Well I hope that you all are ready for LOADS of pictures. This is no joke! I have finally gotten around to updating the blog with my last session of EFY! Every session was great but there was just something so WONDERFUL and AMAZING about this session I can't even describe it! My girls (I had TEN) were WONDERFUL I loved everyone of them so much! Everyone got along and there was no complaining and wonderful goals that we set and accomplished. It truly was a great way to end my summer job! I can't wait until next year to do it all over!
This is Brother and Sister Knowlton. They are both from Kaysville! YAY. Brother Knowlton said that you can't take a picture of a personality so it doesn't really matter what you look like in a picture! He was a great session director and I learned so MUCH from him and his wife!
The company Shall Know! Our company name comes from the scripture John 7:17. We had a total of 30 youth. There were twenty girls and ten guys. I loved them all!
This is Jess Thayne and me Jess Whitaker! She is a great counselor! Not to mention she also has a great name. We were in the same B.C. group during session 7A and it got a little confusing so for that week I became Jessa to everyone!
The EFY Roller Coaster! During EFY sometimes you have to wait for awhile so games have been invented to keep the kids occupied! The picture above is proof of that! The youth had a great time with this one! There is also the race car and Eric D. Stokes even made up an Indiana Jones one!
Games night is always so much fun. This year we played Noah's Arc, Tree/Log/Bridge, Pioneer Trail, Tunnel Run, and of course the ever anticipated Cheer Off!
Pizza night is a great way to end games night. This is the night that true bonding takes place! There is all sorts of girl talk that goes on it is amazing what these girls have already been through and they are only between the ages of 14-15! I guess now is a good time to tell the names of my girls that way even I won't forget them. On the couches going left to right we have Kenzie, Emilee, Kelsie, Samy, Maddie, Rachel, Kacy. And on the floor we have Megan, ME, Cattie, and Ashlyn!
SERVICE we love SERVICE! This year we made hats for babies! It was loads of fun and the youth were really good at it. Well OK some struggled but at least they tried right! The rule of thumb was to keep it LOOSE!
Here we all are on the annual taking of pictures right before the banquet! It is a fun way to end the week!
The co-co's! It is always interesting to see the personalities of the counselors that you get put with. Some you enjoy others you wish would just take a hike! But it is all good! Derrick and Tina were wonderful! I love the bottom two pictures you seriously are so tired by the end of the week that all you want to do is just crash!
Here is the final Business meeting of the week! They wanted me to where my David Archuletta shirt! This shows some major hometown PRIDE! In the pictures are Sarah (she was a counselor in my b.c. group), then there is Megan Fillmore she was the coordinator for the A team, then Katie and Cara are in the bottom two pictures. Katie was my b.c. my last week and Cara was my b.c. my second week!
This is the end I told there was a lot of pictures! This picture is a true showing of just how tired one gets during EFY however you never let the YOUTH see it! This week is all about them and showing them just how wonderful the Gospel is! Do you like the dark circles under my EYES! Hope you enjoyed this!
Ok so whoever says that dreams come true at Disneyland has never been to the Salt Lake International Airport! On Thursday August 14th we were flying out to New York! While we were waiting to go through security I noticed this VERY ATTRACTIVE guy standing behind us. I could only see his profile and I did notice that he was very tall. Well all of a sudden he looked at me face on and my jaw felt to the GROUND. All I could say was ohmyitskylekorver. Yes I know that is one long word but I seriously said it without taking a breath. I was in SHOCK. I have never just seen a Jazz basketball player out and about; let alone at the airport. Well we waited for him to pass through security and then my mom asked him if we could get our picture taken with him. He said yes and then he smiled and then my heart melted like butter when left out in the car on a Arizona summer day. Ya it melted that fast. It was a great start to a great trip. I have LOADS of pictures to go through and two blogs to put them on. So... be patient and in time I will share all of the fun things that we did!
