Indexing Report

Well, the week has come and gone and now it's time to report on my indexing goal. My goal was 1,000 names by today. I have met and exceeded my goal! I have indexed 1,150 names!! I was even gone from my computer for two days camping (pics to come)! I have also found 3 more people who I share a birthday with - which brings the total to 5. I'm still going strong and am still so excited to be doing indexing :)
I have not set a new goal for myself yet - and I may not, we'll just see how it goes!

Indexing Goal

So today I started indexing. For anybody unfamiliar with it, I'm not sure exactly how to describe it... I 'download' to my computer handwritten papers, then I transfer whatever information is needed to a form, then 'submit' it back to the people who sent it to me... the whole point is to transfer information from handwritten form to computer form. (I hope that made some kind of sense...)
I indexed 301 names today. I set a goal for myself to index 1,000 names by next Sunday. I may have been a little 'over the top' but I didn't want to set the bar too low ;) It is really quite interesting. I've been doing WWII Registration Papers from Arkansas and Louisiana. I have found two people that share my birthday (of course, they were born in the mid-late 1800's) and a lot of interesting names.
I'm excited to continue this work and hope that I don't get 'burned out' of it soon... cuz it's fun - and infinitely better to be doing than playing Plants vz Zombies. HAHAHAHAHA.
I'll post next week how I did - If I met my goal or not.

Update Post #1 of 2 - Girls Camp

I had the great opportunity this year to go to girls camp with the young women's group from my ward. It was from June 28 - July 2 at Payson Lake. It was a lot of fun - and hard work.
I went up with the YCL's early to help get camp all set up and ready. We stopped for a hike on the way there, and for some 'leadership training'. We hiked to this waterfall and ate lunch, then went on to camp.

After camp was all set up, we went on another 'hike'... we walked up the road to Payson Lake. Here's a view of it. It was so pretty.

Our first campfire gathering

This is the first year I've been able to go to camp with Crystal... and I'm glad! I have now been to girls camp with ALL of my sisters :)

We had visitors of the potgut sort :) They would chipper at us and make noise, then come into our site to eat things that were on the ground. Very funny characters.

Sock twinners!!! (in case you can't tell, we are both wearing M&Ms socks)

As a group, we hiked up to Payson Lake (a very long, round-about way). There were Columbines all over the place - I don't know how many other people saw them... but I sure did!

Ducks at Payson Lake

This picture is for shock value only...

Thank heavens he put his shirt on again!!

Many beautiful scenes at camp... sunrises and sunsets (tho, since I'm not a morning person, I didn't get any sunrises... oops)

Walking the balance rope... whatever it's really called.

What camp photo album would be complete without pictures of the fire? ;)

Ok, so maybe I got a semi-sunrise picture :)

Also, we camped by this lake, called Box Lake

Lots of activities around camp going on...

Hair styling,

Coloring pictures for kids in other countries,

making little boxes with a bell inside them.

The last night we were at camp, there was an Iron Chef competition. Each tent had to present their dish to the judges. It was a lot of fun!

For dessert...

Marshmallow topped with sauerkraut. Ya...

I tried it...

and ended up in a competition with another leader to see who could eat the most.

This face of an onlooker says it all...

the number to beat: 8.

I will not be competing in this competition again anytime soon, so don't ask :)

Our last campfire gathering

Group picture

What a great girls camp!!

One final note: I was camp photographer this year. I took over 500 photos. I only posted some of my favorites here. I loved taking pictures at camp... hopefully I'll be able to go again next year!

Update Post #2 of 2 - Hiking

On June 21st, I went hiking with my friend Jamie. We hiked in Alpine up to the Hamongogs. I'd been on that hike before, but it was 12 years ago (and I was in much better shape then than I am now!) We saw a few lizards, lots of pretty flowers, and we just enjoyed the scenery altogether.

Such a difference in colors... I couldn't pass up the shot :)
Entering the First Hamongog
Looking down to the valley
After we got to First Hamongog, we ate lunch, then I stayed there and Jamie hiked up to Second Hamongog - I had blisters on my heels and knew if I tried to go I'd end up in A LOT of pain. I walked around the meadow and took random pictures of things :)

Here is a view while we hiked down

On July 7th, I went hiking with Becky and her kids. We started up the trail to Horsetail Falls (also in Alpine).

Again, such pretty scenery

We made it to "the rock" and didn't go any further - and that's ok :) It gives us something to work toward for our next hike!

I climbed on top of the rock and took this picture

On our way down after lunch and playing

View of the valley

I had stopped to take a picture of the thistle, and this butterfly landed right on it. Perfect shot :)

I will update again soon... please stay posted :) Thanks!