Pioneer Children Sang as they Walked and Walked and Walked....

Danny and I got to be a Ma and Pa for our Stake Pioneer Trek.  It was an awesome experience.  Danny and I both feel truly blessed to be able to have gone and had this experience and we were both a little sad to be back home.  It took us a couple days to get back into the normal life routine.  We could not have had a better family.  Our children worked hard, played hard, and had great attitudes!  I am that crazy mom who has still never left my girls for more than one night, so I was a little nervous to be gone for 4 days, but once we were on the Trek, we were so busy and we had a "new family" to worry about I was actually fine to be away from my girls.  Plus, they were in good hands.  They were totally spoiled by their grandparents and were probably not missing us at all! 

 

Anyways, back to the Trek.  It was a great boost for our marriage.  It was fun to spend time alone-ish with Danny and to work hard for a good cause.  It was also wonderful to leave our phones and other worldly cares behind for a few days.  We had a great time just talking and playing silly games and really getting to know our new "family".  One of the things that our Stake wanted the kids to learn was that they can do hard things.  I really liked this and have started to use it with my own girls.  Now when they complain about making their bed or cleaning their toys, I remind them that they are awesome and they can do hard things!  They still complain, of course, but I hope the message sinks in one day!  Here's some more pictures from Trek...