Time to Blossom

This summer I got the opportunity to be a counselor at a girls camp for ages 11-16 year olds. The camp is called "Time to Blossom." I had a great time! I had an awesome group of 10 11 year olds and 3 14 year olds! So I had the largest group at 13 girls! We got to stay at the Hilton hotel in Mesa and have great meals everyday. For some of our meals we got to go to the Fiesta Mall next door and get food. One day our group all ordered pizza together. I loved the girls I was able to have. We had fun devotionals, great chats, and no sleep for the whole week. I got to room with 4 of the girls, so played late, or allllll night. Each day we had crafts, speakers and activities. There were a lot of great speakers that came and talked about walking tall, having confidence, posture, gospel lessons, self image, how to build friendships, and much more. Lots of great information for any age. John Bytheway, Vivian Cline were two of the big speakers they had come. They even had an olympian medalist swimmer come, and more.

One day we got to work on a service project. We got to make baby dolls for children in Africa. I loved hand sewing so it was a great time. I think it may have been a bit hard for people that have never sewn before, and confusing, but the girls pulled threw and did a great job!

This is one of the cute baby dolls made. I thought they were so cute! I want to make one when I am at home to keep to!

I got some pictures off the time to blossom website, so they came out blurry, but you can catch the jist of the picture from them. This was a picture of some of the girls with the little baby dolls behind them.

One night it was a dress up/formal night. I was grateful for my hair school and makeup days to help all the girl get ready for the night. It was fun!

Oh look at my cute girls!! This night was the night of the runway, and each girl got to go on stage and be presented.

This is Shanie and Mallory, two other counselors I knew from high-school. It was fun getting to see some of the counselors because a lot of them were friends from high-school that I had'nt seen since back in the day.

The whole elevator situation was fun. Since there were so many girls going up and down in the elevators, it was about a 15 minute wait every time you needed to go back to your room.

Mallory and I went for a piggyback ride in the hotel.

Another night there was an official fashion show. The company "down east outfitters" provided clothing from their new summer line for 20 girls. Anyone else that wanted to participate in the fashion show could. More than half the girls participated.
Every night we got to enjoy some fresh popcorn. This night we had a comedy show from he company called "Jesters." It was fun.
Yes rooming with girls creates many adventures. This is Brittlely and Brittany. The girls found some red lipstick and had a party with it. These are the kind of fun things sleepy girls do at 3 in the morning.
Muffins, fruit, scrambled eggs, french toast sticks! Yumm. I looked forward to breakfast every morning.
Every night we had yummy dinners in the ballroom. This was fun because then all our girls could sit and eat together.

Living with younger girls is really messy. I sure hope I wasn't this messy when I was a child. This was after I literally spent an hour and a half cleaning up trash and the girls junk.

This was our groups final picture.

I feel I had the best group ever! I was so lucky to have such wonderful girls!

Last day saying goodbyes! Yes I did cry..

On the last day the girls did a final dance for the parents when they came to pick the girls up! It was a great, long week.

cleaning out the house

When I went down to Arizona to go the "Time to Blossom" camp, I got to play a couple days at home. While I was home my mom asked me to clean out all my stuff from my room. :( I got the boot. I really had a great time going threw everything though. It made me really grateful for the awesome memories that had come up, and the wonderful times I have been able to have in life.

This is cute bree brees! She is looking a book of pictures of grandma and grandpa! She gets to meet them in a couple of weeks! Going threw my old stuff was also good because I was able to find some stuff that some of my family would love! Bree got this cute purse! I loved this one!
Alyssa and Cami. They have a special bond together.
Jeff and Dean. Dean is quite the snuggle bug. He is so handsome.
Beautiful Morgan. I cant believe how big and old she is! I remember holding her as a baby in Junior high! Morgan is now 8 years old!
Shane and Gavin. Handsome boys.
Mom has always been a great presenter. Here are some toppings for our frito chili salads! And oh it was yummy!
For desert mom had a chocolate fountain! We all enjoyed it..to much! Bree was cracking me up! She is so funny. She looked sooo cute with the chocolate on her face.
A beautiful duet.
Well, cleaning out my room ended up being a really great time. I used to love Vans shoes in high-school and here were a few pairs I found. I still remember what store I got each one from, and how I was so excited to get each on. I got the white velcro ones in Florida at the Van's park, and I remember that being so cool. I watched the kids skate around for quite some time while my sisters shopped. This was when the Velcro ones hadnt hit the stores yet so I wanted to wear them right away!
At my favorite store to shop with my dad growing up was called "Limited Too." It was the best store ever. Glitter, bight colors..what else could a girl want?! I remember I had the radest hot pink glitter pants from there! What a great life. At the store they had a sticker machine and you could pick funny background and put your face in it! I had some with aimee anderson, and kelly, and gina, and some with my dad. I even found some when my dad and went to Disneyland together. Going to Disneyland, just my dad and I will always be one of my favorite memories with him. We rode space mountain 6 times in a row! Thats what I call a trooper.
This was an jacket I loved to wear in highschool. I loved the colors, the zipper pockets and the elastic waist. I was sad to see this one go. The next items brought back fun memories, and most were hard to let go. Some I put in my treasure chest.
Limited Too silky pjs. Best for sleep overs and staying cozy while you sleep.
When I was 14 I was a life guard at "Big Surf Waterpark.' I would get chicken fingers for every lunch I had there. I loved being a life guard. It was a fun job!
This was my little money safe, and it was filled with aladins magic carpet, coin collection, Fireball yo yos from elementry, some of my favorite ments from Rubys, and pooh bear sticker book.
Found a stack of old lift tickets when I used to live in Idaho and took a snowboarding class on Thrusdays.
I came accross many old phones. I dont know I went threw them so fast. Sorry mom and dad.
In high school, my dad would write me notes all the time and put them on my bathroom door. He still writes me letters often. He is the best. I love dads notes. I have them all saved in my dad book.
I used to love making jewelry when I was a tot. I liked to use the letter beads to put my name on them.