I spent this last week as the Girls Camp cook.Most of the time I only prepared meals for the stake leaders and YCLs (about 15 people). But I also made lunches for our hikers each day, which meant I spent a lot of time putting things into snack bags.
Behold, 35 bags of wonder.
We had a really hard time getting a fire going all weekend because of the intense humidity and a lack of kindling. This is me feeling a little concerned about not having hot coals since I had 15 hungry people waiting for their foil baked potatoes to heat up. To my benefit, we have a heavy Latin American influence in our stake and those sisters are masters of hospitality and good eating. When my dinners didn't go as well as planned, no one went hungry.This is Amelia, the camp director.
Every one thought Amelia and I were sisters, but we don't look alike. The girls also thought I was only about 20 years old. Ha.
In addition to cooking, I taught the girls how to make no-bake cookies. I forgot to buy enough butter so I had to "invent" a new version with peanut butter.
Behold my creation!
Now the picture below is not so appetizing, though it's got a similar composition to my chocolate camping cookies. This is a Costco-sized juice bottle full of the grease that ran off the 20lbs of hamburger I cooked for our taco buffet.
I had been waiting since camp started for a ride to the store so we could get food supplies to last the rest of the week. When some girls refused to go on their hike, I was finally handed keys and told to go get food so we could put them to work.
I got to DRIVE.
Here I am in line at walmart. I got so much food I had to purchase and unload a cartful and then come back for more.
In the end, I have to say I had a lot of fun at girls camp, though I had no idea how much work it is to be a leader. As a girl, I thought I was worn out and I got three hours of free time. As a leader, you're the first one up, the last one to bed and working all day long. And it's totally worth it when you here the girls say they know they're Heavenly Father loves them.
I figure that at Eric's and my current rate of production, food preparation alone will soon become a full-time job for me. You make it look pretty fun, especially with your cheerful excitement for a trip to Wally's. Way to be, Leah.
ReplyDeleteP.S. You're even cuter now than you were when you were 20. And that's cute.
Looks like fun! That's awesome you got to see the leader side of the experience!!
ReplyDeleteEven though you cooked for those gaggles of gorgeous giggly girls, your devilishly handsome husband and his brother nearly starved to death as a result...
ReplyDeleteGlad you made it home safely so that I could spend a little time with my all-time favorite sister-in-law.
I would have loved to have you as my Girls' Camp leader. I would have hated to have me as my Girls' Camp leader. Besides being generally hard-labor-averse, I am only lukewarm on the camping concept.
ReplyDeleteWhere were you camping that you could trip down to the store in the middle of roughing it? :)
It was New York camping. Area where the camp ground was probably looks like the neighborhoods some of you live in. There were homes across the main road, we were about 20 minutes out of the center of a small town. It was about the size of my uncle Jeff's backyard.
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