Evacuated from Girl's Camp.

I went to Girl's Camp this week and left my baby for the first time overnight. I totally thought I would be a wreck while I was gone, but surprisingly, it was no big deal. Leo's mom came down and stayed at our house Tuesday & Wednesday and I think they probably just partied it up while I was gone. When I finally got in the car to come home, I got teary eyed and was ready to hold him, though.

I left Tuesday morning around 8. We were camping in tents up in the mountains. There have been several forest fires in the last week or 2 and so we knew there was a possibility of getting evacuated. Well, we did. On Wednesday morning, we received notice that a nearby fire was getting close and winds were predicted to change so our sweet girls had to pack everything back up and finish out the week in the Stake center.

It was quite the experience. There was never any real danger, but we could see huge amounts of smoke coming over the mountain and by Thursday, the smoke had made it to Provo. Yesterday, Jackson tried to play outside but the smoke made my eyes burn.

I think the funniest part was the fact that we had 150 girls to relocate and since they drove up on buses to girls camp, we had a tricky time figuring out how to get them out of there. They finally got buses to come but it's a 90 minute drive, so it was a lot of waiting. Local sheriffs said we had to get them out of the canyon and down to the nearby state park to wait for the buses. Since most of the leaders' cars were full to the brim with camping gear, we only had our front seats open. So literally, we had to shove 2-3 girls in the front seat and drive 15 minutes north, drop them off, then drive 15 minutes back and pick up a few more girls. It was pretty funny.

Goodness, though, I love girl's camp. I do wish we could've stayed in the mountains because it was just beautiful. I'm so impressed with these teenage ladies that are amazing. They really are good examples to me.

Of course, I don't have pictures. I didn't take up my ghetto camera because I knew there would be lots of people taking pictures. If I get a hold of any of them, I'll put them on here. Our ward's color was orange and we got these gorgeous neon orange construction vests and bandanas to wear. Strangers actually came up to us during the evacuation, thinking we were official... Good times.