Ella's First Year at Camp Olympia!

In our Summerwood Stake, they have done girls camp during the end part of Spring break the past couple years. It has been so hot in the summers, that they were having trouble with heat strokes and such, that they opted for this option. Ella is a summer birthday and although she isn't 12 yet, she made the cutoff to be able to go. She was pretty excited. 

There were 11 girls from our ward that went and 7 of them were first years. They left bright and early Thursday morning. 

They made a stop at Sam Houston state park and went on a hike that was required for girls camp. 

Ella enjoyed the hike as she loves to walk. I just haven't gotten her to love running yet ;)

I would get random texts from my friends who were leaders about her progress. On Friday, I got a text from three leaders saying she had an amazing shot! She won the whole shooting competition. She shot bibi guns. I am not sure where she learned, because it definitely wasn't from me, but she was excited she had such a good shot!
She really enjoyed camp. The theme was "Sprinkle Kindness". She had a lot of fun and free time, unfortunately, there was a little bit of a lack of spirituality involved. She didn't know anything else though and she got home on Saturday at 11:00 p.m. She literally woke up for church and slept the rest of the day! She was exhausted from going to bed so late each night. I am glad she had the chance to go!