Olivia had her first year at girls camp this year! Linda could not go because
she was in New Jersey, but Mom was there to give moral support!
The wards were each assigned a value from their Young Women's handbook .
Choice and Accountability - represented by the color orange - (Joshua 24:15) : I will remain
free by choosing good over evil and will accept responsibility for my choices.
Our ward has a great big army tent that holds ALL the girls (the leaders have a seperate tent). They had orange polka-dot tote bags that were labeled with their names and little journal notebooks (that they had made). Each day the girls would write something nice to another girl in her journal. By the time they left camp, each girl had written in every other girl's notebook. They also had a secret sister who would leave them a prize each day they were there. On the last day they got to guess if they had discovered who their secret sister was ... if not, it was revealed!
Each girl in the ward was included on a poster, even if they were unable to attend camp.
Some of the activities they did included Zumba (toned down version), self defense,
and cooking (using two different methods).
Olivia tried the camp stove and open-fire ... she didn't like doing either one. Heat is scary!
They played a game called "Camp Curse". Each girl was assigned a curse by the other girls. The girl shown above, left, was given the curse that if anyone said the word "fire", she would have to run to the pit and immediately start a fire dance! Olivia's curse was connected to another curse. Her leader was cursed to do a cheer each time an individuals name was yelled across camp. So if someone yelled, "Hey Emily?" across camp, the leader would stand and do cheer moves and say, "Emily, Emily, yeaaaaaa, Emily!!!" When Olivia heard a cheer, her curse was to run over and give that person a hug!
She was hugging people the whole time we were at camp! It was great!
To pass off a requirement Olivia had to lead the group in a game. She chose "Tooty Ta".
There is a tube that the girls play around and in. Olivia liked it a lot!
A group hug with the leaders!
They liked to do the slapping game that you do with your hands and a flat surface when ever they sat down to eat!
Olivia tried to follow along and didn't do too badly! It sounded cool!
The girls learned sign language to their theme song "We Believe". It was really neat.
They got to perform it at a devotional that the whole stake attended - it set the tone for a really good speaker.
Camp was great! Although we didn't sleep over (because of various problems),
Olivia really felt a part of the group and had a wonderful time!
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