this little thing called efy

11 weeks

2 weeks in Provo

2 glorious weeks in Nauvoo

1 week in Kirtland
 

1 week in St Peter, MN

1 week in Normal, IL-normal? I think not.

#everythingaboutthiswassketchy

 1 week in Bloomington, IN 

1 week in Cincinnati, OH

 1 week in Bowling Green, KY

1 week in Lawrence, KS

1 counselor week

10 health counselor weeks

11 session director's
1 baby

11 check in's
11 games nights
11 orientation's

5 co-counselors 

6 BC weeks
2 naps


a plethora of new vocabulary words and phrases (fiscal, torrid, #beindramacat, FSOY, fomo, etc etc,)
2 polos

 

                                                           1 worn out pair of shoes

1 health counselor bag
5 ankles wrapped
273 Advil administered
837 band-aids
2 hospital visits

7 states

8 universities
1 motelX2
7 torrid dorm beds
1 frog prince
1 birthday girl

9 gained pounds (I don't know how or why....)

9 cafeteria's (disclaimer-not all food was edible, and some was all too edible.)

 29 packages of Oreo's

905 Instagram's #efymidwest2012

6 cockroach roommates

30 ant bedmates
65 thousand lost EFY bags. Pray tell-how does that happen

20 classic efy dances

5 new line dances

47 Panera runs

568940348 ice cream cones

9 person BC Team

people trust us with their children? shhh...don't tell anyone.

12 person BC Team

2 fabulous coordinator's

3450 youth

67 counselors




937 pizzas

a few Sonic runs here and there

too much diet coke?

an incredible amount of cereal consumed

#thisisathing

1 bag of unicorn poop

1 (highly possibly more than that) don't ask what happened moments


some "COWS" if you catch my drift
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavUpD_IjVY

10 rental cars

2 free upgrades

2 speeding tickets-1 day (same person, not me) :) #constructionhappensoutsideofutahtoo?


1 car wreck-last fiscal day (my bad)

5,000 miles driven

11 business meetings #igetpaidtodothiswhat?
(If you watch any of these videos, please just watch this one. It may or may not be our pride and joy.)

"Run away from love"
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151057711213619&set=t.537145059&type=3&theater
"Arise and Shine for here at EFY"
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3585276277994&set=t.537145059&type=3&theater
9 fascinating wards #thechurchisstilltrue #hotflashesinsundayschool

11 "lock downs"
1 homemade firework show
 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151881204560387&set=t.537145059&type=3&theater
10 water contests

55 nightly meetings

33 afternoon meetings

22 afternoon counselor meetings

44 morning BC meetings

44 morning devotionals
1 mission call opening

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151114639863619&set=t.537145059&type=3&theater
1 mission call opening celebration

11 testimony meetings
45 personal goals set
17? personal goals met (it's hard, ok)
9 service activities
9 FSOY's

63 renditions of Arise and Shine Forth sung
6 chartered buses
11 slides shows
11 musical programs
11 pizza nights
11 variety show's (some serious variety, minus the John Schmidt)
11 FHE's

44 participant devotionals

55 counselor devotionals

9 missionary testimony evenings

 a hand-full of missionary moments

100's of lives changed

1000's of testimonies strengthened

too many to count hilarious, blessed, spiritual, prayerful, life changing, can't stop laughing, so funny imgonnapeemypants, can't stop eating, can't stop crying, forgot how to sleep, probably should have showered today, moments to keep us going.
 

if i did my math correctly that would account for one incredible summer.

it was hard, and oh so good.

One of my favorite girls-she reminded me of Carly

Ellie and I know how to take care of the trash

Just ice, and yes, it did hurt my head. 

girl's night out-what?!

uh....?

Carthage Jail

sheer joy

All I know is that I worked with a bunch of good lookin' people this summer.

Julie, me, Sam, Ellie :) 

if my child is half as cute as she is...

childhood flash-backs

water contest at its best

Codi in a nutshell :) 

cousin Jay at EFY in Cincinnati! 

Love. LOVE my EFY family! 

Separated at birth? 

babes. duh. 

Kirtland sunrise 5:30 am :) 

First night together-Mall of America. This is when I learned Cami Jo never has a serious face in any pictures. :) 

babes. duh. 

Kirtland sunrise 5:30 am :) 

First night together-Mall of America. This is when I learned Cami Jo never has a serious face in any pictures. :) 

yup, I think so

My favorite-our run-ins with the Amish. (Did you know that Wal-Mart has parking spots for the buggies?!)

too soon

Look at us dancin' hard...oh, wait. 

A picture's worth a thousand words...

well, as you can see I'm at the Newell K. Whitney store in Kirtland! 

#nauvoodreamteam but fo' real!

thank you to all those who allowed me (without knowing) to use their pictures from Facebook. My computer may or may not have deleted 800 pictures of mine from this summer. Yes, I wanted to cry. All day.

*disclaimer-only 93.5% of these numbers stated above may or may not be 99.7% correct*