Sarah's Sight : California summers

Every summer, I have had the opportunity to fly up to my sister Heather's in California to visit! Although this one was not as long as the usual stay is it was still a blast! The kiddos are always my favorite part of the trip. They all just so smart and funny! I love hanging out with them, acting out in the plays, playing in the Olympics, having book discussions, watching Shark Week, watching funny videos, acting silly etc. We did fun things like go to San Francisco to ride the rocket boat, and I went with Heather to a sonogram of the new baby!! It was amazing! I have never been to one before. :D Well I have also gone to girl's camp up there every year so I was not going to miss my last one!! Oh my, camp was amazing! We planned the theme to be Hold on to the Yellow Brick Rod- a cross between the classic story the Wizard of Oz and Lehi's dream in the Book of Mormon. My group was named Dorothy's Angles and each of the girls in my group were a character and the groups our "little sisters" were themed after us. I was the Tin man and my little sisters were the 5th years and they were called the Hollow Hearts hahaha!!! Every day had a character theme like love, the Holy Ghost, knowledge etc. We had a lot of fun with it! As usual there was a LOT to do! Although the 5th years did take a TON of the responsibility off of our shoulders this year. Fun stuff to do this year included archery(which I stink at!), crafts, and a ZIP LINE!!!! Oh my, I was helping out there and I rode twice it was amazing!! One thing that I love about this camp is the structure. There is a schedule planned so everyone gets to do everything. Every group does capers(chores), passes off certification, does activities, goes on a hike etc. My group did have a little bit of drama this year surprisingly. Definitely not as major as we have had in the past, but things got a little tense in our group. We had a talk about it and that helped to relive us a bit. Oh and there was another girl named Sarah, from Utah, who is also a CNA, in my group!! It was halarious, I loved it! It was bitter sweet to know that it was my last year there. That will take adjusting to. I love the spirit of camp-it is my favorite part. Even though there can be drama sometimes, the spirit is almost always present there. The majority of girls are excited and happy to be there which makes all the difference. I could and have talked about camp for a week constantly so I will try not to make this too rambly.
I was able to spend a few last days with Heather and her family which was great. One things that the kids loved to do was text 2 of my friends and their grandfather, it was cute.
I realized the last 2 days that I was there I forgot to take pictures so here is some documentation of the fun that we had: