Girls Camp: Consuming my mind and my time...

Alright! So about a month ago I got put back into Girls Camp! That's right...I am going to Girl's camp, yet again! Don't worry, because I love being with the Young Women. I enjoy hanging out with them and helping them strengthen their testimonies of their Heavenly Father and their own divine destinies. So, I am very excited to be doing this again. So, I thought I would post some of our ideas and projects...since it has become almost a full-time job for me right now.

Our theme for camp is:



We are taking a spiritual twist on the Disney Movie "Brave". We are emphasizing the "brave" women in the scriptures who had their own destinies and how we as women, young and old, have been fore-ordained for our own destinies, if only we will be valiant and righteous. (I thought it was a great idea!)

I have been using a great website, which has been helping me find more than just the typical women that come to mind. It is: womeninthescriptures.blogspot.com

Anyway, so we are beginning to get to the real fun stuff. Our Camp Kick-off Event is coming up and I have some great things we are going to do. To help kick-off our theme of BRAVE, we are going to play a spin-off of the "Who Am I?" game (where you stick names on people's backs and they have to figure out who they are. If you don't know what I am talking about, I just explained it!!) Except, the names are going to be of women named, listed, described in the scriptures. I have given a scriptural reference to help the others. I can't wait to see how they do. Link to our game:  http://www.scribd.com/doc/134824941/Women-in-the-Scriptures-Who-Am-I

We are also going to do a little skit for the girls to help them understand what camp is all about. It is based on this: (it should be fun!)

This is the night we also get all the Secret Sister info and pass that around, so the girls have PLENTY of time to gather their gifts for camp. We also get some ideas of menu ideas for camp. (Not that we pick all the meals from those ideas!!) 

I am also putting together a little "Brave" bag for all the girls to take home! It will have some goodies, an general information sheet about camp and our fundraiser coming up, a packing list, and a few other things. I want them to go home so excited for camp, they wish it was tomorrow! I hope they will! 

So, like I said...the fundraiser is coming up. I will have more info on what we are doing in another post! Coming soon! Keep with me, because this what is consuming me...other than my two beautiful children! Until next time!

Kids Easter Photo Shoot

Well, let me first explain this post. I don't usually go out of my way to get Easter pictures done of my kids. It is usually on Easter Sunday, before church trying to get their cute outfits and beautiful faces. So, this is not a normal thing for me. But, with the fact that so many of my awesome, wonderful, important family members aren't around to see my cute kids grow, I wanted to capture this moment for them. So, please forgive the many pictures in this post, because there are quite a few, but I couldn't pick just 3 or 4 that were my favorite. So, for my family who keeps up on our blog, Happy Easter from E & B!

Christmas 2012

This year was quite a different year for our family for the holidays. We were missing Grandpa C and Kyle and his family. Mike's parents got their mission call, so we got to spend the holidays with them. It was so much fun! We had a great feast for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! We played games, especially Just Dance 4! That was a riot of a time with all of the siblings that were up there. Mike's parents even got in on the action! We just had a great time. On Sunday, before Christmas, we decided to take some family photos in our Christmas outfits! This is what we came up with! Not too bad, if you ask me!

 Crazy photo with dad! 

 Family photo for the year! 

A little bored with this activity, can you tell?!

Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I hope we all have a terrific 2013! Happy New Year!