I remember girls camp being the biggest thing I would look forward to in the year while I was growing up. I would pack weeks before and look forward to getting to spend time with my best friends while we sat around and talked in our tents.
I loved the leaders. They were great. I didn't realize as a Young Woman the sacrifice it took for them to be up there at girls camp. They had families they had to leave, babysitting that they needed to arrange, oddly enough their lives didn't totally revolve around us...what! It sure felt like it did.
In our church, I get the privilege of serving with the young women, specifically the 16-17 year old women. I love those girls to pieces. I would love to be half as good of a leader to them as mine were to me, but really they are the example to me. I was excited and nervous to go to camp this year.
I never leave my boys for getaways, not even with my own husband. Someday we hope to, but for now, we are perfectly happy spending our vacations together as a family. So for me to up and leave all four of my boys for three days was a hard thing. Justin is amazing, he used his vacation days from work so that he could stay home with the boys and we wouldn't have to arrange getting a babysitter while I was gone. Knowing that they were in great hands helped me to feel more at ease.
I had a great time with the girls.
On our way to the campsite the girls went tubing down a river. I wasn't planning on going, but it looked way too fun.
Notice how white my chicken legs are in the tube...then how red they are below. After one week mine is starting to not hurt so much. I never realize how much the boys touch me on my legs...ouch.
This camp was so relaxing and a great time to bond with the girls. I even stayed up until after midnight playing card games with the girls in their tents. I don't even remember the last time I stayed up until after midnight...probably when I was nursing Levi almost four years ago...
These girls are full of so much goodness and light. There was no drama, no complaining, lots of kindness and good attitude. I wish the world was full of more women like these one. And even more importantly, I hope there are women like these when our boys are old enough to find their eternal mate.
I loved this time with these girls!!
I ended up coming home a day early. I sure missed my boys like crazy and what do you know, they didn't miss me one bit. They were having way too much fun with daddy. (however, I did get extra big hugs)
