Tuesday, February 3, 2009

St.George!!!

Wow, where do I start??!! I had the most exciting opportunity to go spend 2 weeks at The Fitness Ridge in St. George. My cousin Michelle and her husband Cameron opened the spa. It has come a long way! What they have created is incredible. They call it a "compassionate bootcamp!" :) It truely was! Our schedule everyday looked like this:
6:00 am- Open gym (They had some great machines to work on....I would either walk for a while or work on my arms...a couple of mornings i snuck in the wood room and danced :) )
7:00 am-Breakfast (They didnt serve any dairy products, and we were on a 1200 calorie per day diet.)
8:00 am- Early Morning Hike (We would split up into groups...either 101, Stop Sign, Intermediate, or Advanced. Michelle challenged me to do the advanced....the first couple of days i wanted to die...but they eventually became bareable. I really enjoyed the hiking after the first mile or so...Snow Canyon is beautiful! I found it very rewarding looking back and down and seeing what i climbed!)
11:00 am-Back at the Ridge I would grab a piece of fruit always feeling anxious for lunch.
11:30 am-Yogaloties or Aqua class
12:45 pm- LUNCH!! WAHOO!!
1:30 pm- Either a food demonstration, Nutrition lecture or open gym
2:30 pm- Class...(Core Training, Treading, Circut Training)
3:30 pm- Class...(Kick-boxing, Hip-hop on friday :) )
4:30 pm- Gentle Stretch...(Never felt gentle, but was great!)
5:30 pm- DINNER!!!! yay! I was always ready!
6:00 pm- Lecture

**After the day was over I either hopped in the hot tub to sit...haha or headed back to Cam and Michelles house. I enjoyed so much being with them and their family. After a long hard day, being the only LDS member at the camp that week, coming home to a home full of the Spirit was a huge blessing. Cam and michelle have a unique ability to spread happiness. Often I would walk in and hear laughter. Their kids are kind and very capable. I grew to love their family even more!! Thank you so much for your generosity and wonderful examples Michelle and family! I miss you!

I also had the opportunity to share the gosple with a few of the people at the camp. What a neat and growing experience that was for me. My testimony was strengthened and I am more grateful for the gospel than ever before!

St. George and the beautiful BLUE skY
Cam and Michelle's beautiful children!! Trey, Brielle, Kade, and I didnt get a picture with their oldest Bryson!
Jamie and I. She and I became great great friends! She is from Colorado. We were inseperable for two weeks! Everyone thought we were sisters!


This was probably my favorite Hike! It is called saddle. Talk about a quad workout!!!

On our way back in the vans....all sweaty :)


A couple of the guides...Kari and Cody

Us AGAIN :)
This is where we would eat each meal....These are some of the greatest people ever!


3 comments:

Jeanine said...

What a great trip! You look AWESOME!! lOVE YOU

Cameron and Michelle said...

So fun to read about your stay. You really did awesome and were such a great addition to the program! We forsure have those guests that add and those that make it more challenging and some who don't really make too much of an impact either way. Everyone wondered how you were sooo happy. you are soo beautiful! How is your platform coming? We miss you

Jade said...

Wow Hay! Good for you! I want to hear more about it. I would love to go do that. Sounds like a lot of hard work though. But you look awesome!