3 girls at camp!

Emma with her friend Lauren
"Make new friends but keep the old...."
Here Heidi is with two new friends and her friend
Devyn from school ( on right )


I loved camp so much as a kid and I love that my girls also love it. Emma and Heidi went to girlscout day camp this week. This was Emma's 3rd year and Heidi's 2nd. Makenzie went to our stake's girls' camp. Emma and Heidi had a blast singing their favorite songs and doing lot's of outdoor cooking since the theme this year was Little Chefs. Emma was old enough this year to stay the night on Thursday night. Heidi had a hard time with her being gone. She cried herself to sleep because she missed Emma. So sweet and so sad at the same time. Heidi loves her family so much. Makenzie also had a good time at camp. I didn't get as much information out of her as I did the younger two. Nor do I have any pictures of her at camp! She took our digital camera with her and took tons of pictures but none of her since she was taking all the pictures. For years I wanted to publish a book of camp songs. I actually made it into a book but then never did anything with it. Well, just today Emma said, "Mom, I was thinking I could write down all of the camp songs before I forget them and make a book of them." She is soooo my daughter. This past year I've seen so much of myself in her. It's amazing.

Makenzie is going to Coos Bay stake's girls camp as well this summer. I get to go on Friday night and I'm so jazzed about it. It's held at the same camp that I went to as a young woman. Lobster Creek Camp along the rogue river. Some of the same people that were there when I was going to camp are still there! I am really looking forward to seeing them, being at that amazing place and also to see what Makenzie thinks of it. My mom has been the bead lady at camp for many years now and has been holding out for 1 last year until she could go with Makenzie. My mom is looking forward to sharing this with her. I love girls camp. I had such amazing experiences at camp and would love to be a part of it again. I'm patiently waiting for the time that the Lord needs me there. Hopefully with three girls I will get that opportunity.

Goats on the farm

I was just talking to my sister on the phone which is an almost daily occurrence. We were laughing about the things that were "normal" to us growing up. Things that would make other people surely look at us a little strange. We usually had goats while we were growing up. For the pure fact that they would eat EVERYTHING. Including the blackberry bushes which grow like crazy in Oregon and unless contained will cover every square inch of your property. Well, in order to keep the goats from jumping over the fence or getting their heads stuck in the fence, our parents would chain them to a tire. Yeah, picture a small goat being chained to a tire and dragging it everywhere it went for it's entire life. It makes me laugh just thinking about it. We thought this was completely normal. My parent's still get a goat on occasion to keep their lower property cleared. And yes, they still chain it to a tire!!!

My 50 Things

A long time ago a friend of mine shared her list of 50 things with me. I was so inspired I went right home and made up mine. I could only come up with about 25 at first. I've added to it over the years and as you can see it still isn't complete. I love my list. The dates are when I actually accomplished it. I have no idea if I will get to do everything in my lifetime but the list says a lot about me...who I am and what i dream about. I hope that my girls will someday make a list of their own and will look at mine and see how different or how much alike they are with their mom!

This is it

I've decided to start this blog with the encouragement of a dear friend. I think it will be good. I tend to spend plenty of time at the computer and this will give me something more constructive to do rather than spending countless hours planning vacations that I don't have plans on taking in the near future. I hope that this blog will also give my extended family insight into what our family is doing. What the girls are doing and what Chris and I are also up to. I love to keep in touch with people. My family, my friends. I think this will be a great way to do it.