CAMP

Thanks to Mr. Bond I learned about 20 years ago that I love camp! And 5 years after that he taught me to appreciate it even more by not allowing me to go. I have spent weeks at outdoor ed. and girls camp and later whole summers having the time of my life.



Eventually we all should grow up and in my world this includes a career. Careers don't give you the whole summer off unless you are a teacher. So camp has become a distant but happy memory.



My ward has a camp activity every year. Less than 24 hours at a camp, but enough to remind me just how amazing camp is. Mediocre food, dusty cabins with uncomfortable bunk beds, the chance to stay up late sitting 'round a camp fire, seeing wildlife, and being somewhere where your phone doesn't quite work are all pieces that I love. Somehow my spirit completely relaxes at camp. I stop thinking about work. I stop feeling like I am running in circles. Everything unimportant stops and I remember that I am a child of God and He has given me beautiful places where I can feel closer to Him. So give me trees and mountains and crappy falling apart cabins and squeaky bunkbeds. Give me a chance to be in nature (even if it's just a couple of acres in the middle of a neighborhood)and I will always be grateful for it.

habanero peppers and tomato worms

So, if you've ever spent the summer growing things only to have a tomato worm eat them you may appreciate this photo!

This little guy ate a huge amount of the habenero plant followed by the missing chunk of this pepper and apparently burned to death from the pepper's heat. Definitely not how I want to go.

Conference Weekend

For Conference Weekend I went to Utah for the first time in a few years. Things have changed and I had fun. Thanks to Emily for letting me and a friend stay with her. My friend's mom got tickets to both afternoon sessions. We missed the morning sessions and I have been catching up a little each night since getting home.

On Saturday morning we went to the Salt Lake Farmer's Market. It was fun and there were lots of interesting things and people to watch. Like these guys...

We went to the Cornbelly's Corn Maze on Saturday night. That was tons of fun. We forgot flashlights and it was pretty dark, but we made it out in only 45 mins.

This is what the maze looks like this year.

Mmmmm corn!!!

Is this thing haunted? Someone is in there! (It's just my friend shhh!)

See how dark it was?

On Sunday we drove to Salt Lake by going through Provo Canyon and up to Park City. It is definitely a longer way, but I will do just about anything for even 5 minutes in the mountains. There was gorgeous fall color! See...