Working with these "Corny Cooks" at Girls Camp!

This picture was taken last year!

This has been one of my highlights this summer so far! I had the privledge of working with Phyliss Mason, Debbie Harker, Launi Mahaffey, Lisa Boudilla Anita and John Farrell. These women(first three) have been the cooks for the last 18 years for Pasco Stake Girls Camp! They are the hardest workers I have ever seen!(besides my mother)
The duties of a COOK:
They plan meals for one week for 250 girls and leaders! Before camp starts....they spend an entire day buying the food. This is a lot of work! Buy it, pack it into the cars. Take it home and unpack it and organize it. I hate shopping for food. The worst thing is packing and unpacking! Then, making sure you have bought everything and enough! These women just do it like it is nothing! So, the morning we left...we had to stop again in Yakima and go shopping for more food! We got to Camp Zarahemla and unloaded everything and then organized it in the kitchen, coolers and pantry! It is alot of food! As soon as we are finished with that....we need to fix a nice dinner for 60 girls and stake leaders. The first day, I was exhausted! We arose each morning to divide meals for each wards and then cook a meal for the stake! After breakfast, you start preparing for the next two meals. After the meals are done, you prepare for the breakfast the next morning! Oh yeah, forgot to add in washing the dishes! I was dead by the end of the day!
It is hard work.....but for a good cause! Those girls need to realize and be grateful for the love Heavenly Father and the leaders have for them to enable this camp to happen! A lot of money and time spent to enrich the girls fun, learning and spiritual self!
My favorite thing about this whole experience was to be around this women and see their real selfs! I was surprised to see.... the other side of Phyliss Mason. She is the funniest person I have ever met! She is a blast! When you get these three women together they bring up jokes on each other from all the 18 camps before! I haven't laughed this much in a long time!
At this girls camp each ward does a "Ditty"(a cute chant or song) every morning! The cooks, stake leaders and the Manley Men(priesthood) also do one! That is one of the highlights about camp! Some of the wards come up with clever "ditties"! We sang "I can bring home the bacon..." while we were swirling our apron strings and holding a frying pan! We also sang a song about "Corny Cooks" to the Brady Bunch theme during the Tent Mom luncheon. I left a day early...and the cooks skit will include them riding on skooters while singing "Can't rollerskooter in a buffalo herd" I wish I could've been there to do it with them!
I hope to go again.....and bring Ms. Molly along with me! Even though it was hard work....it was worth it! Lots of fun!
(The reason why I had to leave early was to hold my husbands hand while getting a little procedure done...to prevent anymore "Hatchlings". It went well! We have been laying aroung watching movies all day!)

Oh, What do you do in the summer time, when all the world is June?

DISCLAIMER: JOURNAL ENTRY!!! VERY LONG!
Katlyns' new haircut! Cute!

A lot happens in June at our house! Summer begins!
WE love:
rubber flipflops
mowing lawns
swim lessons
sun burns
friends
trimming our 25 rose bushes
swimming in our 12ftX3ft pool
frequent local parks
summer reading
summer chores(08 chore: painting the fence, painting a few rooms)
boys get a buzz
camping
trips to Utah
BBQ's
Dylan's birthday! Welcome to teenagehood!! Big 13! June 20th, 1995

Dear Dylan,
I love you, my Dylan! Sometime I wonder where you came from? You are too good! You remind me of a good mix of my Dad, my brother Gary and ofcourse, your Dad! You have always had an old soul! You are so kind and considerate to others! You are a great student! YOu are a great leader! I love how you stand tall and won't back down! YOu love your siblings....even though you pick on them....but thats' what a big brother is suppose to do! YOu are very responsible! I have really never had to doubt you! People ask what I have done.......nothing? YOu came that way? YOu take good care of me....you can read me! I love it when you hug me, pinch my chubby arms and give me Eskimo kisses! You stand taller than me now.....where has time gone? I remember when you were born...all you wanted to do was eat every two hours! You were a pig! Big baby, 8lbs 7 ounces! Good baby though! I just had very sore "fluffs"! Ouchhh! You grew into a sweet little dude! Always had to have your blankie and baba! That blankie was silky like my undies. You rubbed it to shreds! You always had to have a ball cap on too! YOu loved Daddy and uncles! You loved to go to Grandpa's farm! I remember when Grandma Rose said "he is all boy!" When we moved to Spokane you were three and wore your Spiderman suit every day and night until it rotted off of you! YOu always played superheros of some sort! A funny thing about you.....When you got nervous you threw up! I remember the first day of kindergarten......couldn't eat breakfast...but I taught you the breathing trick! Didn't you just get over the throwing up thing just last year! Thank goodness there were trash cans at middle school! Just kidding! Now, you hold the priesthood....what an honor! I am proud of you! Stay strong and worthy!
I love you, my Dylan....I am so glad you are mine! I am the lucky one! Happy Birthday!
Love, Mom
My moms' birthday! June 23rd, 19.. and
Mom and Dad were married June 25th, 1965 SLC Temple
Dear Mom,
You are almost done with your mission! You can do it! I know this is wearing you and Dad out...but the Lord will bless you, for building up His kingdom! I am so proud of you! You have been great on this mission! Everytime I call the mission office you sound so professional! You have been a great representative for His church!
You know why I gave Katlyn her name? Because I remember when I was a child and I asked if you had a nickname as a child? You told me your Dad called you "Katie"! I loved that name and wanted to name my girl,"Katie"!!! The great thing about naming her Katlyn...her nickname is "Katie"....and the amazing thing is she looks and acts like you! I can't be close to you....but I can have a reminder everyday.
I love you and hope that my Katie will be like you. You are a strong woman. In everything you do and say. Your mother did a great job at teaching you how to live in the crazy world we live in. You taught me that too. Katie and I share the same looking hands. You and I share the same looking hands. You and your mother share the same looking hands. We all can look at our hands and know that we all have someone that cares for each other....US! And, we can all hope that our hands are doing good!
I Love you Mom!
Love, Kris
Our anniversary....June 24th, 1994 SLC Temple
Dear Shane,
Ahhhh, what a life, I have had with you! I found my true love! And that is you!! I am glad we have made it these last 14 years! It has been wonderful! You know, marriage is what you make of it! We have had our differences....except, no one has ever had a black eye, slept on the couch, or left to mom's!!! We have ironed out our differences and have made it through 14 years of triumphs and tears! In fact, I am proud of us for doing it by ourselves! It helps, when we honor our covenants and you honor your priesthood! We both went to college, you got your own job and we bought our own house! We have never lived by family! Couldn't rely on Grandma or Grandpa! We have done it all....with each other! We have had great ward families and friends that have shared our 14 years of memories! Recently you have reminded me what a great cook you are! Sometimes you cook more than me in a week! I will let you, too! Thanks honey.....I still don't cook the rice all the way through! You are so patient with me, while I am always helping others and working! We have created three wonderful children! You are a great father! You teach these kids great skills of life! I couldn't have asked for more! I look forward to lots more years together of love and laughter and tears! You are still my tall,dark,handsome cowboy from Scipio! I love you! Let's meet in Montana sometime soon!
Love, Tritan

Something I found on Youtube!! Funny!

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN Dance.......Who is your fav.?

Casey and Joshua are da best!!!! Love this dance!




*I love Karrington and Thayne and William!
*Looks like we have another Mormon boy competing! Way to go Thayne! He is so darn cute and a great performer! I can't believe that he only started dancing at 21 years of age!
*Who do you like so far?

Can you tell I'm bored!

Try this quiz out! It is fun!

After Graduation.....more time to blog and reflect!

Graduation went great! Karen mentioned all the details! Food was out of this world, cakes so cute, kids looked darling in thier hats, songs went great, kids did the decorations and colored the programs! Everything went smoothly...expect too crowded! I am glad everyone came....I just need to find a place big enough for next year! I was told by a past Bishop that I could not have non-affillated functions held in the church? After going to my best friends preschool graduation...(she held hers' in the gym at the church)with all that space. I'm thinking, I will just plan on having mine there next year! Does anyone have any information regarding that specfic rule?
The children did an excellant job on their songs! They had musical instruments with one of them...they didn't chuck them across the room or rattle them to much.... and it went so well!
I will miss these sweet children! I had to swallow hard to hold back the tears! They are all so smart and ready to move on! I am very proud of them! Not only did they learn the basic academics...they learned how to behave in a classroom setting!
This is the first song they sang:(cute lyrics)
"Welcome, welcome everyone
to our celebration!
We are proud of this day for it's our graduation!
Friends and family here us roar,
for our work is done!
Next year we will all go off
to Kindergarten!!!!"
Second song was "Zoo Phonics" and Third song was "Smile"



This is the person I am going to miss the most!
MS. Stacia!! She is a remarkable person! I have never met someone that can come up with a solution to any problem! She is very creative and organized! I loved it when she would surprise me and organize one of my drawers or shelves!(That is not my talent...I throw things in drawers)We worked together every weekday and got to know each other very well! I think she could read my mind most of the time! We could just look at each other and know what we were thinking....especially when some child would say something funny or when they had a freak out! We handled the children pretty well! She was always there when I needed her advice and opinion! I am still gonna call her all the time!
She loved the kids so much! They will miss her! I will miss her! I told her she is still coming once in awhile to check up on me to organize my drawers...etc! Her and Kelly had an amazing way of wording things and putting forms together! They made a slide show for the graduation! It was like frosting on the cake! So fitting for the end of the year! I have watched it ten times already! I'm gonna have to hire Kelly and Stacia every year to make me one of those!
"Ms. Stacia you putty!!"
I wish you the best in this venture that you are starting again! Remember to conitue to be patient....Have hope....know that Heavenly Father loves you and knows what you are feeling! I will keep on praying for you and your body to function properly! Rest, relax and think baby makin' thoughts! You wish it could be that easy! I love you and I apprieciate everything that you have taught me! It was a priviledge to get to know you even more this past year! I know you are going to have withdrawls from all for the silly preschool songs and my gorgeous loud singing! Come over and join us some mornings! Love you! Stay in touch!
Love , Ms. Kristen