speak English or Spanish there they speak Kuna and they dress super weird and it us just super sweet this is the area that every missionary wants to go to so i am super happy that i am going it is going to be sick and me and my companion are going white washed so we are going to be super lost out there and have no idea what to do haha. i don´t really know what to say but this will be the last time for 6 week i will be able to email haha so ya and we have to sleep in hammocks how cool is that so for the next 3 mouths i will be sleeping in a hammock how cool is that i am super happy and super stoked to go there it is going to be sweet i should be a great time haha.we are just by ourselves no district meeting or anything no pday we just have to work every day and just love it. so ya and we got to wear flip flops and role up are pants legs because it is super hot there.  super happy about this you have no idea i have wanted to go here my hole mission well everyone wants to go here and i get to go how cool is that haha. just so you know i will be back in 6 weeks to use Internet for like 4 days then i will go back for 6 more weeks so just so you know it will be 6 weeks then another 6 weeks then i should be back into a normal area but we will see i could have 3 changes out there.  so i will not be able sent or write a letter for 6 weeks just so you know and a email for 6 weeks."

so OF COURSE I'm so so so proud of him! this means that the Lord is pleased with the work he's been doing.  It was hard to hear though.  for his entire mission I have heard from him almost every week in some form or fashion.  but these words from the e-mail gave me comfort.

1st e-mail-
"i love you so so so much and i am going to need your help with this one i love you more than anything and hope you are just having the time of your life at camp i know i would be haha and i know i am going to be haha so ya i love you like crazy and miss you as well but ya so ya 6 weeks i think your going to cry but just think about how cool it is going to be.  wow i just love you so much you are just the love of my life you know that haha so ya i love you and hope you take care for this next 6 weeks and i will talk to you then love your boyfriend elder goodfellow "

2nd e-mail-
"this is will be the time of my mission for sure you will hear about this for the rest of our lifes just so you know.  for the rest of my life i will be talking about this so get use to it haha. i am going nut here and my companion is super sick we are just going to go and kill it there i cant wait to go haha.  but i hope you are just loving everything about camp by the next time i talk to you it will be like over almost.   i just love you so much."

3rd e-mail
"i will for sure be thinking about you a lot.  just know i will be loving you out there and will be missing you like crazy and i will be working my butt off haha i love you aubri"

I'm so proud of you Bryce and for the decisions you have made throughout your life that have brought you to this point! i will be counting down the weeks, days, hours, and minutes until i can hear about all of your San Blas experiences!  always and forever my love!



San Blas Islands Panama

Week 1-Jungle Week-SOS

this week was our 1st week with CAMPERS!!!! and it was so so fun!! also insane.  So as an SOS (staff on support) i help out other counselors, the PD's and the directors.  so monday was luggage and food run.  because of the snow we couldn't drive it right up to camp.  Thank goodness for the snow cat.  even still- a process that normally takes about an hour took five hours. 

this week i ran rapel, grigri'd the zipline, helped on cookouts, restocked upper and lower grounds, made pinecone necklaces, taught first aid, did TNT, did mail call, helped with theme party, went on a hike, and SO much more. 

i learned so much this week about camp AND about myself.  i pushed harder than i thought i could push!

most spiritual moment: serenading and doing "tender mercies" on sentry rock
most difficult moment: the rainy day cookout (i was just ready to crack)
funniest moment:  camper-"is your hair wet?"  me-"nope, just greasy"
learning moment: helping sick and homesick campers
proud moment: doing gri gri and not just flying into the air



doing busses on monday morning

layin on luggage.. waiting for snow cat to come back


my station at theme party. letters for Lilo (lady on committee who had surgery) and randy (snow cat driver)



i love spock..

skirts and snow boots-love

rainy day

legend ceremony


PONYTAIL

BROWNIES given to us by the brownie people

sleepin in between "brownie duty"

Friday, June 24, 2011

PRE CAMP

I had a week full of snow, snow, snow! but most of all Love.  our theme this year for Brighton Camp is "Love one Another".  That is exactly what we did.  I have never made that many friends that quickly! I am so looking forward to this summer.  Here is a quick run down of my week.
monday: staff party, made music videos, zipline
tuesay: legend ceremony, bear sighting, 
wednesday: returning staff night, shoveled the rock, had a dutch oven cookout, watched a giant pine tree get cut down, repel
thursday: wrote our creed, testimony meeting, worked in the craft shack, did the lifeline ropes course, hiked to twin lake and silver lake
friday: pinecone ceremony, slideshow, HEADED HOME

every day things:  morning flag, night flag, creep, breakfast, lunch, and dinner :)