Trek & Track

Today started early for Brian and me. Abbie came over at 6:30 to babysit and Brian and I headed off to the church to meet for our trek training. We had to wear our trek/pioneer clothing--we sure looked cute. Ha ha. We drove up to Cherry and were trained in our role as a ma/pa on the trek. We'll be in charge of a family--made up of about 5 boys and 5 girls (ages 14-19)--and we'll reenact the trek the pioneers made across the plains (but only 3.5 days). Today they went over details and equipment we'll need and all that jazz. We also pulled the handcart for a few minutes so we could see what the youth will be doing (on the actual trek, the mas/pas aren't allowed to help push or pull). We also did several activities that we'll be conducting with our family and how we'll process each activity with them. We are excited about our chance to be a ma and pa on this trek. It will be a ton of work but worth it, I'm sure.



Today was also Eliza's big track meet. There were over 2500 athletes in this meet. She ran the 200m and the 100m. There were so many heats of the 200 that it went from about 8:30 till 2 for just that event. Crazy! Eliza did great! She got another PR in the 200 (37.4) and got 2nd in her heat. She got 3rd in her heat in the 100. To pass the time, she and Libby (and my dad) helped sell the programs for the track club and they snacked on yummy snacks provided by Grandma and Grandpa! They had a fun time on the sleepover/track day!