The Final challenge....the BIG one.

This was not really the FINAL Challenge, but it was the BIG one.

The one that really tested your limits.

Take a peek....

The anticipation.....the butterfly's....the equipment...

The rope climb.....way up there...

The rope was pretty tricky...

Maureen makes it look easy....

Wendy braves the "walk"..

Nedra steps out of her comfort zone...

Lindsey......youth is a wonderful thing...

Our fearless leader.........

Sheri is almost to the zip line.....

Teresa makes it look easy.

Jenny gets help from her friends who haul her from the bottom...

to the top and then let her go.

Jenny tore her ACL just before the retreat.

Everyone made it...here she [Laura?] goes!!!!!!!!!!!

And my personal favorite:

See Tif

See Tif do the challenge

See Tif do a backward full pike, roundoff back handspring..

All the way down.

Weeeeeeeee!

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More RS challenges....and fun

We had 3 more challenges to do:

There was the swing to the island one.

This taught team work and taught us to just hold on to each other when things get tough.

Swing to the Island

Now how are all of us going to fit on that island?

Two more to go.....hold on tight!

Tah Dah!!!

The next challenge was a brain twister.

A Spider web with a hole for each participant to go thru.

Can't touch the web, and need help from both sides.

Some crawled thru

.... while others tried to figure it all out

Some went head first....

Some low-crawled...

Some went feet first..

Everyone helped it work..

Almost done.....

You can do it!!!!

It was all great fun!!!

And the lesson we learned is It takes a "Village" to keep the "Spiders" away.

It's a challenge...............RS Retreat

The second day of the retreat was spent on the challenge course.

Here is a look at a few of the challenges.

Be a good listener. Trust your partner. Focus only on your partners instructions. The moral here is that in life you will have many promptings to do good or bad. Learn to listen and decipher what is good. Focus on good things.

Challenge # 2

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Challenge #2

Trust/Teamwork/balance.

Object is to weave everyone off the log without knocking anyone off. It took a lot of hugs and teamwork but they did it.

Stay tuned for the next challenge:

SISTERS RETREAT @ HEBER CITY

Our Relief Society Sisters had our Annual Trip to the Camp at Heber City.

Abish Camp Gound

Here we are back at the ranch in Eden with a quick prayer and Picture for posterity.

We stopped in Heber at the "Dairy Keen" for Burger and Fries

and Ice Cream then headed down the road.

We gathered at the bowery and "chatted" and laughed a lot.

Carol and Marge came up for the evening

Lindsey came for fun and to support her mom.

LouJean had a good time and came up for the evening.

We were all entertained by the "Hula Hoop" Contest.

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Dinner was next..... under the sky, in the trees,

beautiful night, beautiful company...great Food.

Chicken and Veggie "Bobs"

Fruit and Pasta

and lots-a wata

We did what all women do when they get together.

We ate...laughed.....talked....cried.....

ate some more.... talked some more...etc

Somewhere in here we took a hike around the lake.

It was short, but beautiful.

Better late than never Tif!

Add a little "Spiritual Enlightenment"

and you have the perfect evening.

We retreated to the "Yurt" for a wonderful message by Lisa and the Bishop.

Margaret must be a night person look at her go pumping up my mattress!!!

Our President in her official red hat.

Who are the "Knights"?

Where is your "Warrior" shirt?

Nedra tries to liven thing up a bit, but us old folks are fading fast!

This is Tif.....

This is Tif with her smug look ....

after Margaret pumped up my mattress for 15 minutes.....

Tif brings in her electric pump and in 30 seconds ....

her identical mattress is pumped up.

This is not right....just not right.

While the over 55 set is dreaming of "Sugar Plums" dancing in their heads....

These young moms party on!!!!

Stay tuned for day 2 Retreat.

Let's just say it was a ....."Challenge".