EFY!

I (Hanna) recently had the opportunity to attend an EFY program in flagstaff a few weeks ago, and i had so much fun! I think I pretty much had the funnest company ever! Oh, a company typically consists of 10 girls, 10 boys and a girl and guy counselor to keep us all in line :) Everyone was so nice and we had such a great time hanging out with each other.

This is my whole company, sitting in front of the dorm rooms we stayed in.
This is my awesome counselor Kacie. We needed the guys to have ties in our company cheer so Kacie got nominated official tie holder :)

Pizza Night! This is my wonderful roommate (aka my awesome cousin/bff Kylee) and me scarfing down pizza. YUM!

The girls! We're so funny :)

Sunday dress day

Part of my company hanging out during free time.

These boys were so funny :)

My counselors, James and Kacie. look, they match and they didn't even plan it :)

Yes, Kylee was supposed to be reading her scriptures too...

My whole company getting ready to go to the last dance.

Well, that's about it. I had so much fun at EFY and I'm super glad i was able to go. Thanks Mom and Dad for letting me abandon everyone for a whole week :)

Las Vegas Family

This month we made a trip to Las Vegas to visit Dan's family. He has his mom, two sisters (Marianne and Carolyn) and one brother, John, who all live there. His brother, Ron, from Utah also came to visit while we were there. Dan got to play golf two days in a row with his favorite brothers. We also had lots of fun playing at John's house with all his cute kids.

Zanya is learning how to swim.

Samantha and Gracie

Chandler and Parker: the boys

All the girls. John and Stephanie have one boy and 3 girls so when we get together the boys are WAY outnumbered!

Dan was worn out from all the golf. Yes, he is asleep here, ha ha

Thanks to John and Stephanie for their hospitality and making us feel so welcome. It was great to see everyone!

High Adventure

Our ward's young men went to Sprucedale Ranch for their high adventure trip this year. Chandler rode horses, went swimming, camped, chopped wood, played horseshoes, and even went to a dance. I love our ward and our young men leaders are awesome, Chandler had a great time.

Locks of Love

Well, it's time again. Hanna, Danica, Maranda and Andria have all donated 10 inches of hair to Locks of Love (a company that makes wigs for children who have lost all their hair due to medical reasons). Andria had grown 10 inches and was ready to cut it off and donate it again. I think it has only been a couple of years, that is some fast growing hair! We like the short hair on Andria, it suits her bouncy, bubbly personality.
Stay tuned, Maranda is next.

Ballerinas

Hanna and Samantha take ballet from the same teacher so a few weeks ago, they had a recital. It was the same week as girls camp so we drove to girls camp and picked up Hanna so she could be in the recital then she went back that evening with some friends of ours.

Samantha's song was Heigh Ho from Snow White. It was so cute and Sam had so much fun.

(My camera can't seem to take a picture that isn't dark or fuzzy. Are there any tips for taking pictures of people on stage? Besides buying a better camera, that is)

Hanna danced a solo to Reflection from Mulan

And a group dance to Aladdin

Girls Camp

Hey everybody, this is Hanna here. I just recently got back from girls camp, and decided that I wanted to share my little camp experience with everyone, so i got the ok from mom to blog. So, here goes...

This year, was my fourth year of girls camp; therefore, I was a fourth year. Usually, fourth years get to go on a backpacking hike and do various other fun activities, such as swimming in a lake, canoeing, and sleeping in tents. But, this year, I am sorry to say, was absolutely insane! If you know any 15 year old girls in the Mt. View stake ask them about it, I'm sure they'd love to complain, I mean tell you about our experience... But, alas, I don't have nearly enough time to explain the whole story. So, to make my long story short, I've created a list of the top 10 worst things that we endured through on our lovely hike.

10. We hiked in a cloud. Thus, causing it to rain and pour the whole day and night.
9. We had to carry 20 pound backpacks plus the weight of soggy clothes, sleeping bags, and food.
8. Wearing oh so lovely ponchos. (I’m sad to say that I didn’t get a picture of us wearing our attractive ponchos… oh well.)
7. Waiting over 2 hours for all the girls and leaders to finish repelling.
6. Slipping and falling (yes, this includes me) on wet rocks.
5. Listening to constant complaints from the girls (no, this didn't include me)
4. Having to stop in a random spot on the trial to set up camp, while it was still raining and dark. (Luckily Me+ 5 helpful girlies = a tent set up in under 5 minutes. That’s pretty Impressive for us girls :)
3. Not having enough time or energy to make dinner that night AND breakfast the next
morning.
2. Having to pee in the woods. That was an interesting experience...
1. Sleeping in a puddle of water, next to five other girls, in a three man tent, on top of rocks merely covered by a thin sleeping bag, wearing only a semi-dry tee shirt and our undies.

Good times. Good times.

Ok, ok, i can’t just mention all the horribly bad occurrences that happened on our hike, that would be unfair. So here are the top 5 best things that made our hike bearable.

5. Seeing all the different girls come together and help one another through the hike. I was seriously surprised by how kind and caring we were to help each other through the mountain.
Example:
Brooke: Here Hanna grab my hand, this parts slippery. ok, step on this rock, now jump.
Hanna: Thanks Brooke! (turns around) ok Sabrina grab my hand it's a bit slippery. Step, and jump.
Etc. it was like a chain reaction and totally nice.
4. Hearing Bro. P yodel. This was totally amazing, and he said it's hereditary so I’ll have to ask Josh about it. :)
3. Having an amazing story to tell for years to come.
2. We were all able to gain stronger testimonies after our hiking experience because we knew that Heavenly Father was watching us the whole time
1. Being blessed with the most amazing leaders, (Bro. and Sis. Brewer and Bro. and Sis. Peterson) who I swear could do anything. I am so grateful for them and their positive attitudes which helped us keep going and finish the hike.


Well, now that that’s done, Picture Time!

Kathryn and Hanna. Notice our smiling faces BEFORE we began our hike.

Foggy mountain

When we finally made it back to our camp we all just crashed in our cabbins. This is the lovely Jenna VanLueven writing in her journal, she was so awesome.

Sunday! Ok, it is so hard trying to camp in a skirt! Ahh

One of our daily events, riding in the back of a tuck to the main camp to attend classes with the rest of our stake.

Hanna Evans and Sharol Evans :)

No, we're not related... I think.

Smile cute little teenagers!

UGH!!! You guys ruined the picture! let's try this again... Smile!

Awww! That's better, how cute :)

Crandalls and Evans. Love you guys!

Sistas! (Dani wouldn't smile so i had to attack her. It worked :)

Jenna, Catie, and Clara making cards for our service project. I just love their camping hair do's :)

Day dreamers! Corina and me

Another daily occurance, hanging out in the eating area... eating food

Chin contest. I think Corina won. Girls are wierd :)

Our Fabulous leaders! Sorry for the blury picture, they were dancing.

WOW Bro. P!

Ha ha we slept in the kitchen :) Hey, every where else was cold :)

This is Aly and squishy on the bus ride home. Fun!

Well, that's all i have time for so, if you have any questions fell free to ask :)

Ok, yes I had a birthday

You can see, Hanna has a sense of humor.