Yes, I did pay money to go cry in the mountains.........

Howdy to all my cuddly cats out there! Man, it sure has been a while since I've been on here. Okay well, just a measly little week ago I went to the coldest, funnest, and most amazing place on earth...... (no, not goodwill) MINI-TOWN! (Minitown is a camp students go to help stop bullying, breakdown stereotypes, learn about each other and talk to people you normally wouldn't talk to ) My adventure began on a cold boring Friday morning, after falling out of bed, hauling my crap to the car and stopping by the dryer in search of some clean underwear I headed off to school with all the hopes and dreams my over the shoulder bag would carry. Well, I was a bit late, which left me little time to reflect on those hopes and dreams as I was yanked on to the bus and yelled at by my best friends Kelly, Abbie, and Alicia! ( great friends huh?) The bus ride up to the camp took a grueling 3 hours, each minute along the way I seemed to find a new way we would all die, (rock hits bus, bus crashes, bus falls off edge, ect.) But hey, cut me some slack, it was 7:00 in the morning and not one person had offered me a caffeinated drink! When we arrived at the camp one thing became very clear..........IT WAS STINKING COLD! But the second thing that became very apparent was that we were going to have a TON of fun! (That's right! You heard me! 2000 beautiful pounds of fun!) After a lecture or two, we finally got to go to our cabins and unpack, heck I would've gone anywhere to get out of the cold! Well, my cabin mates........ WERE AWESOME! We had soooo much fun dancing and singing (which i enjoy very very much!) After that I worked up quite an appetite, i got so hungry I almost ate my sleeping bag! Good thing it was lunch time! Lunch was actually pretty dang good, (burgers and fries) And the milk tasted like little baby jesus! That's right, you heard me, BABY JESUS! Okay okay, enough of the yapping and on to the pics! Much Much Much Much Maddie Love, Maddie :)

Abbie and I on the bus!

Abbie and Kelly on the Bus.

Kelly and I

Excited minitowners!

Alicia, Abbie, Kelly and I.

Our nametags!

Super hero poses!

Maggie and Julia!

Kids chillen in the field.

Julia, Me, Shannon, Rachel, and Mandi!

Ana,Bailey, Myah, and Jessie.

Ana and I made a heart out of rocks for sheldon! Our Big bang Theory obsession! :)

Bubbles with abbie!

My awareness group Counselor Alexis!

My love, Bailey!

Me drinking the baby Jesus milk!

Abbie, Kelly and I outside cabin 10!

My awareness group in the snow! OH how I adore them!

Mandi, Me and Abbie!

Posing in the snow!

Russell and I in the snow.

A snow heart representing the burning passion I felt for MINITOWN!

In the snow freezing our heads off!

I love this one!

Our snowman! :)

My awareness group's Gum drop creation, A rollercoaster to represent the ups and downs of life, lol.

WE WON 1ST PLACE!

My cabin counselor SAVANNAH!

Camp fire Roasting marsh mellows at camp. (30 kids crowded around a small grill in the snow)

Maggie and I!

Everyone freezing!

Breakfast time in the Mess hall!

Walking to the buses.

As you can probably Tell, I HAD AN AMAZING TIME! I didn't get to take any pictures of the activities we did because some of them were very emotional and personal, and could not be documented. However, I think one of my favorite parts of camp was the campfire songs we had. Everyone knows I love singing and when they gave me a song book full of inspirational songs I about blew up! I mean I'm already in the mountains with some of my best friends playing in the snow and sharing my feelings with others, WHAT MORE COULD A GIRL ASK FOR?! I also enjoyed our very last night of camp dance, as we had to stear each other in the eyes while some cheesy music played and try to see the person for "who they really are" Most of the time it was pretty awkward because I didn't really know a lot of the kids really well but when it came to people you knew a lot of us strated crying and hugging, (and as strange as it seems) it was pretty powerful. Coming back home everyone on the bus was singing lean on me and where is the love, and at school everyone was wearing thier minitown shirts and "cream cheesing it up" (talking to new people) Seeing the change this camp has made in my school and it's students is absolutley incredible, with so many of us trying to spread the "minitown spirit" I have a feeling it will continue to live on in the hearts and actions of 2010 minitowners and most importantly, Myself :) I guess you could say i've become quite the minitown nerd, and maybe that's true, but come on, with a theme song as cool as the minitown one, it's kind of hard not to be! :)

THE MINITOWN THEME SONG!

Minitown, Minitown, Yellow balck white red or brown OR IN BETWEEEN!
Makes no difference when you come down, to minitown, Our minitown!

An out streched hand, A friendly face, another creed, another race, these are things we have by grace at minitown, our minitown!

Minitown, Minitown, Yellow balck white red or brown OR IN BETWEEEN!

Makes no difference when you come down, to minitown, Our minitown!

Sometimes people, just don't bother. Care for themselves, and never for others. We can show them we're sisters and brothers at minitown, Out minitown.

If you listen, You can hear it, It's what we call the minitown SPIRIT!
Love for others will bring you near it at minitown, Our minitown!