Pioneer Trek

Matt and I have been asked to be a Ma & Pa for our Stake Youth Conference Pioneer Trek which is happening at the end of July. We went to a meeting for it last night and I think we are going to have a really neat experience. Tonight Matt has been doing some research and found out so much about our ancestors. We both have so many pioneer ancestors and he was able to use the church website to track down what handcart company they came over in and then you can read specific stories that happened to those people. I didn't know that on our Hart line a Great...Grandfather Doney and his wife were in the 1st handcart company. There are some amazing stories about them. Like their 1st baby died at 1 1/2 years old and they left 2 weeks after her death and had a baby shortly thereafter on the journey. People were also hit by lightning in their company while crossing the Plains.
So about those Webkinz, our kids have been earning a surprise gift for a month and a half. They earned coins for good behavior and for doing their chores. By Sunday they earned enough coins to get their gift and they were so excited that it seemed like Christmas. Webkinz are the hottest toy around here and so they were excited to finally have one because all of their friends have several. They let you have access to an online world where you earn things for your pet and play games online together. For someone ( Me) who doesn't really love computers I actually think it is kind of cool. Wayne and Elaine came to visit us on Sunday and they got to see the new toys. We are all getting excited for school to be out. It is getting hot and we are ready for the summer. School is out June 21st.