girls' camp top ten countdown

 10. chillin at the pool with jacqueline the lifesaver

9. standing at the foot of the girls beds at lights out 

being an enforcer, then army crawlin out so

 they don't realize you're gone

8. living by the "if it's yellow let it mellow, 

if it's brown flush it down" rule

7. elijah's story of "go up thou bald head", 

performed by the visiting priesthood leaders

6. the funniest, coolest girls around... 

aka the sleep sisters

5. learning how to short sheet a bed

4. listening to sister webb teach

3. singing walk tall you're a daughter of God

2. sharin bunk beds with two of my sister in laws 

(we were called sistah lahtinen, sistah lahtinen, and the sistah formerly known as lahtinen)

1. the spiritual hike. we walked around the lake stopping to listen to the youth camp leaders who were dressed up as strong women from the scriptures (the ten virgins, mary, mothers of the stripling warriors and esther). it was amazing.