Trek

This is me at 4 am.. :D Getting ready for the Trek was no easy task... FOR MOM!!! :D I didnt do much except pack my bags.. Mom had the fun job of makin apron and my bloomers. :D

These are just a few of the Castlegate Girls. We were all ready for this event, with bright eyes and smiles. There wasn't one thing that was going to stop us from going.

The bonfire was just one in many small fun things we got to experince. There is nothing i loved more than bein in my family. I was part of the Wilkins family. I had 4 Brothers and 2 Sisters. We became very good friends with the other families from carts 8 and 10.

The trek was one of the most amazing spiritual events I've had, I enjoyed the feeling of the spirit, family and friends.

The food was amazing and I never went hungry

Thanks to our amazing cooks!

AZ FFA State Leadership Conference

The week was full of fun, friends, and learning. There was so much we got to do with the AZ State FFA. I'm so excited to serve as teh Q.C. Chapter President. It is going to be such an amazing year and this is just a small view of what is to come. :D

These are almost all the girls that went, Shelby went back to the hotel because she wasn't feeling well. The pic was before the dance on Friday night, I know we all look great right? Well we had to do all this while we were riding the bus, which was small, cramped and VERY HOT! Most of the girls had bought shirts that had to do with FFA and we decided that instead of wearing shirts we brought from home we would wear the shirts we bought. We looked way good :D The dance was tons of fun, guys asked us all to dance and the DJ was really good about giving us a whole bunch of different varieties of music. From Country to Rap and Line dances to slow or 2 stepping songs. I know the girls were able to get out and meet tons of people. So did our guys, who after a while got the courage up to go and ask other girls to dance. Yay boys! The Friday dance def. trumped the Thursday dance. Even if is was more cramped and hot. It was def. worth it all. :D

Now I know this is a crazy pic, and I'm entitled to have many. :D Lynsey and I have to have Starbucks at least once for every FFA event we go to. We don't get coffee or anything. Just a Double Chocolate Chip, its like frozen chocolate milk. MMMMmmm. It all started when we went to Convention to Indy together in 2007.

Shelby, Destenie & Chelsea posed for me before our San Tan District Meeting started. Yes it was early but we all got up and lookin good on time. Even though i was the last one out the door. I just wanted to make sure I didnt forget anything.

Tonna and I were getting ready for bed on Thursday night when i took this. It was about 1 A.M. and we had to get up at 5 A.M. so we could leave by 6:30 To get to a workshop at another hotel before our 2nd Conference session. I didn't know it would be so hard to get up after dancing all night.

It was super tough!

This is the group of girls from my chapter that went with me to lunch at Gentle Bens Brewery on University Drive at U of A. It was so much fun getting to know each girl better, they're all fun, full of life and will keep me on my toes this year for sure.

From L to R : Chelsea, Destenie, Me, Lynsey, Shelby & Shayla.

Just the week after being up North for Girls Camp in Strawberry, AZ. I headed South to Tucson, AZ. for our FFA State Leadership Conference. It was so much fun. We had about 18 Q.C. Chapter members which is the most that has ever come in the past 3 years. It was super duper fun! As the Chapters President I felt a huge pride that so many other members want to come and participate in this event.

Girls Camp

Before our Spiritual Testimony meeting, Sis. Moser had a suprise for Bro. Rimmasch & Bishop Oakes. They had to put on panyhose and they were blind folded. It was absolutely HILARIOUS! After out testimony meeting we had the 4th years take the 1st years out Snipe hunting. It was so much fun taking them around the hill behind the house and having them look for the "Snipes" I'll never forget how i scared them with an alien mask i had. :D

We all went on a hike. It was supposed to be this long one, but we all were such dedicated hikers it only took a couple of hours. We had a good time even though we were hot, sweaty, and getting eaten by gnats. The shower at the end of the hike was a good incentive. :D

When the other girls arrived on Wednesday, the 4th years and I were waiting. With flower headbands.

I was the 4th years YCL so I got to go up one day early with Sis. & Bro. Moser, Eliscia, Ashley, Camylle & Amanda. We got the chance to go horse back riding. All the girls we able to get on. 2 of them were VERY scared, but they overcame their fears and got on, if only for a few minutes. It was amazing. We all got the chance to open up and not be so shy.