YW Camp Kick-off 2011

Well, Camp is coming up and I am serving on the stake Camp committee with 2 other amazing women!!  We were so excited to get the YW ready and pumped for camp this year, and i think we were successful:) 

The theme for this year is B.O.O.T Camp - building on our testimonies...  So the YW started off by making a boot print on a backpack....  Always gotta have crafts:)

We then did other things like skits, songs, and of course, boot-camp exercises!  This picture above says it all - Frederick leading them in a cadence run, and all the YW smiling and having a great time - although I think the Marine had more fun pretending to be a drill instructor:)  Even Abby is smiling!!

Abby is pretty excited to be at camp this year - I love this girl!!  Wish us all luck - as we are tent camping in South Texas in June!!

My First Little Garden

I never would have thought such a tiny little red ball could be so delicious!!  This little cherry tomato is the first fruits of my garden!  I have been wanting to plant a vegetable garden for years!  I always had excuses for not starting one - and finally this year, I really felt the need to learn how to grow vegetables... 

and here is the fruit of my labors!

During Conference weekend, I decided to go ahead and buy the materials and just put it together.  I had done a bit of research, so I went to the garden center and bought the supplies.  What I didn't realize was how hard it was going to be to get the dirt and 4x4's in to the back yard:)  Luckily a friend saw the job ahead of me and called her hubby and brother to come over and help - 20 min later I had the supplies ready to go (Thanks Libby, Josh and Jeremy!).  I cut the 4x4's to dimension and went to building the container (just like big lincoln logs!)  The next day between Conference sessions, Frederick, Jack and I went out and put the soil and compost in.  Jack loved dancing and stomping on the soil....  We then planted the veggies and herbs.  I am excited to say that I have had fresh flowers, I have cooked with the basil and dill and have eaten 1 cherry tomato!  Pretty soon I will be able to share it with someone:)  

But for now - I am happy with tasting the one bite!  

And as Jack said - 

"We will NEVER have to go to the store again!"