More from the temple open house.....

Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House

We had a very neat combined YW\YM activity touring the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. It was truly beautiful! There was quite a crowd there, so it took us awhile to get through, but it was so worth the wait! The rooms were so beautiful and there is always such a peaceful feeling at the temple. We finished the tour with some cookies and water! So glad so many of you were there!!

Survivor.......YW's Camp!

They're finally here! Our camp pics! Camp was awesome....thanks to Sis. Witt, Sis. Shaw, and Sis. Watts....as well as all of the leaders who helped before hand and also all of those who came to camp! And...most importantly....to all of you amazing Young Women who came and united together to make it the best camp ever! Our theme was "Survivor." We learned about all of the things in this life that help us be "Survivors" on this Earth and lead us back home to our Heavenly Father. Each Young Woman was given a bag at the first of camp with lotions, headbands, journals and other fun items. Secret Sister gifts were placed in the bags each day, as well as a fun thought from each leader. We had a box where each girl wrote two nice things about their secret sister throughout the day, and then at our nightly tribal councils, each nice thing was read aloud for everyone to hear and learn about each girl. There were challenges each day for all 3 tribes, we made a fleece blanket, glittered our toes,made an adorable canvas craft with the 2009 Mutual Theme on it, kareokeed, and Tie Dyed T-shirts using permanent markers! We had worked hard to read the Book of Mormon together and set a goal to finish it at camp. Wednesday Morning, we hiked to a peak above our cabin, read the Book of Moroni and finished the Book of Mormon. Each girl was given a letter from their parents, as well as each leader from their spouse, and everyone went to a quiet, secluded spot to read the letter, write in their journal, and ponder on their testimony. It was a very emotional, spiritual experience. Later that night each leader and member of the Bishopric were spread out along a path and the YW went in pairs of 2 on a Faith Walk to each station and learned about a different topic at each. At the end of the Faith Walk, our Bishop was at the fire pit waiting for each group to come and then when everyone had made it there, Testimony Meeting was started. It was an amazing day! The Last day at camp was spent at Pineview resevoir playing in the water and boating on Bro. and Sis. Witt's boat! Camp was so amazing and we are so thankful as leaders for the time we were all able to have together! Can't wait for next year already!

Laurels Camp

So, yes......we are behind on our blogging. Laurels Camp was amazing this year. We had just a small group of us, but the experience was incredible! The Stake had arranged awesome workshops, wonderful food, and fun activities! Each of us had a great time! The proof is in the pics!

Stay Tuned........and a little Sneek Peek!

I know, I know, I know! You wanna see those awesome camp pics! Sis. Burke has had one of "Those" weeks, so please be patient with me! I will post them very soon! I am in the process of editing....so hang in there with me! Shortly Ladies, shortly!

Camp was awesome - so many amazing experiences, memories and spiritually uplifting events! I love you all so much and am so grateful to have shared all of that with each of you!

Loves!

We love to see the Temple.....

Yesterday was our turn to do Baptisms for the Dead in the Ogden Temple. What a fun experience. We started reading the Book of Mormon together, last month. We are reading 13 pages/day in order to finished together at Camp in a couple of weeks. All of us got to the temple about an hour early, laid out some blankets, and read our pages for the day together on the lawn of the temple. That was awesome! After we did Baptisms, Bishop took us over to Farrs for ice cream! It was the perfect day! Thanks to all who came!