MAD RETREAT!!

This week Madrigals went up to Bear lake for our retreat, and it was probably one of the best weeks ive had!!

day 1: Today Nathan comes home from Missouri where he has been all summer, and so i will see him in a week!:) When we first got to bear lake, we went to Blooming ton lake which was a blast! and i loved the rope swing! that was super fun! we got back to the cabin and played "Battle of the sections" that was such a party! i haven't laughed that hard in a long time!:) there were lot of activities like putting shaving cream all over someones face and seeing home many cheerios we could throw and make stick. haha! Another was the sock battle, and Hattie Ann and Rylan were the best!! Then the life savor, bubble blowing, balloon, and others games like that! it was SO fun!! Altos won!! And Sopranos...didnt get one point...haha:)
Tonight we had a deep talk with Mrs Biglar and everyone and got to know everyone a little better and that was cool! today the girls really bonded together, with each other and also with tanners pillow. haha! we created a big circle of all our heads on it. because it was just so comfy!
The coolest thing though!! Before we all went to bed, we had a scripture study /devotional thing where everyone went around the room and told favorite scriptures and it was so cool to hear a bunch of my peers bearing their testimonies of the gospel and it was absolutely amazing!! We also sang invocation that night in the living room just by ourselves and it was the best feeling in the world :)
 Day 2: we spent ALL Day at the lake, and it was awesome!! i tried wake boarding for my first time with Nick, Dallin, Luke, and Tyler! for some reason I was the only girl. it was actually tons of fun! Even if i couldn't quite get the hang of it:) A lot of us jumped on the tramp in the middle of the water, and played "push everyone off" haha! that was so funny! we played down by the banks game and whoever it landed on had to jump off! And just super fun things like that!  One of my favorite things we did today though was, a bunch of us went on a boat with a tube attached to the back, and me, Kim, Jessica and Amber went on the tube, i say in the middle and i got smashed so bad! haha it was really funny! we were going to super fast that we couldnt hold on, and it was just a blast!!
Tonight Mrs biglar Showed us the song she wrote us, and its called "Open my Heart" and i love it!! it was so beautiful!! She is truly so talented and amazing!! THEN we got our Madrigal Match ups!! Let me tell you how this went down, so everyone sat in a circle and nominated people together. i happened to be sitting by Tanner Milburn. and we randomly were both wearing striped shirts and colorful socks so rylan nominated us. haha! it was actually really funny how he said it. he said "look at Tanner" pause. "Look at Emily" their matching and they'd be adorable! so that why we got matched! and its so fun!! Then we got to decorate our matching bandannas!!
We went home the next day, and these have been one of the greatest weeks ever! i really truly grew alot closer to these people! and had the time of my life! im os excited to be apart of such an amazing group!