July 24th Fun

When I plugged the camera in to see what pictures we had from the 24th I realized that we only got pictures of the children's trek, so to see other pictures and hear more about our 24th of July fun see Tracy's blog HERE. She did such a great job telling about our really fun day.

We went to my sister, Tracy's house for a BBQ at lunch and then had a lot of fun playing games and hanging out together. Then we headed over to the stake activities.

I think that the highlight for the kids was the children's trek. My brother, Lee, and his family came out to celebrate with us and some of his kids walked with us. We walked from the Grantsville Senior Center to the West Stake Center where the carnival and BBQ were. The Senior Center represented Winter Quarters and all along the route we passed under signs that said various landmarks that the pioneers saw along the way to the Salt Lake Valley (ie. Sweetwater River, Emigration Canyon, etc.). The Salt Lake Valley was the West Stake Center. We walked in company's that were divided by wards, so we were the 10th ward company.

It was a great experience for the kids. We sang while we walked and walked and walked. It was really hot and it was long for the kids at about a mile. We hadn't even gone a block when Gabby was asking if she could ride in the wagon. The wagon was already full with Quincy, Corban and their cousin Peter. Then she complained about being hot and tired on the whole trek. I kept trying to explain to her that the pioneer children had to walk like this for days and days. Did she comprehend what I was saying??? Who knows, but at least she got a taste of pioneer walking.
The kids then had fun at the carnival making fabric dolls and coloring paper aprons and hats to wear. They also got to stay up really late and watch the pageant that was put on by both Grantsville Stakes. It was really good!

We had a really fun day together with Tracy and Steve, and Lee and Trish and their families. The kids were completely worn out and actually slept in a little bit on Saturday (they don't do that)!! Then on Saturday night we got to continue the festivities by heading up to Tremonton to Bump's brother, Darin's house. We had a BBQ with them and played with the Williams cousins. The food was good and the company was great! We could have stayed to watch the Tremonton fireworks that night, but after having such a late night the night before, no naps and early church on Sunday, we decided to take off by about 8:30 putting us home still at about 10:30.

What a great Pioneer Weekend!!