Trek

Last August our ward split and Spencer was put on the high council. His assignment is over a ward, and also over Young Women. We were so excited about that knowing that Emma was almost 12 and he would have some interaction with her in terms of his calling.

Right before Christmas the Stake President asked Spencer to be the Trek chairman. At the time I don't think either of us realized how much this entailed - neither of us has been on a Trek before. There was so much prep work and time, especially in the month leading up to Trek. I not only have a tremendous appreciation for the Pioneers, but also for those who work so hard to make these events happen.

My parents happened to still be here for Shareholders (for almost the whole time we were on Trek) so the kids were taken care of. We left at 5 a.m. on the Monday and drove out to Pawhuska Oklahoma to a church ranch where Treks are sometimes held (sidenote: Pioneer Woman lives really close to there). We started walking, and Spencer had in charge of photography as well as helping with the food. 3 miles in it was HOT and our food committee showed up with lunch, which was amazing. We made it to base camp and had to quickly set up everything. Spencer was so busy running around, I honestly talked to him for 5 minutes total the entire 3 days.

The second day we made a huge loop and did the women's pull, and also had some time in the river. That was huge because I felt DISGUSTING. Lots of bugs and hot weather. On the last day we hiked back out where we had hamburgers and hot dogs and root beer floats.

What I kept thinking as I was on Trek was There is so much money and effort going into this, by SO MANY people. It is obvious this is for some reason incredibly important for these youth. The nightly devotionals were fantastic, and Spencer did such a great job with the details.

I also met a lot of incredible people throughout the stake and loved that opportunity. Here are some of the pictures I took.