tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92095707980340701342024-02-07T16:43:34.079-08:00Desiree's DaysDesiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-36121909781212281402011-08-07T20:59:00.000-07:002011-08-08T11:06:42.007-07:00There's No Place Like HomeThis summer I went to Girls Camp ( July 8-11) and the theme was There's No Place Like Home from the Wizard of Oz. The whole camp was total Wizard of Oz. It was great! I was a YCL 1 this year and I was over Greenfield ward. I didn't really know anyone from Greenfield ward before I went to camp but now I know all of their leaders and the girls! The first day we got there was a Friday, we met at the church and all the YCL 1's sat on the stage and sang a bunch of camp songs. We watched as the 4th years were getting all of their gear and loading it on the bus and we teased them about how they have to go on a backpacking hike and we already did ours so we didn't have too.<div> The YCL 1's are in charge of giving devotionals to their assigned ward and since our theme was " There's No Place Like Home" all of our devotionals had something to do with the Wizard of Oz. In fact each day at camp had a little theme from The Wizard of Oz. The first day's theme was the Scare Crow or Knowledge. We taught about how the Knowledge we gain in this life we can take with us into the next life. We talked about how unlike the scare crow we know we have a brain and we know how to use it. We talked about the importance of gaining knowledge. </div><div>When we got to Camp Lo Mia we unloaded all of our sleeping bags and other things in our cabins. We then went to rotations with the Greenfield ward since we were their YCls. The first rotation was a class on Knowledge given by Sis. Udall who is the Young Women President in the Monticito Ward. She is also an English teacher at the High School we go too. She talked about the different types of Knowledge's we have. School knowledge, homemaking knowledge, scientific knowledge, random knowledge, and spiritual knowledge. The next rotation we went to was archary, then we went to a service project, and then an art project. </div><div>Everyday at camp we had something called a Tornado Watch. In The Wizard of Oz they had a tornado that they had to be protected from and like them we have to be watchful for the tornadoes of life. Everyday they had a siren go off sometime in the afternoon and when that went off no matter where we were we had to go back to our wards and study the scriptures. They had a little packet made up for us and the first day we studied knowledge. This was all independent scripture study. It involved us reading a lot of quotes or little stories given by the prophets and apostles. Some quotes were from The Wizard of Oz. They had little questions here and there asking you to recall what you learned. Then to conclude our study time they gave us an assigned chapter to read in the Book of Mormon. </div><div>That night we had a special program given by the YCL 2s which involved singing and acting. They had different stories of girls and the different problems we face and how these girls chose to make the right decision that would lead them to their Heavenly home above. </div><div>Saturday we woke up and went to give the devotional on courage ( the lion). We talked about how to have the courage to stand up for what we believe in and the courage to do what's right. Our rotations we went to that day was an obstacle course, a dance class ( they taught us some line dances), a shoe making class ( we had red flip flops that we made flowers to go on and we put red sparkles on like the ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz), and a class on Courage. The class was taught by a lady from the Highland ward. We talked about having courage in our lives and that courage doesn't mean your not afraid. Having courage means you do something even if you are afraid. You will be fearful a lot of the time but as long as you still do what's right, then that means you have courage. She then told us the story of Ester. </div><div>Later that afternoon we had our tornado watch and we studied about courage. </div><div>We then had time to practice our Lip Syncs. We performed our lip syncs, then we prepared for Glitz and Glamour in the Emerald City. We had to bring fancy clothes to wear for this evening. Some people really dressed up in sparkly dresses and skirts and others just put on a boa and did more simple dressing up. I did the more simple kind. That night we had a carnival where they had cotton candy, game booths, juice that were all different colors, hamburgers, face painting, and other carnival type things. It was really fun! After that they had a fear factor show since the theme was courage for the day. After that we had a dance party where they put on a ton of music and we all danced. Line dances and free style dances. </div><div>The next day was Sunday and we got up early to give our devotional which was on the pure in heart ( the tin man). We talked about how the pure in heart is how we create Zion, the pure in heart will see God, and you have to have a pure heart to go to the Temple. Then we went to Sacrament meeting and Young Women's. The Young Women lesson was on having a pure heart. We then got to spend time with our home ward. From the time we got to Girls Camp until now we had spent all of our time with the Greenfield ward but on Sunday they let us spend time with our own ward. We had lunch with our wards and when the tornado watch siren went on we went to our own ward's atties and studied on our own about the Pure in Heart. Later that afternoon we had a fireside talk by President Wood. He talked about the ruby red slippers and how all along Dorthy had them. Since the start of the journey down the yellow brick road she had what she needed to get back home and so do we. He compared the ruby red slippers to the white slippers that you wear in the temple. He also talked about how families can be together forever. After that we had dinner and then they did this really special fireside that night. They blind folded us and we went through Christ's life by touching objects, and smelling things, and tasting things. It was mainly by touch though. As we felt the different things they had an audio going telling us about Christ's life. It was also filled with many songs about Christ. When it told of Christ being a baby we held a baby doll. When He was baptized they put our hand in water. They put the cross on our backs when he was lifted on the cross and in short, they took us through Christ's entire life through touch. It was a really neat experience. Afterwords we had a testimony meeting with our own wards and because of the program we had just had, a lot of testimonies were about Christ. Monday morning we woke up, packed our bags, and went home. Overall it was a really great Girls Camp. We went one day less than normal because they wanted to end camp in a spiritual way. Because we went one day less than normal we did all of the certification before Girls Camp. As a YCL 1 I taught certification and my topic was what to do when your lost. I told the story of how my cousin Anthony along with some other boys got lost. We did that way back in March though. We also did our hike before we went to Girls Camp. It was a really neat experience and I can't wait till next year!</div><div>Because there is no place like home, how do you get there?</div><div>First you have to know how to. You have to know of the Gospel and increase in knowledge. Then you have to have the courage to do what you must do to return home. Last but not least you must be pure in heart. </div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-69070897782307522852011-06-14T19:38:00.000-07:002011-06-16T21:27:02.288-07:00My Special FriendsLast week I started my summer job: Camp Fiesta! It really is so much fun and gives me something to do in the summer! Its Monday-Thursday for a few hours in the afternoon. The first day I didn't really know what to expect, but it turned out to be great! Camp Fiesta has 130 "campers" or kids. They have them divided up in many different groups: 4 elementary groups, 2 Junior High groups, 2 High School groups, Self Contain ( all ages, these are the really WILD kids; Alyssa worked with this group), and a group that are in wheel chairs. I am in an Elementary group. We have 12 kids in our group. Some of them have a lot of special needs and others seem normal and I don't know what there doing at a Special Ed camp. My little friend, Andrew, loves to open doors and then watch them shut. Everyday when he is done eating lunch, he heads over to the door, opens it, pushes it all the way back, runs back in the room, and jumps excitedly while it shuts. He has a twin that is at Camp Fiesta too, and he does the same thing! ( His twin is in a different elementary group.) My other friend, Tyson, likes to run around and scream. When ever were in Sports and Games instead of playing kickball, or dodge ball, or baseball, or what ever sport were playing, he runs around and screams. Its his way of getting his energy out, and the other kids are running around and playing the game, and he could care less to play the game so he just runs on his own and screams. ( Its an excited scream.) Jameson likes to take his shoes on and off, then he hands his shoe to you and says " shoe on" we try to get him to keep his shoes on in the first place, but he won't listen and just continues his game of taking his shoe off and then you putting it back on for him. He loves to color though, thats one way to get him to keep his shoes on. All you have to do is say, " Jameson, do you want to color?" then he'll look up at you and say, " Color," in a very cute little voice. Coloring will keep him busy for quite a while, the staff members have decided now to always have crayons and paper for him to color with because he loves to color! He always has his hands over his ears and starts to cry and almost panic when other kids are being too noisy. When Tyson runs around and screams, Jameson puts his hands over his ears and starts getting fussy and will scream. When that happens we either take him to the sensory room or take him outside and let him color. Jessica is very cute and very well behaved. When we were swimming on Monday we pretended we were mermaids. Kim is a little quiet and doesn't like to participate in a lot of the activities. She's happy to just sit in the back and watch the others. We try to get her involved but its a little hard. She loves Sara though ( our head staff for our group) and always wants to be by her. But one time when we were in the game room I was playing Ker Plunk with her and it was time to clean up and she said, " Sara can't boss me around." Scott is so very sweet!! He behaves very well! Everyday at lunch he has a gogurt, and some fruit that are in a package that have to be open. Everyday he tries to open them on his own, and I watch him struggle, then he'll say so sweetly, " I need help with this, can you help me?" ( I ask him if he needs help with it too, but I've noticed he likes to try to do it on his own first.) He is so sweet. He stutters when he talks, and he can get everything out, but it takes him a little while. When its time to go home, I'm assigned to take him and some other kids to the bus, and if you spend some one on one time with him he'll talk to you a lot. He talks to me about swim therapy that he does, his family, his 2 golden retrievers, and much more. Its fun to listen to him talk, and talk back with him. Like I said he is so sweet! I love them all, but he is one of my favorites! Every Monday we go swimming and when we were getting out of the pool I walked back with him and he told me that he gets to go swimming twice on Mondays, at Camp Fiesta, and then for swim therapy. He told me that he loves to swim though and that it is a good exercise. He also told me once, "Camp Fiesta is so much fun!" He had a grin on his face as he said it too! Matt is a cutie too, he wears leg braces and likes to sit by me at all our activities. There are more kids in my group, but those are the kids that I've helped out and been with the most! Camp Fiesta is such a wonderful program for these children. Most of them come from Summer School in the morning and as soon as we get them off of the buses we immediately take them to the cafeteria to eat, then after that its different everyday! On Mondays we get them ready to go swimming and then go swimming, and we swim the entire day at Camp Fiesta. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we do different rotations. They have Sports and Games where we play a different sport every time we go. We have cooking where we make something that goes along with what ever the theme is for that week. Today we made cupcakes and decorated them to look like a bug because it is bug week, last week we made flying saucers ( Pancakes) and decorated them with lots of chocolate, sprinkles, whip cream, and strawberries. It was Space week last week. Andrew was putting lots and lots and lots of chocolate, and sweet stuff that made it look so gross, but he was having so much fun with it! I asked him, " Are you going to eat this?" and he said, " no," in a very high and quiet voice. He doesn't really talk a lot but if he wants something he'll say a one word command like, " bathroom, bathroom," in his quiet little high voice, then he'll take your hand and lead you to the bathroom. In science we normally start off with a little game, today there were lots of different bugs on the wall and 2 campers would go up at a time with a fly swatter and try to be the first to hit the bug that the lady called out. Then we do something with science. Today the campers got to look at earth worms and touch them to see what they felt like, look at them through a magnifying glass, and learn some interesting facts about them. Did you know that earth worms can live up to 10 years, and have 1-5 hearts depending on the worm? We have music therapy where we sing a bunch of songs, and the lady hands out a lot of instruments for the kids to play and make music with. Arts and Crafts we make a different craft that has to do with the camp theme. Today we made Caterpillars and a butterfly. The game room is more of a free time room where the kids can do what ever they want ( in that room though.) They have lots of board games to play with, and books to read. The music room is another free time room, they have lots of dress up clothes, and coloring pages to color. ( I don't know why its called the music room.) The ball room looks fun, but we haven't been there yet and all of our kids are begging to go! I've seen it and it has tons of balls that they can throw around and jump in. There is News 2 You, where they learn about the newspaper. I'm not positive, but I heard something about them making a newspaper for Camp Fiesta this year. It would just be a fun newspaper for the kids, and thats what we will be doing at this rotation. The older kids will be writing stuff for the newspaper and I'm not sure what the younger kids will be doing, we've only been to this rotation once so far. I think that that is all of the rotations, I might be forgetting one, but for the most part thats Camp Fiesta!Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-69718685257843361432011-05-28T20:31:00.000-07:002011-05-28T20:51:46.558-07:00ReadingIn 5th grade I read the best books. Everyday I looked forward to after lunch when my teacher would read to us for about 45 minutes. I loved that time of the day! It was always relaxing. We read a lot of books about pioneers and their journeys out west. We also seemed to read a lot of books involving people learning to survive on their own. Some of the books we read were: <em>The Island of the Blue Dolphins, Hatchet, The Sign of the Beaver</em>, I can't remember the title but it was about a man and his dogs, <em>Bridge to Teribithia,</em> and like I said many pioneer books. A couple of weeks ago we were at the mall and we went into the book store. There was a table that had many books that I read in 5th grade! Some others that I read in 6th grade ( <em>The Giver</em> and <em>Bud Not Buddy.</em>) All of these books were so good, it took me back to 5th grade! On this table they also had the book <em>The Witch of Blackbird Pond</em>. I read the back of it and it seemed really interesting, I'm going to read it. We have it but Alyssa took it up to BYU so I'm going to have to get it from the library. I also want to read the series <em>The Maze Runner</em>. I have the 1st one on hold for me at the library, it might be a little bit of a wait so I should get <em>The Witch of Blackbird Pond</em> first and maybe by the time I'm done with that book<em> The Maze Runner</em> might be ready for me.<br />Over the Summer ( and the start of the fall) I want to try to read these books:<br /><em>The Witch of Blackbird Pond<br />The Maze Runner</em> ( series)<br /><em>The Gathering</em> ( series)<br />All of the books I meantined above are really good and should be read if you have not read them. <em>Bud not Buddy</em> is my least favorite out of all of the ones up there, but it is still pretty good.Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-25688234471018739922011-05-27T11:26:00.000-07:002011-05-27T12:20:24.365-07:00Summer and SchoolWell, I haven't blogged in such a long time because it takes way too long, BUT, I have been reading blogs! Latley I have been spending a couple of hours each day reading nienie and Cjane.... literally a couple of hours each day. It is so interesting!! This last semester I was in a Literay Explorations class ( its an English reading class) and it was a class designed to get kids to like reading and to enjoy it. I like reading some novels, especially mysteries, and wizards, and magical stories, and I also like reading blogs. My teacher said some people like reading, even if they think they don't. Some people picutre reading a novel is the only type of reading there is, but reading blogs is too! My teacher said if you like to read blogs, you like to read! <br />Well...... School is out for SUMMER!!!!! A recap of my year....<br />Biology ( eh) alright class, not the most interesting ( want to know about the DNA and genes in your body, want to know how Downsyndrome, and other things like that occur?) If so take Biology! ( you get some other stuff along the one, the things I just explained were the most interesting)<br />Seminary is such a great class! This year we learned about church history and everything Joseph Smith and the early saints went through! This is something my Seminary teacher said a lot, " Whats the purpose of the Plan of Salvation?" answer, " To become like God." Other quotes from Brother Jones, " Don't expect a millon dollar answer from a 10 cent prayer." " Trials aren't ment to stay, think of the famous phrase from the Book of Mormen, and it came to pass. Trials came to pass, not to stay." The 2nd to last day of school my friends and I went to see Brother Nielsen ( our Book of Mormon seminary teacher from last year, he is at the Junior High) he's everyone's favorite seminary teacher. It was great to see him again. I loved Brother Jones too, I will get to see him more often because he will be at Mountain View next year too! I won't have him though because they don't let you have the same Seminary teacher twice.<br /><br />La Clase de Espanol es muy interesante. Para mi, es muy facil, pero mi papa hable Espanol. Yo soy muy estudiosa en la clase de espanol. Yo estudio todos los dias con mi papa. We had many finals in Spanish class. A speaking ( I got 19 out of 20!!!) a writing ( I also got a 19 out f 20 on that one one too!) and then a mulitple choice.. we didn't get the scores back from that one because we took it the last day of school, but it was SO EASY so I'm pretty sure I did good! It invovled listening, reading short stories and letters in Spanish and answering questions based off of that, and then grammer, conjecting to present tense verbs ( O, as, a amos, ais, an... those are the AR ending verbs!) then there are ER and IR ending verbs too. Next year we will be learing how to conjugate to past tense verbs.... and Spanish has 2 past tenses!! I don't know the difference between the 2 past tenses, but I will learn next year! For me the hardest things in Spanish is when you have 2 different words that mean the same exsact thing in English. For example Ser and Estar both mean <em>to be</em>. If you conjugate them they could mean, <em>is</em>, <em>am</em>, and <em>are</em>. At first it was hard for me to know when to put Ser vs. Estar... after a while I got it down though!<br />English is split into 2 different class: Princalpals of Enlgish and Literary Explorations. Principals of Enlgish is a writing class ( thats all you do the whole semester.. write a whole bunch of essays) and Literary Explorations is the exsact opposite, you read the whole semster. We read many short stories and 3 novels. 2 indepent novels and 1 as a class. She had a list of books we could read for our indepent novles. The first book I read was The sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, then we read To Kill A Mockingbird ( such a good book!) everyone in the class read that book, but we still read it on our own at home. If you have not read To Kill A Mockingbird, you should! The characters seem so real, its a great book. The only book Harper Lee wrote. Then make sure you watch the movie afterwords! Then the last novel I read was called Night. Also a great book! Its a true story about a 15 year old boy and his journey through the Concentration Camp... very sad, but you should read it! We also had a poetry unit, a dramatic unit, and other things. By far, I loved Literary Explorations more than Principals of English ( who wants to write?!)<br />Choir was great as always. The last concert was a Rockin' Roll concert. Some choirs put on melodies from Queen, Michal Jackson, and some 80s songs.<br />Geometry is OVER! It is the most hated math class. Its also the most failed class at Mountain View. I got a solid B out of the class, but I still struggled. It is the hardest class I have ever taken. Sometimes I would dream about shapes, and think are those shapes congruent? They have vertical angles, and corresponging angles, maybe their congrent by the SAS theorem..... oh and do NOT get me started on proofs! Those are horrible. You know your in Geometry when you look at the sidewalk and start to anilize it, you start thinking oh look, vertical angles, those angles are congrent! Or when you look at a table and see perpendicular lines and you know that it is a 90 degree angle. Next year back to the easy stuff: Algebra 2!!! so excited! back to the good old X's and Y's, slope fomula, factoring, foil, Y= MX+B! the easy stuff!<br /><br />I'm excited for this summer! I'm going to be volunteering at Camp Fiesta!!! Alyssa worked there! I will be working with Special Needs children. We will play games, go swimming, and have a good time! I am also looking forward to Girls Camp! July 8-11! The theme is " There's no place like home" from the Wizard of Oz! I've heard its going to be really great! And like always...... I will go to Idaho! My favorite state, to visit my wonderful Grandma! I should also be finishing Personal Progress this summer! I'm working on my last project, a garen for Faith, and then I have 3 more value experiences! I will also continue the piano! Have a great summer!Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-69691916253489252392011-02-01T09:29:00.000-08:002011-02-01T09:32:23.625-08:00Since I've been sick I haven't gone to school these last 2 days. I really enjoy not going to school.... but I <span class="Apple-style-span" >HATE </span><span class="Apple-style-span" >all the make up work I'll have to do. I have a quiz in math.... =(. I'm not sure what else I'm missing. </span>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-46883236342990871152010-12-18T10:14:00.000-08:002010-12-18T10:14:49.984-08:00Amy Grant - Grown-Up Christmas List<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RmF2rsDHOZc?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-49374251994869012832010-12-17T13:07:00.000-08:002010-12-17T13:32:47.561-08:001st Semester SpanishiHola! Me llamo Desiree Smith y tengo qunice aƱos. Mi Cumpleans es el veinteyquatro de febro. Me gusta a mi famila. Tambien tengo dos gatos que me encantan. Yo como la pizza todos los dias porque la esceula ofrece comida malla. No me gusta nada Gemetric clase porque you tengo horiable profesor. Yo soy trabajadora en la escuela. No soy artisitca proque no soy talentosa. Mi gusta tocar la piano. Son las tres menos veinteydos de la tarde. Hasta Luego!Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-39509704964989272952010-08-17T20:47:00.000-07:002010-08-17T20:48:40.568-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">I wish it was June</span></span></div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-34161099902244573692010-08-03T17:14:00.000-07:002010-08-03T19:25:19.005-07:00Walking on Sunshine! Girls Camp!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6_QaRY-BPGcwWCKP1HeGJe4rnzucNputoHXMJOB6ASfP9gDyCZwAu6qiC1HL_TqJACe5Y2vlToNtkgIfLCOPlMbNRzz-OCevvxTBegGTw_pvIiip6B0yyVX4TMhb8E6zA17MpHVwfmWe/s1600/4th+years+waiting.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6_QaRY-BPGcwWCKP1HeGJe4rnzucNputoHXMJOB6ASfP9gDyCZwAu6qiC1HL_TqJACe5Y2vlToNtkgIfLCOPlMbNRzz-OCevvxTBegGTw_pvIiip6B0yyVX4TMhb8E6zA17MpHVwfmWe/s320/4th+years+waiting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501347820238337490" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the Stake Center waiting to leave! All the 4th year girls!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmzClHsdGVeX5FmPSGou3YCBQiER2LJPH1k2qyTTIWjiEKDyV62mjbhVlLn7ePi9Tii0bXiTKGCkGQ8NlkKDpqzzUQYIgLjlI7UURO655WLXw5Ki-pAXnxgX3LXCtUEws3PCmoUYkmC7S/s1600/4th+years+with+leaders.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmzClHsdGVeX5FmPSGou3YCBQiER2LJPH1k2qyTTIWjiEKDyV62mjbhVlLn7ePi9Tii0bXiTKGCkGQ8NlkKDpqzzUQYIgLjlI7UURO655WLXw5Ki-pAXnxgX3LXCtUEws3PCmoUYkmC7S/s320/4th+years+with+leaders.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501347697727484722" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">All 4th years and are wonderful leaders!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UTqbMriI_vj-qGyEvPnj7qyfXDME5p5Lq0v0rCf9zlslKVHG53jhxsGGz8EVwmqv_LMtKnfxYLjTi1oTRTg1znnfNRvY_8FABJwSW0Kaba9m_dY_27H32ZCnJNj5dnM7SLtnXH5LGTOx/s1600/before+hike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UTqbMriI_vj-qGyEvPnj7qyfXDME5p5Lq0v0rCf9zlslKVHG53jhxsGGz8EVwmqv_LMtKnfxYLjTi1oTRTg1znnfNRvY_8FABJwSW0Kaba9m_dY_27H32ZCnJNj5dnM7SLtnXH5LGTOx/s320/before+hike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501347583636003762" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Right after the bus dropped us off. Waiting to start our big hike with our big overnight backpacks!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcI_YytntWSPSevFUu_SBAtiFoGch6BDUsChPEzG_NCUNGrKnJSBGZrzFBMRuOClxqe_S7d8hrWMLIezVhj8wXy1b-8L4fUe-aY4xUcbavY5xzFsPOJJFH5t8iPYYqEargxdHMZazlhVX/s1600/during+hike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcI_YytntWSPSevFUu_SBAtiFoGch6BDUsChPEzG_NCUNGrKnJSBGZrzFBMRuOClxqe_S7d8hrWMLIezVhj8wXy1b-8L4fUe-aY4xUcbavY5xzFsPOJJFH5t8iPYYqEargxdHMZazlhVX/s320/during+hike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501347085261812946" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">During the hike! Here is a switch back! Bro. Peterson is leading. Its hard to see me in this pic.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHraRLBqZB9lUEXy-Lz77eD2mJ3FVNaj61FMVQgzD81llng6I09E1T4OpITIfPYdgHZgwVuXpxMNpegBAZvCMvvyDN6uXgq3xTIGETcYSq8SrNcloy7Wn9VPB9mOp9754p-5IpFSQQbDO/s1600/me+on+hike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHraRLBqZB9lUEXy-Lz77eD2mJ3FVNaj61FMVQgzD81llng6I09E1T4OpITIfPYdgHZgwVuXpxMNpegBAZvCMvvyDN6uXgq3xTIGETcYSq8SrNcloy7Wn9VPB9mOp9754p-5IpFSQQbDO/s320/me+on+hike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501346879300324450" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Coming down the switch back! You can see me in this one!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTTctIzwFn9ABWJke43ZAMx_gsUVxGgPJjCKR1KTE4tzqep5RecRupd0iIl6sS7_CQ_zJlO1qrfhNGMpjGj-L0MAHk_s3htm-hsywEB2IMn0WytU_fOLGNJODNEoztLQw9gSM5KBWEztV/s1600/kate+ancle.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTTctIzwFn9ABWJke43ZAMx_gsUVxGgPJjCKR1KTE4tzqep5RecRupd0iIl6sS7_CQ_zJlO1qrfhNGMpjGj-L0MAHk_s3htm-hsywEB2IMn0WytU_fOLGNJODNEoztLQw9gSM5KBWEztV/s320/kate+ancle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501346667222432178" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kate fell on the hike ( its very easy too, I felt like I was going to fall the whole time). Dr. Peterson is wrapping up her sprained ankle. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfVziOUaL9LhyphenhyphenfJmACzQzR8MZBaffEeJUqa_lE_ct-uFb8oC_G1W0MAR7MGeTRXv_2j-vmWeSLiMtW5WC6ndY9GpUsWpLHD-gbtocd5hvivfG0zvErioSrkt31OIYGNDLCJpFWEMkTHU7/s1600/Sis+Peterson.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfVziOUaL9LhyphenhyphenfJmACzQzR8MZBaffEeJUqa_lE_ct-uFb8oC_G1W0MAR7MGeTRXv_2j-vmWeSLiMtW5WC6ndY9GpUsWpLHD-gbtocd5hvivfG0zvErioSrkt31OIYGNDLCJpFWEMkTHU7/s320/Sis+Peterson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501346517022429730" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Sis. Peterson! In the back is Sis. Hatch and Bro. Brewer. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYN61VxSpskI4Jwy8-Zh_ziaG0pyFk48XySj1ZRu7Sn2HxvxZQgnarJviE5jOeyOFSXO6u98K3hkLyutL2go_Coi5ZERCw3Fdjxx_heP4X_xVKW_QpoGMCK9RniYlQu2iQDSakNl8zpgY/s1600/4th+year+leaders.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYN61VxSpskI4Jwy8-Zh_ziaG0pyFk48XySj1ZRu7Sn2HxvxZQgnarJviE5jOeyOFSXO6u98K3hkLyutL2go_Coi5ZERCw3Fdjxx_heP4X_xVKW_QpoGMCK9RniYlQu2iQDSakNl8zpgY/s320/4th+year+leaders.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501346301947895634" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the leaders! The Brewers on each side and the Hatches in the middle. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92-gkhg2QASefiGrylA7BsexWRHYRZD7MjrEVPzKglpgo8QWdheUTMQWFSPEAQ8d-w6zED2tTUA4QCZDYti-IH2V0CvY3rVQy5H6eSsEu0LKyZIsbnJN8q3BwQuAfhXlWbrOHpeijfEbw/s1600/tent.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92-gkhg2QASefiGrylA7BsexWRHYRZD7MjrEVPzKglpgo8QWdheUTMQWFSPEAQ8d-w6zED2tTUA4QCZDYti-IH2V0CvY3rVQy5H6eSsEu0LKyZIsbnJN8q3BwQuAfhXlWbrOHpeijfEbw/s320/tent.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501346123786271522" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is mine and Kara's tube tent. We slept in this for one night. It didn't add a lot of weight and it was very easy to set up. The Brewers and some other girls used a tube tent as well. Its great for one night! I'm wearing my Pancho cause it had been raining! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XUFjCt5F-I65cp1Dy58kD-1Il7N5CEGnyJC912Z5uMe6Ny2W_1IWgXeReGF5i3za2Rl1XP22mDum7oqPaAqiyR5HdcsfGZF0yIsGZYoQ349CXcvEs0O7sDL5W70eV4EIHiZIXdWEkZ0o/s1600/Bro.+Brewer+teaching.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XUFjCt5F-I65cp1Dy58kD-1Il7N5CEGnyJC912Z5uMe6Ny2W_1IWgXeReGF5i3za2Rl1XP22mDum7oqPaAqiyR5HdcsfGZF0yIsGZYoQ349CXcvEs0O7sDL5W70eV4EIHiZIXdWEkZ0o/s320/Bro.+Brewer+teaching.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501345925675987010" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bro. Brewer teaching us about shelter. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiR5louYppJWXIaYZ8WP_6D5XDg9lreRzMfv5m3H7M7gHr3UbUaFsCRb0zs0TK2oiQi7AMR0iGdRxp46LblTem5jBSVeOHZ25zd0SzFyV9lvBCD-B_DBHvok4w4WrsQA8RbbwNSQter3HA/s1600/fainted.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiR5louYppJWXIaYZ8WP_6D5XDg9lreRzMfv5m3H7M7gHr3UbUaFsCRb0zs0TK2oiQi7AMR0iGdRxp46LblTem5jBSVeOHZ25zd0SzFyV9lvBCD-B_DBHvok4w4WrsQA8RbbwNSQter3HA/s320/fainted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501345747050697554" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bro. Peterson taught a first aid class, as a result 2 girls fainted. Bro. Peterson explained to us that some people faint really easy when they see someone's blood or even their own or sometimes when they are just talking about it. I can't remember who this is but Holli Durfee also fainted, a picture was not taken because hers was more serious, she was out for a much longer time. Both girls are great!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1cD8QADKs7GMaQ4JNdyBjMT1srdVJ2aLHOSIytnwFhFxIkHWSL3jB11uKEr-yjAFR5zl8755_hFAx9DM6s27LJ2R_ttgj37OFuoiWxLJCuPGGh_54FAdSmmj30fTUYNnDf78nc-1IlLt/s1600/eatnig.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1cD8QADKs7GMaQ4JNdyBjMT1srdVJ2aLHOSIytnwFhFxIkHWSL3jB11uKEr-yjAFR5zl8755_hFAx9DM6s27LJ2R_ttgj37OFuoiWxLJCuPGGh_54FAdSmmj30fTUYNnDf78nc-1IlLt/s320/eatnig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501345595451704802" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our dinner for Friday night ( first night.) We had chicken soup. All of the girls were suppose to cook their own dinner but it rained to hard so the leaders did it all for us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below are some fun games we played on Saturday morning. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69uTTkgqiXCfomlrqzoCXvicxcwfiKu_20LN4wFtVVJNlM_LdqPC8RGpk3yjVigZofUFzyyWGJKOUowEJcfFzHbf8Gh-dkrau12xewdL6AcjL2PVegXz3qGbJsQvgPojXbN4vzNPGPqJt/s1600/race+games.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69uTTkgqiXCfomlrqzoCXvicxcwfiKu_20LN4wFtVVJNlM_LdqPC8RGpk3yjVigZofUFzyyWGJKOUowEJcfFzHbf8Gh-dkrau12xewdL6AcjL2PVegXz3qGbJsQvgPojXbN4vzNPGPqJt/s320/race+games.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501345223417382034" border="0" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFqaFj4bAwSHLizLJmtDUBx3pFAf2qOAe3O8fVUm-Mh-Ve-ZWF5JO8i9DZQSMx-2nPDlR_EiZBk__HxeF2_2HnijPcDJ4K3h19fsrFg9jFJ4B9Vrj81T7bTlgWFnl7bxfm08VuJfwU-PC/s320/twist+game.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501351179157548962" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rCuY23iPmI0M2fW3o5zOiwJXHTgAU9jYs1slZBczuXJpBbr_9Jbiyc3wK_rJAzNUJmt30DDdQXmUTW9bLeMw1qaJz9PIo2znlm1lpr1x2FmxYNelv8B8AyKs_kz95EWiZV98yr_opT5p/s1600/me+again-+games.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rCuY23iPmI0M2fW3o5zOiwJXHTgAU9jYs1slZBczuXJpBbr_9Jbiyc3wK_rJAzNUJmt30DDdQXmUTW9bLeMw1qaJz9PIo2znlm1lpr1x2FmxYNelv8B8AyKs_kz95EWiZV98yr_opT5p/s320/me+again-+games.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501345045739043746" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE__DKySQ2ITHYCCQxqHzrJr0XFONrXN3qsk6dNLvF8I2pRykN-s_Ad1QfDr68IdKJfkaus8GLlfXgUrFwKYztYSqIsyQlPGzYFgTn9fXj7vIPZ5rVZPQC4rs3AXzbZxdcFBMgaTx5baVO/s1600/coming+in+Sat+Morning.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE__DKySQ2ITHYCCQxqHzrJr0XFONrXN3qsk6dNLvF8I2pRykN-s_Ad1QfDr68IdKJfkaus8GLlfXgUrFwKYztYSqIsyQlPGzYFgTn9fXj7vIPZ5rVZPQC4rs3AXzbZxdcFBMgaTx5baVO/s320/coming+in+Sat+Morning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501344895419787522" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finishing our hike on Saturday morning. We hiked for a couple of hours on Friday, stopped for the day and set up our tents, did some activities, than on Saturday morning we continued our hike to West Camp. We walked right through Main Camp where the rest of the stake was and it was really fun to see our wards!! Everyone was cheering us on saying, " You made it!! And you are actually smiling unlike last year!!!" Sis. Blair came and gave everyone in my ward ( Groves ward) the biggest hug!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpFO9giRTUvm7h1eniiWqgwEhPk0j4slaZpdZI9iHWyuWKjmkq9QtKV7bHHsZlHhBK03MOhRioyluW34Ae6WjRUmEuW0TrbIBBCwXwfKPtGsRdadbLzaxkC3jNfrDf4KGZa5zewY-3LxO/s1600/better+Sat+Pic.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpFO9giRTUvm7h1eniiWqgwEhPk0j4slaZpdZI9iHWyuWKjmkq9QtKV7bHHsZlHhBK03MOhRioyluW34Ae6WjRUmEuW0TrbIBBCwXwfKPtGsRdadbLzaxkC3jNfrDf4KGZa5zewY-3LxO/s320/better+Sat+Pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501344724079958290" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCvA68fdyPcCgzTlls2R-_Xfzk3wLp3qNMIfxcpvlUTi0DK6OwSvXBi-GTW_PqemVzqChwEs-EVz_mK58xfH8M7ainUE6yvBDMJ84FBJ4Na0Qy9rwzYPSjVMvj4b8SIWXK64zIdgnZTqg/s1600/Sat+Morning.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCvA68fdyPcCgzTlls2R-_Xfzk3wLp3qNMIfxcpvlUTi0DK6OwSvXBi-GTW_PqemVzqChwEs-EVz_mK58xfH8M7ainUE6yvBDMJ84FBJ4Na0Qy9rwzYPSjVMvj4b8SIWXK64zIdgnZTqg/s320/Sat+Morning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501344536535287122" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzoIv_Gm_-rfgYu65y8TJUyn7kyeOYjwmA5xxwFHt1mrz3Etxv9v8nImPSWx0VOTE1eAF5ryxNGKNVJi7TANOrRGWPyCZK1vgEBA5tmBVEyS7Aj79ntHO9lyKHfTSHdcDzoUJ6O-rnyX3/s1600/after+hike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzoIv_Gm_-rfgYu65y8TJUyn7kyeOYjwmA5xxwFHt1mrz3Etxv9v8nImPSWx0VOTE1eAF5ryxNGKNVJi7TANOrRGWPyCZK1vgEBA5tmBVEyS7Aj79ntHO9lyKHfTSHdcDzoUJ6O-rnyX3/s320/after+hike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501344239438583826" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkzMNf2x8CENGQlyTjIoQtS6BvVtPipb2gTO5wn2vcJsB0-qQK7QknbyaTdVtXYyOkYfKon7Wvw6NzY46RdOo6S8jNrPr4q3NBVNgNgeQS-5x0SIitjNZacI35IcREEaTwhu4DMsfp8SH/s1600/taylor+and+I.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkzMNf2x8CENGQlyTjIoQtS6BvVtPipb2gTO5wn2vcJsB0-qQK7QknbyaTdVtXYyOkYfKon7Wvw6NzY46RdOo6S8jNrPr4q3NBVNgNgeQS-5x0SIitjNZacI35IcREEaTwhu4DMsfp8SH/s320/taylor+and+I.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501344054981463602" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor and I. I did a lot of things with her the whole time up at Girls Camp!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifA3XqgNkEJC_V8ThFD3SJ3onVgnfdgJOzk76ab6Zh3WsoMkN25WLcK2fbJ0oBQq0fJZfx4eWIgdQzMdgpuiSx8qFi580cnXrliYCDWyJwpQAWCiFcnjHTW5OlLFTRvkzqET9ctWixo1Pc/s1600/taylor,+kara,+and+I.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifA3XqgNkEJC_V8ThFD3SJ3onVgnfdgJOzk76ab6Zh3WsoMkN25WLcK2fbJ0oBQq0fJZfx4eWIgdQzMdgpuiSx8qFi580cnXrliYCDWyJwpQAWCiFcnjHTW5OlLFTRvkzqET9ctWixo1Pc/s320/taylor,+kara,+and+I.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501343934251280770" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kara, me, and Taylor. The rest of the Saturday consisted of us taking showers, ( waiting in line to take a shower as well), resting, getting our sleeping bags and belonging in the cabins, and pretty much free time! Taylor, Kara, and I went down to the eating area along with some other people and played some games. We played quarters, psychiatrist, and do you love your neighbor. Sis. Peterson was really fun and played with us. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLEeqTvYLM_zquh7SrQDL50RBxGdtfq3MouDbveyLKNKaLZpGXXRlzqfGlujaYqT23sv_0JMAetPDuqb3hkhSmJwmHdd5ssfSVfIp_cXH-RdnTgzsT34jne2JE50CrKj-Hjry7IJ3Dzz7/s1600/chruch.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLEeqTvYLM_zquh7SrQDL50RBxGdtfq3MouDbveyLKNKaLZpGXXRlzqfGlujaYqT23sv_0JMAetPDuqb3hkhSmJwmHdd5ssfSVfIp_cXH-RdnTgzsT34jne2JE50CrKj-Hjry7IJ3Dzz7/s320/chruch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501343777804133042" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday we walked to main camp for church. This is President Wood ( I think!) He is the 2nd counselor in the Stake Presidency. I didn't even know this picture was taken, but Bro. Porter just took some pictures without us knowing! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AFpbrCTSu-u8TMAbiDDeO9hLBhrb6qWRwUVdOI0Z_cMPo6T7VfjdhestycweEqSVjj2p89JL8S-1Lf3slWV8nswZykoSCLcMnyB8iPVM1OD33Tm3gP3z5_7C-5Nn4lcPzaNJ6gCyGpQy/s1600/miamaids.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AFpbrCTSu-u8TMAbiDDeO9hLBhrb6qWRwUVdOI0Z_cMPo6T7VfjdhestycweEqSVjj2p89JL8S-1Lf3slWV8nswZykoSCLcMnyB8iPVM1OD33Tm3gP3z5_7C-5Nn4lcPzaNJ6gCyGpQy/s320/miamaids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501343628822203538" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">All of the Mia maids in the Stake that went to Girls Camp!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFw7ZLpGzFzh25XYD-lwgLicrcN4twhV8jpnoKu2pnO0SRHYIk_EjhuUMCnbmNxml0HvxYqCeRLWkm2Rdnqzv25h2sVvXcWukwdQaWadSuqr4v0i4Em_I5Phyts4YhLKKH0gqNwDkEKJT5/s1600/my+ward.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFw7ZLpGzFzh25XYD-lwgLicrcN4twhV8jpnoKu2pnO0SRHYIk_EjhuUMCnbmNxml0HvxYqCeRLWkm2Rdnqzv25h2sVvXcWukwdQaWadSuqr4v0i4Em_I5Phyts4YhLKKH0gqNwDkEKJT5/s320/my+ward.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501343491057067922" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rest of the Sunday we got to spend time with our wards. This is the 1-3rd years from my ward that went to Girls Camp. The girls in green were their YCLs. I'm not in this picture because I'm a 4th year!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtijUzJNhxrNe43-54_LN-4OpqJFGeqwEqMKDmm9wieA0h1yIr5WRh4FJ_VeZXB2lFz9renJkFEY40-f3qb_Z3b0XGO2yPzyOdnLyDTMLRNnwigLmeTRdQVaVccZJLROZo6MqQ3whWO5mT/s1600/my+leaders.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtijUzJNhxrNe43-54_LN-4OpqJFGeqwEqMKDmm9wieA0h1yIr5WRh4FJ_VeZXB2lFz9renJkFEY40-f3qb_Z3b0XGO2yPzyOdnLyDTMLRNnwigLmeTRdQVaVccZJLROZo6MqQ3whWO5mT/s320/my+leaders.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501343358057475858" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My Young Women leaders!!! ( from left to right) Sis Blair ( our ward camp director), Sis Farnsworth ( Our Young Women President), and Sis. Mcdanel ( 1st counselor in Young Womens.) Sis. Wright was also there but she is not in this picture. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxy5oekl-r569lc-R25ADLRHBrnwGDOcSz71tOA47nbYmaGcHVfo8OOEE2PTmeuFZI8x7jgfTBY5sJEEaqsNu4NCDuzf_lrux06gbamrV1eOAIJX8Pujnou0OMkNMOZ-7rfy60QF-tLg2/s1600/repelling+mountain.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxy5oekl-r569lc-R25ADLRHBrnwGDOcSz71tOA47nbYmaGcHVfo8OOEE2PTmeuFZI8x7jgfTBY5sJEEaqsNu4NCDuzf_lrux06gbamrV1eOAIJX8Pujnou0OMkNMOZ-7rfy60QF-tLg2/s320/repelling+mountain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501343194940548082" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Monday morning we went repelling!!! This is the mountain we repelled off of. If you see the rope that is where we went down at! It was 50 ft. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhqYSfLv3TV4buHxgvoCWTjnSVCfwiup5u9g5UPlU4WOwX0VoIFfWutYr7xMjatMfQMXXlKJaUWfAcK4mt4wERyMfp3cd3oc-5Mroz25qyxpLhE2tBpHOH_ozf9WK1OZC7Y9cvHEjQ0Cq/s1600/top+of+mountian.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhqYSfLv3TV4buHxgvoCWTjnSVCfwiup5u9g5UPlU4WOwX0VoIFfWutYr7xMjatMfQMXXlKJaUWfAcK4mt4wERyMfp3cd3oc-5Mroz25qyxpLhE2tBpHOH_ozf9WK1OZC7Y9cvHEjQ0Cq/s320/top+of+mountian.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501343079178123826" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">On top of the repelling mountain with all of the rope. I'm not in this picture because I had already repelled! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkC-jnXqu0cdav6VOiyThCsMMHO0DDdHAsIkJLEUcymXDy7jxAjD-Bkd5ORM_4Dp7Wb0oZ5UTD9vu9lu5TmG5n9UfIUukGV10CJaqXIIiZ9BuMQUFDLdjybILAiachE3V892wCMUAr0y_/s1600/peterson+repelling.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkC-jnXqu0cdav6VOiyThCsMMHO0DDdHAsIkJLEUcymXDy7jxAjD-Bkd5ORM_4Dp7Wb0oZ5UTD9vu9lu5TmG5n9UfIUukGV10CJaqXIIiZ9BuMQUFDLdjybILAiachE3V892wCMUAr0y_/s320/peterson+repelling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501342890657982786" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bro. Peterson getting all of the ropes ready. Down below is a little stream of water. When we were done repelling we ate our sack lunches and then some girls went swimming. The whole time while I was on top of the mountain I was SO scared!!! I kept looking down at the streets and wishing I was down there! If the hike wasn't so hard to up there I probably would have walked down! But the hike was hard! And a little dangerous. I'm glad I did it though! Sierra Hemeyer in my ward was yelling at Bro. Peterson to pull her back up because she was TERRIFIED!!! Another girl was crying! Then there were some girls that went down so fast! They were the pros!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHCzHZhKnS8ZYwyFveNyRgQ-p1NQh9H6cEUj2FmZj0bvATO_1PRs8Yv3Wo5Wp4-lDUgG5GxVeOxnwwysK0UNKDGykLqNWj7LctnYp1q8666zuw0810VxcXaUeNvTM_iCmH5CsBMOxMhT6/s1600/leader+on+mountain.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHCzHZhKnS8ZYwyFveNyRgQ-p1NQh9H6cEUj2FmZj0bvATO_1PRs8Yv3Wo5Wp4-lDUgG5GxVeOxnwwysK0UNKDGykLqNWj7LctnYp1q8666zuw0810VxcXaUeNvTM_iCmH5CsBMOxMhT6/s320/leader+on+mountain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501342750827798450" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure who this is going down, it might be Bro. Hatch. If its not him its Bro. Peterson. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybuAu5uthIgrC4FOrdz_5XT6bbbOpFq767eTvu7W3ZUGGyDvrNw8cEiCIDzK7JqE3LIxcDRtSiZQSN64oJC7QnqP9qp_4SGikEUOTAcges4p67CUzNOC6M2358X9z9GXLoTTV29oa2FLH/s1600/me+repelling.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybuAu5uthIgrC4FOrdz_5XT6bbbOpFq767eTvu7W3ZUGGyDvrNw8cEiCIDzK7JqE3LIxcDRtSiZQSN64oJC7QnqP9qp_4SGikEUOTAcges4p67CUzNOC6M2358X9z9GXLoTTV29oa2FLH/s320/me+repelling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501342588468738898" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Me going repelling!! I don't look scared but I was! You have to do the most unnatural thing and lean back into nothing! I didn't trust that rope!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrAhutlLxG8GtVQp3CWf72wiLFucILxMkb-5dVd4EMl1SJ9YyYO-H9YFoMIyxaw83QpIilyOxfMozMSXsXvWpGT6o9ulRAV2Q8CXCcaxGsMvCLclE2Zicuho1rm4Q35zowYUl2N2nq-7J/s1600/me+repelling+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrAhutlLxG8GtVQp3CWf72wiLFucILxMkb-5dVd4EMl1SJ9YyYO-H9YFoMIyxaw83QpIilyOxfMozMSXsXvWpGT6o9ulRAV2Q8CXCcaxGsMvCLclE2Zicuho1rm4Q35zowYUl2N2nq-7J/s320/me+repelling+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501342484266748114" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There I go! It wasn't so scary once you got off of the cliff, than going down wasn't a big deal!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0au36mnkrAUUGC8RqS00dXiKZAI6LoAoyp0Z8JNKOoC3B2jo1pgPhke3sdSVqLXH3Zsi6RUDZZagRnRll4wDVmzp9rDE8FPSt_7MGv9iwZWPQjPt-3ljqVnxBQ3joV68fAFXDyvYFxR3/s1600/leaders+skit.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0au36mnkrAUUGC8RqS00dXiKZAI6LoAoyp0Z8JNKOoC3B2jo1pgPhke3sdSVqLXH3Zsi6RUDZZagRnRll4wDVmzp9rDE8FPSt_7MGv9iwZWPQjPt-3ljqVnxBQ3joV68fAFXDyvYFxR3/s320/leaders+skit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501342295604432322" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The last night ( Monday) each group did a skit. This was the leaders.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHxqWQ6AR8W6huV9yuwVZnLmaYs1oV1-wfNxe3pDu86DzpBMOC-wyQN9RzZhFNlhjcVkEhP8qWfiv6m0dYdH_Zsv05HjZA2QtDnfOpwFvDRlzlOmPAtc-LlO77KskD7RyoXLAlDvcisb4/s1600/skit+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHxqWQ6AR8W6huV9yuwVZnLmaYs1oV1-wfNxe3pDu86DzpBMOC-wyQN9RzZhFNlhjcVkEhP8qWfiv6m0dYdH_Zsv05HjZA2QtDnfOpwFvDRlzlOmPAtc-LlO77KskD7RyoXLAlDvcisb4/s320/skit+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501342126426516690" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my group ( the orange group) doing our little skit. We just sang a little song about Walking on Sunshine ( which was our theme.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvetSS3yHHpDx12T15EPyjK9AlvmXUQ4AqhsTJuXsVeJjj_W3U-TxyDwUqhsbfYj1LvhOfHIvwbbFgx6wRCVXPzQdBz9L3Cn2MzqoDBWT4DA5i2Vsg3vGKHRf0diCzENcvEHV9TbVaSS1x/s1600/skit.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvetSS3yHHpDx12T15EPyjK9AlvmXUQ4AqhsTJuXsVeJjj_W3U-TxyDwUqhsbfYj1LvhOfHIvwbbFgx6wRCVXPzQdBz9L3Cn2MzqoDBWT4DA5i2Vsg3vGKHRf0diCzENcvEHV9TbVaSS1x/s320/skit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501342008664372434" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The orange group was the Brewer group, the red group was the Hatch group, and the pink group was the Peterson group. We slept in the same cabins with our groups and did capers with our groups. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8Z8e19OVbSHZhrielz1ZbYTveLDfavAutKJ1w2PNaz44J7FZXFyDy9yv-ROAM4xQg_28mbIhnhBwFGc7BIL0Ksd9mO14-jfU5tvAAIC2EdE_eeSkH9EXCchTLhOgwQ-7muG6CJL6Q14n/s1600/goffy+4th+years.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8Z8e19OVbSHZhrielz1ZbYTveLDfavAutKJ1w2PNaz44J7FZXFyDy9yv-ROAM4xQg_28mbIhnhBwFGc7BIL0Ksd9mO14-jfU5tvAAIC2EdE_eeSkH9EXCchTLhOgwQ-7muG6CJL6Q14n/s320/goffy+4th+years.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501341763205328834" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">All of the 4th years!! This was suppose to be a goofy picture!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNK_AvhM9Qt-j4XAQWpQlVoCMzlRR3UFlNWA8bU24XFq9W8C_VdwIUniyWfK8MkuIXcijQeTNnTzUC1trQDnSlz9rrz4XiHL6LwYp7Feh3X3CCc5MAyAQgKP9pfPd_iMnttnuMmjQAg4D/s1600/all+4th+years.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNK_AvhM9Qt-j4XAQWpQlVoCMzlRR3UFlNWA8bU24XFq9W8C_VdwIUniyWfK8MkuIXcijQeTNnTzUC1trQDnSlz9rrz4XiHL6LwYp7Feh3X3CCc5MAyAQgKP9pfPd_iMnttnuMmjQAg4D/s1600/all+4th+years.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNK_AvhM9Qt-j4XAQWpQlVoCMzlRR3UFlNWA8bU24XFq9W8C_VdwIUniyWfK8MkuIXcijQeTNnTzUC1trQDnSlz9rrz4XiHL6LwYp7Feh3X3CCc5MAyAQgKP9pfPd_iMnttnuMmjQAg4D/s320/all+4th+years.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501341576061536578" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">All of the 4th years in our camp shirts that said ' Walking on Sunshine' and it had a sun smiling. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a great camp year for me. I had awesome leaders!! They were really fun! The theme was Walking on Sunshine! The key to happiness is following the Son who is our Savoir. We had a way better experience than last year! Last year the 4th years got poured on during their hike and while they were sleeping in their tents. A lot of them got hurt. They got lost on their hike. They had to go repelling for their hike and it was pouring then. This year they didn't have us go repelling for our hike so if it was raining we wouldn't go. Every night we had a special fireside by our leaders. We sang camp songs and had a wonderful time!</div><div style="text-align: center;">To walk on Sunshine you must:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pray morning and night everyday</div><div style="text-align: center;">Read The Book of Mormon at least 5 minutes everyday</div><div style="text-align: center;">and always SMILE! These are also Sis. Dalton's ( General Young Women President) goals for each Young Women.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another thing you must do to Walk on Sunshine and always be happy is to follow the Son and His light.</div><div style="text-align: center;">WALKING ON SUNSHINE!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">2010 Mountain View Stake Girls Camp theme</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Bro. Porter ( and for the 4th years, Sis. Peterson) for the beautiful pictures! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you Walking on Sunshine?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For more photos from Girls Camp go to </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;" ><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.steveporterphotography.com%2Fshare%2F5GHn8Eu6E78o2&h=823b1F9mDIzGzEXrIZSJLyCyiIQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: underline;">http://www.steveporterphotography.com/share/5GHn8Eu6E78o2</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-75154747219469818282010-07-12T11:57:00.000-07:002010-07-21T18:48:27.444-07:00California Trip to Aimee's wedding!!!<div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Here are some fun pictures from my trip to California!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493100973776222626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCLIl2L13vxVkQTCpUXzapB2V-t3PXf27o9ulbichiOqbrzufYyyOgbcBKLg_Y7uZ927cpdjAgAY1DyHqn4y0iFm5xdZBFWGidFUAeLilxI5mE9NxXrtWkU3tmZ2ByShxyIkQaYk0BDBh/s320/7-7-2010-019.jpg" border="0" />Alyssa, Aimee, and me!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYPgIRU5DpB46C1YCx3ednbTAADzJw9G5I8abtUkCpbNmoQTtsDQ5P5hk_crnXbjwzzx_iAbDO0F-TBf0cjAxKXLvna9vLxiY5Ytqv7Wx4LYgGvlgdwFUJRUjURLCteyEfSquHeO007Am/s1600/7-7-2010-017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493100077750158034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYPgIRU5DpB46C1YCx3ednbTAADzJw9G5I8abtUkCpbNmoQTtsDQ5P5hk_crnXbjwzzx_iAbDO0F-TBf0cjAxKXLvna9vLxiY5Ytqv7Wx4LYgGvlgdwFUJRUjURLCteyEfSquHeO007Am/s320/7-7-2010-017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><div>My aunt Ellen, my cousin Aimee, and her</div><div>husband Nate coming out of the Temple!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyqpHOfYuOpft9flsp1Dv0L5UVy2L5QZ_ILMSFWzxhYHRRE_mvsAw7kNzHBiVRDjuSSFbe28tNsfNBhekSLjA37BhPCbnZqGuGsnDzT5VLboFZ5NUVFcT9hlEXcqZZWSIK5omZXH8fpju/s1600/7-7-2010-015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493103041786237682" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyqpHOfYuOpft9flsp1Dv0L5UVy2L5QZ_ILMSFWzxhYHRRE_mvsAw7kNzHBiVRDjuSSFbe28tNsfNBhekSLjA37BhPCbnZqGuGsnDzT5VLboFZ5NUVFcT9hlEXcqZZWSIK5omZXH8fpju/s320/7-7-2010-015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This is Zoe, my cousin's daughter, and Anna my cousin's cousin from their dad's side of the family. My sister and I watched them ( Anna and her brothers and sister) while their parents attended the sealing of Aimee and Nate. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br />Zoe and I, she wasn't too happy!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9PJE90gH4dmEf0TPc4P7y-oCrIJoZ4ElcrlXSLbI7zc6-OnmXqAlm_jdUMDXv_tgKfD_FxWXRaAgWSgUIjs5T2jMRniXLGoYWCHBalSduD8H9Y6CwrCG_rVZ1XHoiZx6eQj86z1QckPX/s1600/6-30-2010-42.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493104824479848434" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9PJE90gH4dmEf0TPc4P7y-oCrIJoZ4ElcrlXSLbI7zc6-OnmXqAlm_jdUMDXv_tgKfD_FxWXRaAgWSgUIjs5T2jMRniXLGoYWCHBalSduD8H9Y6CwrCG_rVZ1XHoiZx6eQj86z1QckPX/s320/6-30-2010-42.jpg" border="0" /></a> Zoe's mom is in the brown dress in the background.<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493096721918234850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 355px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgiSIpzqocu3-b_kbUqWRq_UrLjwZAFNoL6PcncBFQk9kazjCiaTjqBEdcRozs5D5RWdz8ifYHQNVflAqe9c71-V8Fo-Q0_lg04NKoRzYL_MwNPQXod_nKZsKTxLrxRqydr77oSehDHZxg/s320/7-7-2010-012.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div>This is my mom and Zoe, my cousin's daughter.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSuJuGTY0joFjs2x5a5nul5u3Sjq7e2Z_-oEHqCo6lf6zy4FTGa5LmLIChLe0WmojabW_74wSkrjv1NuPxMUJnugtDXt67Yj5E6tYAZetWiAkPQDpG7E_kVqRmkKHqalvpnZT1ZkbFV-A/s1600/7-7-2010-014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493103992048379906" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSuJuGTY0joFjs2x5a5nul5u3Sjq7e2Z_-oEHqCo6lf6zy4FTGa5LmLIChLe0WmojabW_74wSkrjv1NuPxMUJnugtDXt67Yj5E6tYAZetWiAkPQDpG7E_kVqRmkKHqalvpnZT1ZkbFV-A/s320/7-7-2010-014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br />This is my brother, Trent, and Anthony which is Zoe's dad. </div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>Zoe just being sooooooooo CUTE!!!!<br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQr5_ABUrDSaaFxpvZaLYdPN4gzUXQWnm2sDibiDWRD0OJu7aITeaT4qjLad-WOufY0b95UZnUODy3WsetcQx-ey9ew1ICVVqcOS4M0EXyRwbWh8o3SOpCMA6bguf_DYPvHJV0GWpM2YlO/s1600/7-7-2010-035.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493101993804166098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQr5_ABUrDSaaFxpvZaLYdPN4gzUXQWnm2sDibiDWRD0OJu7aITeaT4qjLad-WOufY0b95UZnUODy3WsetcQx-ey9ew1ICVVqcOS4M0EXyRwbWh8o3SOpCMA6bguf_DYPvHJV0GWpM2YlO/s320/7-7-2010-035.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZKQKbfgsrQGdmVA_cn0n8ujvTQ4sMoRcMWELmX_DXKZYRrGG3rlv934IKzGadLQlVzX2H9ZZ02vj8OJvIpTBQ8yCo0R2wudiBJrqPNAoyzRTPkbwXApjaIgBDYYBG1GCPRt1ahEuqVJo/s1600/6-30-2010-23.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493105543512172210" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZKQKbfgsrQGdmVA_cn0n8ujvTQ4sMoRcMWELmX_DXKZYRrGG3rlv934IKzGadLQlVzX2H9ZZ02vj8OJvIpTBQ8yCo0R2wudiBJrqPNAoyzRTPkbwXApjaIgBDYYBG1GCPRt1ahEuqVJo/s320/6-30-2010-23.jpg" border="0" /></a> Me at Aimee's reception, I got sun burnt while I was at the Temple. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpjqxld-Y0SzDXJm8VExlpDLKJYI6FvRsDpotwoo9IQ-ULsNq5lnfvH3n4c2m9vl5KGjCa-Bu7pvB6HJRfC-S3i3fYjKUmYHutEmGDsoHcsiRRHf-wkx56Ai5s-jgVRdsBYNkNxkVKfzG/s1600/6-30-2010-41.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493106231627574754" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpjqxld-Y0SzDXJm8VExlpDLKJYI6FvRsDpotwoo9IQ-ULsNq5lnfvH3n4c2m9vl5KGjCa-Bu7pvB6HJRfC-S3i3fYjKUmYHutEmGDsoHcsiRRHf-wkx56Ai5s-jgVRdsBYNkNxkVKfzG/s320/6-30-2010-41.jpg" border="0" /></a> Me, my mom, my dad, and brother waiting for Aimee and Nate to come out of the Temple!<br /></div><div></div><div></div><div>Some pictures got out of order cause the computer is acting weird, and I don't feel like fixing it so just enjoy the pictures in the order they are in!<br /></div><p></p><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-20756037640472972312010-07-12T11:24:00.000-07:002010-07-12T11:53:04.944-07:00San Diego Temple<div>A couple weeks ago my family and I went to San Diego for my cousin, Aimee's, wedding. The San Diego Temple is normally a GORGEOUS temple, this is what it looked like when I was there.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlivX6qnnILQTNGtaEojbACaARYVKa6mQ3fj_lk3aFfVyJ5yhrzUQztPbmxOkikkqYS_SBnOaqyvym15_rSN5VtDsKfAEVMtlx3gZfEeA_r2vCQQoik-Uawbw8Gsp7_hmp9Rls4MUO-Kj/s1600/7-7-2010-022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493088405760927186" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlivX6qnnILQTNGtaEojbACaARYVKa6mQ3fj_lk3aFfVyJ5yhrzUQztPbmxOkikkqYS_SBnOaqyvym15_rSN5VtDsKfAEVMtlx3gZfEeA_r2vCQQoik-Uawbw8Gsp7_hmp9Rls4MUO-Kj/s320/7-7-2010-022.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>This is what it normally looks like</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493090067542245122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 497px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAr9OxKSRGH4sIUh-vnAwvCbs0Iv2EroYPwR4AiFJzyE4hV5sqfAcxlJ7vMu62pF1tNVADbLLbQ5Wh_RgE79bg5_H3oQIt_jl2lFR2FzCGysQ-Q_fHPIo7w62oYk-OW8faWG04_YXyD7M/s320/02650052.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div>I wish I could have seen it when it looked like that in person. Even though it didn't look like that when I was there, I still think it is one of the most beautiful Temples. All of the flowers made it beautiful. Its pretty big too. My sister and I watched some of Aimee's cousins from her dad's side while the parents were in the Temple watching Aimee and Nate get sealed.<br /><br />The Temple had a leak so that is why it was under that much construction. <br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-59621848966384657012010-07-02T18:46:00.000-07:002010-07-02T18:51:08.902-07:00Tibbi TTibbi Tibbi Lou Lou <div>I love you you</div><div>I love my Tibbi Lou Lou!</div><div><br /></div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-55869853694398401392010-07-02T17:16:00.000-07:002010-07-02T17:34:46.851-07:00What do I love? Can you guess?She's got some gray and some whites<br />She's frisky and she bites<br /><br />Yet she's soft and Oh, so Sweet!<br />She occasionally licks my feet!<br /><br />Every night she snuggles<br />Even though I'm a muggle<br /><br />Can you guess who she is?Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-21058673427492773712010-07-01T21:02:00.000-07:002010-07-01T21:29:28.961-07:00Oh, what do you do in the summertime when its to HOT to go outside?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Do you play piano? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"> </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Or go for a swim?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">Or work on Family History?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">Is that what you do? So do I!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My sister is going to think that is dumb and cheesy that I did that, and my mom is going to think its cute, but I just felt like doing it! At least one of them will say the line with Family History doesn't fit! Oh well!! This summer I have just been busy with personal progress! I completed my Good Works project about 2 weeks ago. With this project I went to the Family History Center and worked many hours at home looking for my ancestors that need their eternal temple work done. I had the opportunity to go and perform Baptisms and Confirmations for some of the girls that I had found. In all I found 13 girls and 19 boys! My sister ( Alyssa) did 6 of the girls and I did 7. My brother, Trent, did all 19 boys. It was a wonderful experience! Two of my aunts went down to the Temple today and did all the initiatory for the girls. They also did 2 Endowments ( one each.) Thanks Maire and Gail!!!!! My other aunt, Sharon, found out and she wants to do some too so I sent Maire home with a girl she can do along with a boy her husband can do. While they were at the Temple doing work ( My mom would have gone, but her Temple Recommend expired the previous day!!) I went back on to the website and found some more girl names!!! I also some boys! So I'll have to plan another Temple trip!! ( For details about the STEP program which got me started on Family History see the post I Love to see the Temple I'll go inside some day...) I also have been working on my Divine Nature project! I'm making a baby blanket! A wonderful lady who use to be in my ward is helping me with it along with my mom! ( Thanks mom and Kay!!!) I have just barley started working on that, pictures will come up as soon as I get them. I would say so far my favorite Personal Progress project is Good Works which is the Family History and Temple work! Its such a good and exciting feeling! I know it is a Good Work. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span><div><br /></div></div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-73870423800335232002010-05-28T11:42:00.000-07:002010-05-28T11:49:45.076-07:00My 2010 Summer GoalsI am making goals for the summer! Here they are:<div><br /></div><div><ul><li>As soon as I get up in the morning, before I get dressed or out of bed I will read my scriptures for the Summer STOMP program. I won't just read it, I will " Juice my Scriptures." As Brother Nielsen taught. </li><li>I will practice the piano every morning, before I can go on Facbook, or any other computer site. Or even before I watch TV. </li><li>Learn as much hymns on the piano as possible.</li><li>Try to write in my journal.</li><li>Do something in personal progress once a week.</li><li>Try to find my lost ancestors that need temple work through my ward summer STEP program. </li></ul></div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-60578214348321102902010-05-16T17:35:00.000-07:002010-05-16T18:31:37.184-07:00ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTINGYesterday I babysat for the Merrils all day. I really enjoyed it! Their kids are really easy. When I got there at 3:00 David was just waking up from his nap. He is so cute! I love how he doesn't cry anymore when I'm there! I played with him, Alex, and Mark for a while. Then Alex was hungry so he had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. While Alex was eating I was feeding David. He is hard to feed because he can't have gluten and now he can't have dairy temporally. He had rice, pears, and olives. His mom said he would probably spit the olives out and sure enough he did! He wanted more olives from the bag but not his spit out ones! He ate plenty of rice and all the pairs though. After David and Alex were done eating ( it was now probably 5:00) I cleaned up the kitchen for the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">FIRST</span> time. David was making a mess with everything so I got Mark and told him he could either clean up the kitchen or play with David. He chose to play with David. They went outside while I cleaned up. I unloaded their dishwasher and did all the dishes and cleaned up the floor over where David ate because he made a big mess. It was now about 5:30. Mark and David came in and Mark asks, " Whats for dinner?" I had forgotten that he hadn't eaten! I told him to find what ever he wanted and I would make it for him. He got mac and cheese out and I started to play with David again. Mark said, " The mac and cheese is sitting on the cabinet waiting to be cooked." I thought about going to cook it but then I thought David really can't be left alone cause he gets in to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">EVERYTHING</span>! I told Mark again that he could either play with David or cook his dinner. He didn't like that at all but decided to cook his dinner because he said his mom had made him play with David all day. I went outside with David, he ran around, went down his slide, and explored everywhere! I took him inside to see what the other 2 boys were doing Mark was eating and Alex was playing on the computer. I looked at Mark's dinner and the noddles were still white and he had put spaghetti sauce on them. He looked at me and said, " I cooked it wrong. I put too much water or something in it. The cheese didn't mix with the noodles." I found out he had probably put the cheese and other things in with the water. He should have drained the water first, but he was happy so it was fine! Mark went back and played with his leggos ( it was now about 6:00.) I looked at the kitchen and he had made a big mess. But Alex made perfect timing! He came out and I asked him if he would take David out in his little car and take him for a ride in the backyard ( David loves riding in Alex's car.) Alex didn't want to but since they are such good boys he did! I cleaned up the kitchen again and I noticed every once in a while Alex would drive up to the door, see me still cleaning, kind of roll his eyes in a way, then take David around again. I finished cleaning and David and Alex came in. Alex wanted a popsicle and David wanted cheese, but he couldn't have any because he can't have dairy! Through out the day he would also ask for milk! I felt so bad because he couldn't have any. He cried for a while but then I gave him a type of popsicle he could have ( he can't have the regular kind.) The 2 boys and I went back outside with the popsicles, David was making a mess with it on his face, of course. David decided he was done with his and gave it to me in my hand. I took them inside, cleaned up David, played with them a little more. Alex went downstairs to play with leggos with Mark. Then David was asking for another popsicle, or as he says it, " sopicle!" I gave him another one and we went outside and wondered around again. He was messer with this one, it was dripping all the way down his legs! We went inside and he wanted to go downstairs with his brothers, but he can't with a popsicle so I took it away from him, he started CRYING! I tried to take him back outside, but he didn't like that so I just threw the popsicle away, cleaned him up and let him play downstairs. At 7:00 I had him ready for bed held him in my arms for awhile and sang some primary songs. I then put him in his crib and continued to sing to him for a while. The CUTEST thing happened when I started singing, " I am a Child of God." He started to sing with ME! He will be 2 in June! I thought it was SO cute! He didn't know all the words but he would mutter them after me. I would sing, " I am a child of God." Then he would sing the word God! When it got to the chorus he knew almost all of those words! He would sing, " Lead me, guide me, walk beside me, Help me find the way!" He was SO cute! When it came to the words, " Parents kind and dear," he would take my hand with his little fingers and hold it! I sang that song over and over again because of that! I left the room a little after that and let him fall asleep. It was about 7:30 so Alex got ready for bed and I read him a story. Mark went to bed at 8:30, or so I thought he did! I found him up at 9:00 still playing with the leggos. I told him to go bed, then caught him up at 9:30. He finally went to bed then. The parents got home about 10:30 and drove me home. It was a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"> GREAT</span> day!Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-1563896151618909272010-05-15T13:08:00.000-07:002010-05-15T13:26:27.352-07:00PIANO ACHIEVEMENT DAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:dpVEtbRWQGPHFM:http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04_02/1NoraPianoL_468x351.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 96px;" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:dpVEtbRWQGPHFM:http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04_02/1NoraPianoL_468x351.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I love the piano! My piano teacher is in a group with a LOT of different piano teachers that hold little events through out the year. ( <a href="http://www.dvmta.org/">http://www.dvmta.org/</a>) That is the website with the group that she is in. One of the events is piano achievement day. It is suppose to acknowledge all of the hard work and achievement you had made through out the year. You go in a little room with a judge ( its really another teacher that is in the group) and they listen to you play some scales, chord progressions, cadences, arppegios ( didn't do the best on those!), and they listen to you play 3 songs memorized. You also do a sight reading. ( playing a piece you haven't seen before.) They write comments about you, where you can improve and what you did really well at. Last year I did pretty good, but this year I think I did a little worse than last year, but still good. You also take a theory test pertaining to the level you are at. I am at level 5. Then you do ear training ( you have to identify if a chord is major or minor, they have a scale and they ask you to identify what note was wrong, identify if the interval is a 5th, 8th 3rd, 2nd, etc. They had a line of music and they played it and you had to feel in the missing notes, and more things like that.) This year I also did a duet. There are other things you can do like write a report about a music time period and learn about a composer but I didn't do those things. My teacher said she might have me do those next year. In a way this little event is like my final for piano. Its the big test! But I love it!Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-58942256747863098152010-05-13T17:23:00.000-07:002010-05-13T17:32:31.097-07:00Choir AuditionsToday was choir auditions for Mountain View High school. They just have you audition to get to know you and see what kind of part you can sing, everyone gets in to the choir. I was very nervous. We had to do some warm-ups with the conductor, sing " My Country Tis of Thee," and sing 2 sight readings. I did fine on the warm-ups and singing, but not so well on the sight readings! Oh well!! He doesn't care! He said I had Soprano 2 or alto 1 type voice. ( The parts are Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto 1, and Alto 2.) I prefer the piano over singing! I would never be afraid to do a piano audition but I am for singing auditions.Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-53813308888038911432010-05-09T15:04:00.000-07:002010-05-09T15:44:21.397-07:00I love to see the Temple, I'll go inside someday...This weekend was a very good weekend. First off the Young Men and Young Women in my ward are doing this program called STEP ( Students Trying Elijah's Promise.) Its all about family history work. On Saturday we had a big program to start it off. It was from 9:30-3:30!! ALL DAY! But it was great! We started off with a little program where our new Bishop spoke and the old Young Women's president from Val Vista ward spoke. Val Vista was the first ward to do this STEP program and since then Highland ward has done it as well. One thing that the Bishop said that I really liked is that if we do not do temple work than it is a waste for us to come down here. Our purpose to come to earth is so we can live with our Father in Heaven again. The way we can live together for eternity is if we do temple work. We need to do temple work for our ancestors. Then a lot of people from my ward were pretending to be a dead person on the other side of the veil and asking if anyone had their name so they could be saved. If we had their name we got to go up and take them down the stairs and sit with them like they were now in Spirit Paradise. Every once in a while there was somebody that nobody had, and that person had to sit back down in Spirit Prison. In their face you could see their sadness and they would say things like, " Its been so long can somebody please save me!" One that stuck out in my mind the most was a family of a mom and a dad and 4 children. ( The mom is the beehive advisor in my ward.) The family talked about their hard life and how they died and wanted to be together again. They would ask do you have my name? Every single one of them had a name until they got to the little girl who was about 8 or 9. She asked if anyone had her name and no one did. You could see the sadness in her eyes. She said, " Oh papa what am I going to do?" Her dad said that sometime someone would get her name and then she could be with them. That one seemed the most real in my mind. The point of this little presentation was to motivate us to do temple work. We went over by the temple to the family history center and we all got a login and password so we could see our family line. It was very neat!! We learned how to identify who needed to be baptized, confirmed, endowed, and sealed. Our goal as youth is to find 600 names ( all together) of our ancestors that we can be baptized or confirmed for. They are planning a big temple day where the youth will be baptized for their dead ancestors and the parents will do the sealings and other temple work for them. The other part of my day was going to the Gila Valley Temple with my family! The temple was BEAUTIFUL! I loved the Celestial room!! It was gorgeous! I'm glad I was able to go inside a temple! The dedication for the Gila Valley Temple is in 2 weeks. They are broadcasting it in all stake centers in Arizona. It will be interesting to see, I've never seen one before. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>I love to see the temple, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>I'm going there someday.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i> To feel the Holy Spirit </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>To listen and to Pray.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>For the Temple is a House of God</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>A place of love and beauty</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>I'll prepare myself while I am young</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>This is my sacred duty!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>I love to see the temple,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>I'll go inside someday.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>I'll covenant with my father</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>I'll promise to obey.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>For the temple is a holy place where we are sealed together</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>As a child of God, I've learned this truth</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>A family is forever. </i></span></div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9209570798034070134.post-69015836014508791042010-05-06T21:08:00.000-07:002010-05-06T21:21:17.183-07:00I just made a blog!I just made a blog! My sister, Alyssa, made a blog and I wanted to comment on it so bad! But I couldn't because I didn't have a blog. I think a blog is a great way to write a journal. Are Young Women lesson on Sunday was about journals and that we need to keep one. Every now and then I will write something. Not very often because my life isn't interesting enough to write a lot! By the way I'm a horrible speller. Every other word I write, I have to fix it. I hope I don't have as many spelling mistakes as my sister Kristin does though!!!!!!!!! =<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">)</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span> </div>Desiree Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342822900012702484noreply@blogger.com3