Trek 2008

I don't know how many of you know this, but Justin and I were asked by the stake to go and be "Ma's and Pa's". We had 8 children over night, it was great an instant family and they were all potty trained, who could ask for anything more.

All jokes aside, it was a great experince. Our Fam-A-Lee was great.
All the kids were willing to work and they all got along great. We never had to ask someone to help pull or push the cart, when someone said that they were tired, someone else stepped up to the plate. We were able to learn so much about the pioneeers, and some of the experinces and hardships that they faced. At one point the guys all left and the women were left to do all the cart work ourselves.

I couldn't have imagined what that really could have been like, because the the mother's we not left with a group of teenagers to help pull and push the wagon, they might have had some, but most of them had small children. The heat in Texas was unbarable, but we made it across the plains, two very long days. Some people broke wheels on the their wagon and had to wait behind until someone could come an fix the wheels, which we had to stop and wait and then try and get around the wagons that were stopped. These pictures show a lot of what we had to do from putting together our wagons, to the nice sand trails we had to push the wagons through. It was a great experince that I can proudly say I was a part of and know how hard it really was.