Christianson Pond

For mutual this week the girls went to Christianson Pond today. I was asked if I could drive and since Kevin is out town Ashley tagged along. She wasn't happy when I first told her but when we arrived at the church and she saw that Addison was going with her mom too her attitude too she changed her attitude.
The young womens president provided me with directions and Madison was my navigator. She did a good job but the last direction was a little vague so she enlisted the GPS on her phone. Well it was not much of a help. We couldn't find the right road to turn onto and we went on many wrong roads. Today I was glad for my suburban. One wrong road, I don't think was a road but a farmers road to turn on his irrigation. At one low point it was muddy and a smaller car would not have made it through. My suburban now looks like I went off roading. With some direction from another driver we finally made it to the pond.
There were so many fun things for the girls to do at the pond. They had a zip line, several diving boards, canoes, and paddle boats. The girls had a lot of fun trying everything out.

Each girl did the zip line. Ashley had so much fun on it that she did it a few times. Allison did it once and the swim back was hard on her so I wouldn't let her do it again. A local fire is irritating her asthma. Madison was a little nervous to try it because it was so high. She tried it anyways but once on the zipline was too nervous to continue so she let go. She didn't pay attention to the way that she fell and hit the water with her back. I didn't realize at the time how much it hurt her. She has been so sore since we got home. Madison was a good sport and kept a happy face on while she there and participated in things.
It was a fun day and I am glad that I got to go along with the young women. We have such a great group of girls in our ward. I was also shocked at how many girls had fun looking for tad poles and frogs. I love that they are not too girly for that.