Fear Factor Mormon Style

For our Mutual activity on Wednesday, we put together a Fear Factor for our girls. There were six challenges for them to do. Some of them required a team effort, some two players to complete and some were individual challenges. We divided the girls into three teams of three. We were one girl short, so our beehive adviser stepped up to help out. Each team picked out their own name. I thought they were quite clever.

Purple Monkeys of Utopia

Graceful Ninja Butterflies

Super Stars

Challenge 1: Glob of Goo.
Two girls from each team had to taste six different jars of
baby food and determine what it was they were eating.

Challenge 2: Quick Hands.
The girls worked together to put together a
50 piece puzzle. The quickest team got the points.

Challenge 3: Mystery Surprise.
Two girls from each team had to drink a mixture we created.
The team that drank it the fastest got 5 points, second got 3 and
third got 1 point. However most of the teams couldn't stomach it.

We blended taco soup, blueberries, spinach, and ginger ale together.
I tasted it and it wasn't so bad, but the girls HATED it!

Kaeley was the only one who could drink it.
Way to go Kaeley!

Challenge 4: Lock and Key
One girl was locked up and another girl was blind-folded.
The blind-folded girl had to crawl down the field and dig through
a bucket of kitty-litter and tootsie rolls to find the key then make
their way back to their partner and unlock them.

Challenge 5: Pucker Up
All the girls from each team had to put a lemon in their
mouth and suck on it for one minute.

They all thought this was easy. I was surprised.
I only like lemon in lemonade with lots of sugar.

Challenge 6: The Plank
All the girls had to hold the plank yoga pose for as long as possible.
I was impressed by how long they were able to hold it.

Kristy, one of our leaders, was able to hold it the longest.

The Final Challenge: Ice Cream Scarf
This was our dessert part of the evening.The girls made a
sundae on the table with ice cream and assorted toppings.

Then they ate their sundae as fast as they could with out
using their hands. Stefanie was the winner of this challenge.

The final tally for Fear Factor. The girls had a great time and
were willing to try all of the challenges. We were so proud of them.
Next year maybe we will include the boys.

The Beauty Around Us

While out on our hikes we are always stopping to look at, and sometimes smell, the flowers we find along the way. I am in awe of the shapes and colors these flowers come in and am often quite surprised to see irises, daffodils, magnolias and other such flowers in the wild. I don't know why I would be surprised. It makes sense that they were in the wild before someone decided to sell them for people's homes. I guess I just never really gave much thought to it before seeing such gorgeous specimens on display in the woods.

This is my absolute favorite flower we found so far.
I love the orange with the red speckles.

Yellow Iris

Purple Iris

White Foxglove

Kentucky Falls

Today was another beautiful day so the family headed outside for a hike. We decided to check out Kentucky Falls this time. The neat thing about these falls is that two different water sources produce the side by side falls. This hike is 4 miles round trip and is the longest one we have taken this summer. The girls did a great job; L had to be carried about half of it, but she was a trooper. K gave me a run for my money but we both finished the trip, though we were completely exhausted by the end and M hardly broke a sweat.

A view of the valley, isn't it gorgeous?

A green pond we found on our way.
M wants to come back to camp here sometime.

A bug we found on our car.
Not sure what it is, but it was pretty big.

Upper Kentucky Falls.

Closer to the falls.

Daddy and the girls.

Lower Kentucky Falls.

North Fork Smith River Falls.

Here is a picture of both falls. Each fall is created by
a different water source. The left is N. Fork Smith River Falls
and the right is Lower Kentucky Falls.

The family in front of Lower Kentucky Falls.

A peak M thought was cool looking.

K loved this view of the valley.

Safety Town

Safety Town is a great program put on by our local police department and many sponsors that teaches pre-k children safety in many different areas. These areas include: playground, gun, stranger, railroad crossing, water, poison, bike, and walking safety. It lasts two weeks and is for 2 1/2 hours a day. K absolutely loved going. She got to drive a pedal car everyday in the safety town set up in the gym plus she got to explore a police car, a police bike, a fire truck, and a school bus. On the last day of school, the kids put on a program and received a diploma.

Here are some of the volunteers and sponsors of Safety Town.

Here is K with her class.
They were the orange shuttles.

K with Police Officer Lisa.

K with her teen, Angel.

K with her other teens, Lorenzo and Leila.

K with Courtney.

After graduation, McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog
came to see the kids. My kids were to scared to get near him.

K really liked the motorbike.

L said she wanted on, but changed her mind.

K in the front of the police car.
Maybe one day she will be a policeman.