Emergency Contact for Trek

Parents and Guardians of Youth on Trek:
The emergency contact person for us that will be here in Billings is Bev. Zaugg. She will be able to contact us out on the trail. Her home number is H:655-0887 or C:534-9795. If you need to get in touch with your youth, please contact Sister Zaugg.

Ma and Pa Rogers-Meeting #3

Here's a pic from Ma and Pa Rogers 3rd family trek meeting. For our 3rd meeting we talked about all the supplies we would need on the trek, worked on our family's flag, and watched a movie about the handcart companies. We had everyone there except Tanner Lund. It was another really fun meeting and we are all looking forward to trek!

Megan Streiff-Youth Historian

West Park Ward-Sewing Fun

The West Park Ward Young Women have been busy this summer sewing their pioneer clothing for the trek.

Ma and Pa Walker-Meeting #3

We had a great final trek family meeting! We finished up our buckets and had a fun time planning for our EARLY departure on Thursday. We had our entire family at this meeting. Neine Tupou, Hannah Spratling,C.J Lewis, Korrin Dietz, Logan Price, Madi Schallenkamp, Alysha Cosby,Justin Nelson and Ma and Pa Walker.

Ma and Pa Walker-Family ..um..hike?

The Ma and Pa Walker Family ...um...hike?

For our Trek Family Meeting #2 we decided to do a bike race rather than a hike. It was a little more fun with our tricycles!! Attending were Neine Tupou, Hannah Spratling, Korrin Dietz, Logan Price, and Ma and Pa Walker.

Shiloh Ward Pre-trek Temple Hike

On Saturday morning, July 30th, Shiloh Ward young women, and guests, did an 8 mile pre-trek hike from the Zoo to the Temple. It was a beautiful morning and the girls arrived tired but happy. They had a wonderful breakfast awaiting them as well as a devotional from Bishop McLaws. We are all so excited and ready for our journey!

-Pictured: Syndi Fawsen, MacKenzie Crossley, Audrey Shimamoto

Ma and Pa Smith-Family Hike

Ma and Pa Smith-Family Hike
-See that beautiful temple in the background!

Ma and Pa Taylor-Family Hike

Here is a photo of our fun hike through Phipps park. We had a wonderful devotional at the top of the trail and challenged each other at a game of stick pull.

-Ma and Pa Taylor

Attention! Attention!

Time Change for Trek Departure and other important information:
-All leaders and youth need to be at the Stake Center at 3 a.m. on Aug. 4th to load and check in so we are ready for a 3:30 a.m. departure.
-Buckets are for clothing, equipment and other personal items. Sleeping bags, sleeping pads and pillows will be separate in a labeled garbage sack.
-All Ma’s and Pa’s please have your Pony Express letters ready to turn in during check in at the Stake Center at 3 a.m. on Aug. 4th. Thanks!
-Due to the early departure time housing has been offered for all out of town youth and leaders if any of your out of town youth or Ma’s and Pa’s are interested please contact Kelly Grossman (652-1448) by Sunday July 31st.

Ma and Pa Rogers-Family Hike

Here are the pics from my trek family's 2nd meeting. We had gone on a little hike on the rims up at Phillps Park. It was really fun! We stoped about halfway in a spot where we could all see the temple and had a devotional and talk about staying hydrated. On the way down we decided to go the "fun and challanging way" where we pretty much just climbed down one rock after another. It was a ton of fun and we are all looking forward for trek!

Megan Streiff-Youth Historian

Ma and Pa Steiner-Family Hike

Pictures from our hike with Ma and Pa Steiner family. We went on a hike to Phipps Park. Everyone was there except 1 person, Kaona Howe. We had a lot of fun and are all looking forward to the trek.

Meagan Nelson- Youth Family Historian

Ma and Pa Nielson-Meeting #2

This is our second meeting. We went swimming, had a Bar-B-Que with homemade icecream and than went on a hike starting from our driveway. This was a fun day.
WE LOVE OUR KIDS!!!!

Ma and Pa Nielsen

Ma and Pa Nielson-Meeting #1

This is a picture from our first meeting at the Laurel Kids Kingdom Park. We had Amy Hardman, Seleti Tupou, Alexis Atkins, and Abby Roberts.

Thanks
Ma and Pa Nielsen

Ma and Pa Taylor-Meeting #3

The Taylor family had their 3rd meeting and we had everyone there except for one girl. This meeting we decorated our buckets and started to make our flag. To finish off the night we played a game of marbles.

Sydney Spratling-Youth Historian

Ma and Pa Pollack-Meeting #3

I just wanted to send this picture from our meeting last night. It goes with our family theme.
-Ma Pollock
(Cute Feet!)

Ma and Pa Nelson-Meeting #3

Tonight we had our 3rd meeting with all but 1 in attendance. We had a great time getting to know each other a little more and meeting and getting to know 2 members of our family who were at their first meeting with the family. We finished our flag with the theme "Hold to the Rod" and did our bucket lids and Arm bands. We are still trying to figure out what is going to make our family unique from everyone else but we will get it by our next meeting. What a great family!!!!! We love our kids and can't wait to meet with them again. Only 2 weeks till the Trek!

Ma and Pa Nelson-Meeting #2

We had Jaelyn Nielsen and Adam Lees in attendance for our hike. (Way to be committed, Jaelyn and Adam!)

Ma and Pa Mielke-Meeting #3

We did a mile hike on Zimmerman's Trail along the rims. The boys were not able to come unfortunately, and a few girls were missing.

Emmalee Olsen-Youth Historian

Ma and Pa Mielke-Meeting #1/2

Our 1st/2nd meeting, where we did races with a 15 pound bucket on a shovel to give us a hint of what each of us will be putting in the handcart. Only one girl was not able to come.

Ma and Pa Anderson-Meeting #2

These are the pictures that were taken at the Anderson Trek Family's 2nd meeting! They are of our family showing off our secret sign and playing the stick pull game.
~Kaitlin Olsen

Ma and Pa Graham-Ma and Pa Meeting #3

Ma & Pa Graham (Bailey) Family working on their family flag, buckets and learning more about family members. A few more things to do on the flag and it will flying high!!

Trek Departure and Return Information

Ma and Pa Kauer-Ma and Pa Meeting

The "Gobal Family". This was our first meeting. We went through our pioneer names, and ate hamburgers.

Ma and Pa Layton-#3 Meeting

Tonight (July 10th) we had our 3rd family meeting where we made our buckets, flag and arm bands. We brain-stormed games and fun stuff to make our family unique. In attendance were Christopher Wilcox, Jamie Fuller, Eddie Jorden, Bailey Spratling, Alex Wambach and Ma & Pa Layton. We decided our family color was going to be tye dye and we had a lot of fun spray painting and being really colorful. We also fried scones (yum) and enjoyed the evening.

Trek Leadership Meeting

Ma and Pa Meeting #2-Ma and Pa Graham

John & Jane Bailey (Ma & Pa Graham) Family hiked Zimmerman Trail Saturday June 25th. Pa Graham discussed proper care of feet, first aid facts and how important it is to keep hydrated on the trek. A challenge was given by Ma Graham to test themselves to see if they were ready for the trek physically, by walking 4 miles in one hour. Kelesa Jordan our family music person helped us sing Come Come Ye Saints as other hikers stop to listen to the chorus of young pioneers, Aspen Dimond, McKenzie Kauer and D'Mitai Ange sing. We all enjoyed the early morning hike and getting to know each other better. We hope the rest of our family members will catch up with us on the next 'leg of the trail'.

Ma and Pa Meeting-Ma and Pa Anderson

We met last month for breakfast, what's a meeting without food! We learned about our family names, talked about our flag theme, assigned a big sister, "Alex Solomon" and our historian, "Kaitlin Olsen. We are going to have a lot of fun as we work together to build this family!
Ma and Pa Anderson
Mithchell Smith, James Marchand, Kaitlin Olsen, and Alex Solomon are in the photo with us.

Ma and Pa Dimond-Pretrek Hike

Ma and Pa Dimond Pretrek Hike
Those in attendence: Left to Right Stanley, Brooke, Jacob Atkinson, Mitchell McLane, Michael Jacobsen

Trek Hike-Ma and Pa Pollock

We had a blast on our pretrek hike! We walked 3 or 4 miles and got otter pops (too bad the pioneers didn't get otter pops during their trek). Trekkers in attendance: Haley Kazmierski, Audrey Shimamoto, Cooper Love, Curtis Zaugg, Levi Foster as well as Ma and Pa Pollock.

Youth Historian-Audrey Shimamoto

Ma and Pa Meeting-Ma and Pa Kazmierski

We have had our first and second meetings. We have started designing our flag, been on our hike, picked our big brother (Aaron Carling), and started getting to know each other and our pioneers. We are all looking forward to having a great time on the Trek.

Ben and Kristi

Ma and Pa Meeting-Ma and Pa Layton

Here is a photo of the John Bond Family. We had our first meeting June 5th and had 6 kids in attendance. They were: Alex Wambach, Christopher Wilcox, Kyla Pollock, Keri Richmond, Bailey Spratling and Eddie Jorden. I can already tell we have an amazing group of youth and it was so fun to get to know them and to learn the history of the John Bond Family. Our family historian will be Keri Richmond, which is very fitting because she is a budding photographer.

Ma Susie Layton

Ma and Pa Meeting-Ma and Pa Pollock

Our first meeting was fantastic. We sang "Come, Come Ye Saints". We also planned some activities that we are going to do before the trek to get to know each other in our "family"; for example, we are going to go on a hike and create a flag.

-Youth Historian, Audrey Shimamoto

Pictured: Trevor Howe, Haley Kazmierski, Audrey Shimamoto, Kelsie Johnson, Levi Foster, Ma and Pa Pollock

Ma and Pa Meeting-Ma and Pa Rogers

Our first family meeting was a bounding success. What a great group! We ate together, played games together, and even sang a rare rendition of the Ox Cart song. We can't wait to meet the rest of our family!!Ma and Pa Rogers

Featured left to right: Ma Becky Rogers, Colton Zaugg, Annie Kirkpatrick, Pa Rob Rogers, Kaitlyn Weierman, and Megan Strieff

Ma and Pa Meeting-Ma and Pa Graham

Carson Wells and Colton Anderson "putting their shoulder (or hand) to the wheel" as they begin their pretrek journey at their first Ma and Pa meeting with the Grahams.

Ma Graham wrote: We are the John and Jane Bailey Family. We had our first meeting tonight. We had all but two of our kiddo's here. We read over the family history names and chose who we were going to be.

Ma and Pa Meeting-Sandy and Kevin Nelson

We just had our first meeting and it was great! Our family is awesome and we are looking forward to meeting again.

Ma and Pa Nelson

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ADAM LEES, JOSH MARCHAND, LARYSSA CHENOWITH, JAELYNE NEILSON, KIMBERLY OLIPHANT, PA KEVIN NELSON AND MA SANDY NELSON