Youth Conference

2 weeks ago we had our Ward Youth Conference. Friday we drove to Vernal and had a little devotional outside the Temple then headed to a meadow another hour away for lunch and to play games. We then went to the lake and skipped rocks and just played around for a little bit. Then we continued on our drive over the Flaming Gorge Dam towards our campsite. We spent the evening just hanging out as a ward and having a blast. We split into tents for the night and my friends and I stayed up talking for the longest time, when we finally went to sleep the next thing we realized was our leaders waking us up to pack up, eat breakfast and hit the road. We drove over near the Dam where we picked up some rafts and we rafted down the river twice. The second time not all the leaders wanted to go again, so my raft was without a leader. It was all but 2 of the guys, me, Casey, Nina, Ali, and Emily. It was fun, except for the part where all the guys wanted to hit every single rock they could see. We got stuck a couple of times and almost flipped over in the middle of a rapid. When we were finished we ate some dinner (left over sandwiches from lunch) and started the drive home. We made a couple of stops at gas stations so we could stretch and what not, and finally made it home a little after ten. We were all very tired but it was so much fun!
Eric, Nina, Emily, and Andrea at the Vernal Temple
Erin at the Vernal Temple
Erin and Nina at the meadow where we at lunch and played games
Liz, Eric, and Kim. It was Eric's Birthday that Friday so this was his Birthday picture
Caitlin drawing on the table cloth. It is tradition in our ward that we have plastic table cloths so we can draw on them with sharpies :)
There were a bunch of antelope right next to our campsite
Nina, Kim, and Emily were surprised at how close the antelope were
The sunset was so Beautiful!
There were so many fire ants and we kept getting bit by them. Nina got the worse bite on her leg
Nina on our way to the river to go rafting