Well, here's the recap. Wednesday morning we drove up to Altamont campsite up along the Alpine Loop. It's a beautiful campsite. We had a huge pavilion with 15 picnic tables and a fire pit underneath, 2 BBQs & bathrooms (hallelujah!). No showers, but some of us more creative folks figured that out - kind-of. But, flushing toilets & running water. That takes a little bit of the sting out of camping. A little.
First thing we did was set up camp and had lunch. Then we did a scavenger hunt. We had puzzles with clues written on the back scattered throughout camp. I had to laugh, because when the girls found a puzzle they immediately dropped and started working on the puzzles wherever they were. I thought, for sure, that they would go to the tables and do the puzzles, but nope. 3 times I found them doing to puzzles on the hot asphalt. After a couple of individual clue the teams were given 1/3 of a scripture reference. Of course, this was a little confusing for them, but they finally figured that they should help each other to find their "treasure." Their treasure was their camp shirts & a small silver necklace.
So, for the spiritual portion of the camp we have a series of mini-devotionals where we could talk about our theme of superheroes. Our theme was "Camp-Con"! So fun! And, amazingly aligned with the spiritual side too. So, our first devotional was right before we left to go paint balling, which was a little hectic. The girls were just so excited to go ... And they obviously didn't know that this would be a recurring thing for our camp either. But, our message Tuesday night was all about Superman! The new Superman movie begins when he is an infant on Krypton. And as the story is told it is quite similar to the Great Council in Heaven and also how we came to Earth with little to no recollection of our previous existence. Also, we pointed out the existence of the adversary and how he will use any means necessary to try to defeat us. But, finished off with emphasizing that although we are here and trying to figure out who we are and our purpose, we already have a lot of knowledge of who we are. And we have already made some important decisions.
Thanks for the flashback ... So after the girls got their necklaces, we did a recap of our superman discussion and gave them a little red crystal to hang from their necklace. We were supposed to do another devotional after the scavenger hunt, but we hit a small snag and didn't get through it. It was going to be good though! :) It was all about secret identities and costumes and masks.
Then - we did stations with camp certification, secret sister letters, get to know you game & a craft. We decorated roasting sticks so each girl had their own marshmallow roasting stick, which we also used for our chore chart.
Last, Big production of the night was the Murder Mystery dinner. It was an all-female superhero cast! Perfect, right? (All except the 2 priesthood men, who were such good sports and played along!) Kristen brought all of her stage makeup and the girls brought costumes or props to help with their identities. It was really fun! And, the hamburger sliders were amazing too.
The we did the traditional ooga booga for the new girls (and priesthood leaders). :)
At this point I was EXHAUSTED. So, I went to cot. :) Um, sooo cold.
More to come ...
