More Pictures from Trek ~

Trek...a wonderful experience...here we are before the journey.

Our little family of 14...really 12 since President Bulson and his wife were our Trek Company leaders.

some of the activities along the 26 mile journey

arriving at camp for the night

getting dinner ready for my big family!

we all lost a little weight <3

Jensen's family crossing one of the rivers...I love how he has his head down and is working hard.  Put your shoulder to the wheel son!

Jensen again pushing through another river.  He was assigned to be the family big brother and had extra responsibilities. 

Everyone received letters from home, here Jensen is reading our letter to him.  Love this boy so very much!

Looks like Jensen got a break and is walking along side his cart.

and yet another river picture...

Jensen's Trek Family

Pa Brown making our shelters for the night

Some of my Trek daughters in our shelter

The Miracle of the size 7 1/2 shoes happened in our family.  One of our "Trek children" came ill prepared with the wrong type of shoes, by the end of the second day, her feet were all blistered, and she was slidding along the trail very slowly with her shoes falling off.  We had about 3 more miles to walk.  I decided to ask the leaders in charge if anyone had an extra pair of shoes they could loan her so she could complete the trek.  We needed a size 7 1/2.  The leaders used their walkie talkies and asked the entire company.  No one could offer her any shoes.  Elizabeth could have taken the easy road and got a ride back to camp, but she decided to keep walking.  We were the last family to reach camp that night.  Upon arriving at camp, the leaders approached us with these shoes.  They had been found in the trees...guess what size they were?  Yes  7 1/2.  Our little Trek miracle. 

Here is cute Elizabeth with her new miracle shoes.  They were comfortable, and she wore them the rest of the week.  A great blessing for her and a great lesson for us all. 

we learned how the pioneers bought guns to protect themselves from indians, but usually didn't know how to use them and ended up with self inflicted injuries...

here we are doing the womans' pull.  The men were all called off to war and the women had to do the Trek alone.  We had some huge hills.  Don't mess with us mormon women we are tough...grrrr.





Here's a better picture of the big hill.  That last one was a challenge, but we did it!

The men had to watch us struggle to get up the hill, they gained a new respect for us that day :)

our little family working together