Girls' Camp (Jenna)

Jenna's write-up: Girls camp was so fun!! Me and Clarissa had a sleepover the night before, since my parents were out of town. We all met up at the church at 8:00 in the morning (June 4, 2025). We got on the bus, which also had the young men, and then we started the drive. We made a stop at the Orem temple to do baptisms then kept on driving. We got to camp and set up our tents and I was so glad that I remembered how to do it! Then we ate dinner and talked about our plans for the next few days. 

My tent had me Clarissa, Kenzie, and Maddie. We all fell right asleep but it got so cold at night I almost died because my shaking kept me up. Then we woke up at around 6:30 and got ready. We had breakfast and had a devotional and had some time to study scriptures then we left. We planned to go on this hike, and it was horrible!!! It was so hard and uphill the whole time, but along the way were many little things that made it totally worth it. There were the most beautiful wildflowers and butterflies and once we got to the top we could see everything. It was so incredible and so that changed the experience and made it a good one. 

The way down was much easier, but super slippery so it was kinda difficult and one of the girls caught a snake. We then walked to the park and ate lunch while the young men tubed down the river. After that we were exhausted but still had a long day ahead of us. Next we went to go zip lining!!! We got aboard  this giant army truck and drove out to the middle of nowhere to the zip lining place. We did the zip line a few times and it was so fun! I went upside down and everything. Then after that we did the ninja course and it was terrifying, but I still did it. There was this part where you jump off a 5 story high forklift, it was crazy! After that, we were supposed to meet the boys at the pool, but we were all too exhausted, so we just went back to camp. Later that night we went to the hot springs, which was so fun, but they were so hot! Then we got ice cream. 

The next day we got up and made breakfast. I was helping out with pancakes and it was surprisingly super fun! Then we had a quick devotional and heard some pioneer stories and left for the river. We got our tubes and then went down and there was a huge water fall near the top and it was so exilerating and fun, but it got cold and so we stopped and then we left to the pool while the guys went ziplining. I was sad I didn’t go on any water slides. I did jump off the platform, but not the highest, super high one because I am deathly afraid of heights. Then we came back and ate dinner and had some free time and so I braided hair and did tinsel and henna and hair wraps it was funnn. Then we watched skits and they were hilarious! Then we had an amazing testimony meeting and everyone shared either a testimony or what they liked about camp and the spirit was so strong. After that we roasted s’mores and went to bed! 

We woke up the next morning early and cleaned up camp and head out to go home. We stopped at the bountiful temple and did baptisms then we also stopped at the creamery. This trip was so fun and totally worth it I learned so much and had an amazing time with my ward!

Girls' Camp -- Lake Powell!

Sorry for the overload of pictures! I tried to pull lots of pictures into PicMonkey to make collages, but for some reason it isn't working. So after several attempts I just tried uploading them here and it worked, so I left them "as is." I was grateful that the leaders took lots of pictures and shared them over a shared album because Jenna doesn't have a phone and Jaiden left hers at home (which is great -- proud of her!)

Here are the girls' reports. (Jenna's was pretty much one long run-on sentence with very little punctuation, so I did add some commas and periods to make it read-able. I also added capitalization to the beginning of sentences on Jaiden's because she does hers over text and doesn't bother with it!)  

Jenna's Report:

Girls camp was so much fun! When we got there on Wednesday we had to bring all are stuff down on these wagon things and it was so hotttttt.  After that we decided where we would be sleeping (I slept on the deck) and we didn’t know what to do and since it was like 1000 degrees, so I decided to go down the slide in my clothes and it felt amazing! Then we all went swimming and we had pasta factory for dinner, which was so good. We just kind of chilled and went swimming when we felt like it (that was one of the fun things we went swimming all the time). 

Then we went to sleep at like 12:00 because we were tired then we woke up at like 6:00. We had a good breakfast of French toast and went on the hike horse shoe bend and it was really pretty and looked like an illusion, but it was cool. After that we went boating and surfing and I stood up on the surf board for a long time but I could not throw in the rope. We also went boating and that was the best boating day ever it was so much fun and Justin went kind of crazy but it was fun. We came back for dinner and we had leftovers and then went boating again because we had so much fun earlier, but later wasn’t as fun because it was super windy wand the waves were choppy, also this was a different boat too so I think the other boat was funner and I also got whiplash really bad so I came in early.

The next day we went on the hike antelope canyon it was so pretty and cool not hot because we were in the canyon but I still did not feel all that great, I felt dizzy and light headed but after both hikes we got milkshakes so that was good and made me feel much better. Once we got back we went boating again and this time it was with the bishop driving and he goes so crazy but I like crazy so that was so fun. Everyone couldn’t stay on the tubes except me and Mia so we went together and had so much fun going over huge waves and with bishop doing donuts. Then we came back and played this super fun game called secrete Hitler and we had a delicious dinner of Navaho tacos and went night swimming and played mafia at like 12:45. The next day we packed are stuff and left and I think it was the best girls camp experience ever.

Jaiden's Report: 

Wednesday I finished getting ready to leave for camp! We drove up to lake Powell and then started bringing everything down to the docks to pack the houseboat! It took FOREVER cause the parking lot is quite the hike away from the docks... and it was very hot outside haha. After that we put on our swimsuits and swam around outside behind the house boat! They had this floaty that was basically a mat but it would hold a lot of weight without sinking so it was super fun to play on! Soon we went out on the boat and went surfing! It was really fun and I did pretty decently okayish. We had pasta factory for dinner and it was super good too lol, also I think we ate and then went boating after I don't really remember the order lol. But then we just hung out and played games and then went to bed! we slept on top of the houseboat and it was fun! The stars were Soo pretty! 

The next day we had French toast for breakfast and it was super yummy! Then we went to hike horseshoe bend and it was SOOO pretty!! It was like a little red mountain surrounded by water lol. After that we got soda and then ate lunch and then went back out on the boat! We went surfing again and I didn't do as well as the night before, but it was still super fun! I think we might be gone tubing this day too but I don't really remember not gonna lie. Then we did bracelets and put beads in our hair! After that we ate dinner and then did a camp talent show! Most of the talents were just funny and it was awesome haha! Jenna and I played the ukulele with a spatula and sang I'm yours it was fun! we won prizes and they were tubes we could swim with! We also had a little birthday party for one of the girls in the ward so that was fun too. We swam some more and played some games and then I was SOOO tired so I fell asleep pretty quick haha. 

The next morning we had another hike! This one was in a canyon and part of it was kinda like a slot canyon. It was super pretty!!! very tiring tho lol. When we got back we ate and then went out on the boat to go tubing!! Dude, I am SO good at tubing haha I do NOT let go!! It's so much fun then we came home and tie dyed shirts which was a blast! I was kinda nervous cause mine usually never look good but I was SO PROUD IT LITERALLY LOOKS STORE BOUGHT!!!! We did some more crafts and then went out on the boat again!! We went surfing and I actually figured it out!! The bishop's son gave me advice and then once I threw the rope in I stayed up for a super super long time!! I'm genuinely so proud of myself hahah! 

We came back home and did some minute to win it games and I did seriously so good I was on a roll! I won like every game I did!!! Then the bishop answered questions in a little question box we had out over the week and then we had testimony meeting after that. It was really good and there were lots of tears lol. After that we had a dance party and it was super fun then we played a ton of games like bang and mafia! I did an amazing job as the narrator and also my alibis were amazing too. We stayed up super late haha and then we went to bed. The next morning me and like 3 other girls woke up at 5 AM TO GO BOATING ONE LAST TIME! The water is soooo nice in the morning and it isn't choppy or windy at all! S the bishop's son and his friend went wake boarding and then the rest of us went surfing! And dude I'm for real a pro now I'm seriously so proud!!! Then after we ate and cleaned up and headed home! it was a super fun camp!! and I LIVED outside on the lake haha it was sooo fun!