Captains of the US Army came and enlisted our men in the War. The women were left alone to carry on! Dill said a sweet goodbye to the baby!
The Women's Pull. All the ladies had to first cross the creek (you can see that the men had to watch
from up on the hill in the trees). Then up a steep hill around the bend and up another hill. I love the picture of us coming up the first hill because it shows Sarah Jo spraying herself in her face with my water bottle. I got these awesome water bottles for us to take with us. It was a life saver for the hot journey. Every time we stopped, the kids would say- "Ma spray us!" I loved that it was our special thing!
It was super hard but we made it!!!
... with a little help from some angels!
Thank Heavens for the Priesthood along the trail:
Lunch time in the shade of a tree with our Fam and all our adopted children:
Pa Merg & Jenny Sue teaching all the rest of the children how to tell time.
1- Look at the Sun or the Moon.
2- Cover the eye that is looking at the sun.
3- Krink your neck to the side and turn your body in that direction.
4- Point to the sky with the hand cover your eye.
5- Draw a clock with your mind in the sky.
6- It's 11 am!
You are Swag $ girl! LOL
{Some of the kids totally believed it worked. It was hilarious!!!}
This is the best picture I have of remembering our Dirt Skiing experience. Plus it shows how our Fam would point in a certain direction until others started to look (we didn't see anything we just wanted to see how many people would follow us.) Fun times! We also liked to sing songs together along the way. We taught the kids to sing "There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea". And when anyone complained about anything- Brett would sing them a song. For example- if you felt dirty-- "Rubber Ducky, You're the One!" If you were sad- "If you're Happy and You Know it!" If you were hot- "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!"
Activities:
Building a Temple
Learning about Covenants
Saying goodbye and burying our little Baby
Pony Express Letters from back home:
After the testimony Meeting at the Temple, we had some Family time. We ate dinner together (earlier) including Bubba Bob eating ants! Yuck! LOL Then we had treats together around our "campfire" (mini-lantern) and told Scary Stories in a whisper voice! Good Memories!
"SUPER SAINTS-
Whisper- it makes it sounds scarier!"
