Challenge Accepted

Girls Camp is just two weeks away. A lot of planning and prep work still needs to get done. I'm so excited to spend a week with some amazing YW  and fantastic leaders. I'm probably biased but our camp is better than anyone else's. And we're combining stakes this year so that makes us double better.
Our YCLs this year have totally stepped up and taken on more responsibility and I'm so proud of them. I remember a few of them when they were just little 12 year olds coming to camp for the first time. They've grown up so much and are pretty much running the show now. They're amazing.
Last night at our YCL sleepover the girls were issued a challenge for the next fifteen days until camp.
1. Tell themselves every day that they are a daughter of Heavenly Father who loves them.
2. Read their scriptures every day. Even if its just one verse.
3. Pray for inspiration to know how to help the other girls at camp
4. Cut out technology that's not uplifting. Turn off the TV or Facebook or certain music that keeps the Spirit from their home.
5. Show kindness to someone every day, as well as taking note of how someone is kind to them.
At camp, they'll share their experiences from this challenge with the other girls.
When we were talking about this challenge, one girl mentioned how much better our lives would be if everyone accepted this challenge every single day for forever. How much happier we would be, and grateful, and more joyful.
During the sleepover last night, I didn't see any of the YW using their phones for anything other than taking pictures. They put them away and were talking and laughing and mentioned more than once that they love camp because they're cut off from the rest of the world. (Really that's by force because there's no service up there....but still.....)
These girls are great, and they make me want to be a better person and a better example to those around me. I'm thrilled that I get to be apart of this experience with them.

Note to self:

You deleted all the photos accidentally. You don't know how or when you deleted them-but they're gone. Don't spend a million hours trying to get them back or re-uploading them. You checked your computer and they all seem to be there but you don't understand google enough to fix this. It's okay. You're still very smart and somewhat technologically savvy (even though it took you a few tries to spell 'technologically'. That's okay too. You're just not a great speller. Remember in the sixth grade spelling bee you got out on the word 'congratulations' because you couldn't remember if it was congraTulations or congraDulations?)
Anyway, the point is- the photos are gone. Whatever. Your old posts will just look boring with no photos. Also this one because you don't have any pictures to share today. Next time.

Also, your hair looked really good today. Good Job!

Today

Today was a good day. I didn't have to go to work. But that's not why it was a good day. 

I woke up, drew a little, organized my dresser, had a newborn photoshoot (where I literally sweat out 10 lbs all over their house. It was gross. And I want to publicly apologize to them and to anyone else I've ever sweat in front of. It's not pretty and I don't know why I was because it's not like I was running a marathon or anything.) edited said photos, and made lunch (where I also sweat some more because my house is blazing hot and turning on the oven made it almost unbearable) for me and my friends at work tomorrow. Last week I brought in the pot pie that I made, and they've requested it again. This time I made one that was lactose free-which I was skeptical of tasting good but it DOES. It's delicious. Instead of the cream of mushroom and sour cream and milk I use for the gravy stuff, I blended up some sautéed onions, oil, cashews and chicken stock. I'm hooked. And I'm not even a fan of pot pie. In fact...they kinda gross me out. But I'm excited to share this meal with them. 

So it was a good day. 

Tomorrow will be a good day too.