4th of July

We started the day off with helping my mom get ready for a small little party at our house. Then at 2 headed out to The Calls house. This place was GREAT. They live up in the Saratoga/Los Gatos 'Hills' and you know...rich. Lets just say that. But The Calls are SO very nice. They open there house up to the YSA all of the time! They have a HUGE back yard. We set up a volleyball court and they provide us a pool, tree house, swings, a tennis court, bathrooms and lots of sitting room. The YSA provided LOTS of food and goodies.

Hana and I started off with swinging on the swing. It was home made hanging from a huge tree. 

After Swimming we watched the boys do flips..and belly flops. Some were REALLY good.

After the party we headed home to have a good ol' California snow ball fight.

The after results. I had about 3 cups of flour poured on me. It was GREAT!

Then we ended the night watching fireworks in a dead grass field. I loved the fireworks. One of the best shows I have seen.

The 4th of July is my favorite holiday. I do not know why it is my favorite. It just always has been. I love the smell of barbecue and the fresh cut grass. The 4th is always a party celebrating freedom and happiness. Plus you get to spend it with friends and family.

DONE

I did it. You all should be SO proud. It was really hard and I was WICKED nervous. I decided after the fact that I rather give another speech in my 6th grade class then do this ever again.
Well I am not nannying anymore. Donna, the mom was treating me like a worthless piece of crap and I am not exaggerating when I say that. She would yell at me ALL the time. Anything I ever did was NEVER enough. I could do 90549543934 things right but if I did one wrong she was PISSED at me. So I quit last night. I would not recommend that job to anyone ever. Even if I hated the person, they even deserve better.
After she paid me for the last 2 weeks I said 'So I have been thinking a lot and praying (lots and lots of praying) and then thinking some more. I am not happy working here, So I am quitting. I tried to make it work for the kids. But it is not working.' Then SHE had the guts to say 'We are not happy either. But you cannot just quit, you have to give us notice, so 2 more weeks.' I said 'That's fine' And walked out.
When I got into the car I got to thinking YOU are not happy? I do EVERYTHING for you. I take all the crap YOU dish me and do not say anything back. If for reals this is truth that she is not happy with me, she will not be happy with anyone. She needs a reality check. This is NOT Texas or London. She just moved here with 4 young children. She needs help and she should be thankful for what she has.
I have decided that some people will never be happy no matter what you do for them. I have been too nice. It is time I watch out for myself and not others. If she is rude to me these next 2 weeks I am gone and not coming back. She needs my help. I do not need her or her money so she can just keep it. It has been hard enough just getting my bum out of bed this last week.
So I guess I am looking for a new job. I am not ready to hurry into one. I want to go to the beach about one hundred million times before I start up work again. But by the time school starts in August I would be okay if I had a job. We will see what happens though. I will keep you in check, do not worry.

Girls Camp

Wrinkle in Time was the name

Who knew that I would be old enough to be a girls camp counselor. Well surprise, I am. Megan and I were co-counselors of the second years. It was a great week all in all.  

Monday Started out with helping set up 4 tents for our girls. Then as soon as we finished doing that we garbed our already packed lunches and headed off for our hike. Megan gets blisters really easily and one of the girls has knee problems so they got to stay back at camp to help set up. The hikers drove a couple of miles down the road to hike up Eagle Rock. This hike was hard. The beginning was good. All down hill and even some walking on paved roads for a wee bit. But the end HOLY COW. That was like a WORK OUT. It would have honestly not even been that bad. But, I think when you are told that you are almost to the top of this huge hill that it is legit just around the corner, I think, 'heck yes!' and exert all my energy to get to the top faster. Then 30 plus minutes later you reach the top, it is not that great. That is why I call it the devils hike. It was horrible. 

Top of Eagles Rock.

The rest of the night was filled with the girls going to crafts and eating dinner then a slumber party where they got to paint nails and color there hair with chalk. It was just great fun. 

The rest of the week was pretty much the same. You know we got the winner group where at least 3-4 girls were late to EVERYTHING. That is not even a joke. They were legit late to EVERYTHING. No matter if they had to just walk(aka walking slower then the aunts) to somewhere to get there on time, they were LATE. If we gave them a 10 minute warning they were still late. It was really frustrating. Also these girls complained about everything. They always gave you attitude no matter how nice you were trying to be. The other 6 girls were gems. I really loved them.

The rest of the week was filled with games, certification, first aid, capers, laughing, free time, eating really good food, service, fun activities, tears at testimony meeting, C.O.P.E.S course and a lot more laughing.

Our table and our Jc Toshie who is SO awesome. 

Leap of Faith

 100 years of  girls camp

lunch before copes

President Knudson on leap of faith

Service

First Aid Games

So so so funny