Girls Camp

This last week was the first time I've been to Girls Camp since I was 17. Let me tell you, it's a lot easier being the girl. :) I was the camp director, which meant, along with the Youth Camp Leaders (ages 17 and 18), I planned everything. I should intro also by saying that I have a hard time delegating things. I feel like if I do everything than I'll know it's getting done right? Wrong. The leaders did a great job executing the things that I asked them to do and so did the YCL's. We went to Lava Hot Springs in Idaho and it was great. The weather was good, not too much girl drama, and the food was decent. :) The only hiccup was our hike. I looked it up online and it looked great, but when we got there, no trail. As in the middle of someone's field with no trespassing signs everywhere. Yeah, so we visited the Sunken Gardens. They were awesome. We also visited the Olympic Pool and went tubing on the river.

Northern Idaho

We made for the hills and went to northern Idaho this weekend. It was a bit of a struggle for Ellis to be in the car for 10+ hours, but he managed alright. :) Bucky's parents were a huge help with the kids, trading back and forth between cars and helping us keep our cool when the kids were having melt downs. We went up to ID because Bucky's grandparents, Guy and Maryellen Cash, were being honored in the Grangeville parade. Guy's dad, Guy Sr. was a world champion bronc rider and even won the Calgary Stampede. We got to do some sight seeing up in Harpster where Maryellen's mother lived and heard many stories about life in the 20's and 30's in northern Idaho. It was great. We had a good time and the kids had a blast running around the RV park where we were camping. We also took a day trip up to Moscow to see some of our friends from college. It was great to be back in that small town and see how things have changed and what has stayed the same. It really is beautiful up there, with the rolling hills and farm land.