Because of Covid, our Stake decided to go against their norm and do Ward camp this year. That meant camp was just for the young women in our congregation rather then the 8 congregations combined that usually go together. So instead of going to a large scale camp ground with hundreds of girls, the Klein ward girls camp was at an Air bnb in San Marcos with 24 girls. I am not currently a young women’s leader but I was able to go to camp to make it possible for Riley to go to camp. So all three Kikuchi girls got to go party on the River with a bunch of awesome girls for 4 days.
The theme was “Oh the places you’ll go” and the committee of girls that planned this camp did a phenomenal job. From the darling matching t-shirts, to the great meals and from the big variety of activities to the great River front house we stayed in they really did great! Riley and I had our own room with comfy beds and Keagan was just on the other side of the bathroom in a quaint little bunk room with her friends Kaylee, Lilly and Sarah. Since we don’t do sleepovers besides cousins, Keagan was in heaven and didn’t sleep much. Well all of us didn’t really sleep much but Keagan took it to the next level staying up til at least 2am every night and still being up by 7am every morning.
Our days were full of activities including archery, self defense, first aide, family history, pottery painting, seed planting, crown oragami, skits, a spa night, a glow in the dark dance party, a hike, water balloon volleyball, s’mores, camp songs, games, journal making, scripture time, cookie decorating, ping pong, Buc-cream’s, great meals plus homemade peach cobbler and homemade ice cream from the Bishop, pool table, hot tub and lots of time on the San Marcos River mostly kayaking, tubing and paddle boarding. Yep we packed that all in and more! Oh and don’t forget the devotionals, the prayers and the powerful and memorable testimony meeting on the last night of camp. That testimony meeting will always have a very special place in my heart as I was so thankful to be there around the camp fire for both Keagan and Riley’s sweet but strong individual testimonies that brought both of them and me to tears.
Even with all those activities I think the highlights of camp for both Keagan and Riley was the bonding and getting closer with other girls. Keagan cherished the one day Claire was able to come up for the day and hanging with her roommates late. But she also really loved getting closer with some of the older girls like Courtney and Rachel spending time in their rooms chatting, doing tic tocks and having time on the River. Riley’s very favorite part of camp was the last night after testimony meeting where Sarah, Lilly and Jacee played hide and seek with her only to let Riley find them and laugh each time. All the girls were SO sweet to Riley and she got lots of love and attention all week. Grace was especially sweet and helpful! Both girls also absolutely loved giving and receiving their secret sister gifts!
My favorite parts were watching my girls have such a fantastic time, being with all those girls that I love again, being with the other leaders Sister Smith and Sister Hoff (and Chelsea for one day) who are such incredible women, and Riley and I’s accidental nap after breakfast on day 3!
Now I’m about to load a ridiculous amount of pictures I took but none of them do girls camp 2021 justice. It was magical and will be cherished forever! “Oh the places you’ll go” is absolutely right and we will take these sweet memories with us!
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