Camping with Girls

The day after we got back from New York Hubby’s parents arrived to take care of K, D, and N while I went camping with M’s Girl Scout troop. They did a great job holding down the fort so that Hubby could go to work while we were gone. My co-leader, F, did an amazing job planning the food and activities and my mom sent along some too. The girls got along great and we had a magnificent time! It was so much fun to play games and hike and cook and sing together. It made me so glad our troop is continuing with 13/14 girls from this year. Lucky 13!

The next week my parents watched D, M and N while I went to Girls Camp with K and the Young Women from our ward to be an extra adult to be with Sister S and the Laurels. The YW leaders did such a great job preparing a nice time for the girls with love and thoughtfulness. I am so glad I got to tag along even though I think K would have been just as happy without me there. Lol.

We also held Activity Days Day Camp at our home with 10 girls going into 3rd-5th grade from 9am-9pm. Everyone survived! The girls had helped plan our activities beforehand and parents were great about sending in supplies and the girls were game to do all sorts of things, including watching the movie the Pacifier in the middle of the day so their leaders could rest. Ha!

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