Ma & Pa Nelson

Scott and I had the privilege to to on the Trek this year with our stake. We were asked to be a Ma and a Pa. The Trek is the opportunity for us to reenact the pioneers as they crossed the plains. Scott and I were the Ma & Pa for 8 of the youth. We had the best "children".

Here we are in the beginning.

Here's our flag that Vanessa, our big sister, made. Isn't it awesome!!!

Here's our boys: Scott, Brad, Weston, & Jackson.

Here's all our girls: Amanda, Haley, Vanessa, Elizabeth, and Carley

Here are the plains.

Weston and Jackson playing a pioneer game.

The pioneer children sang as they walked and walked and walked!!!

Here is a long line of our group. Awesome huh!!!


A shot of the girls getting ready for the "girls' pull".

Here's us girls trying to pull the cart up a steep hill(it is way steeper than the photo makes it look). I'm in the blue bonnet.

Here we are in action. It was so hard!!!

Here's the men cheering the girls on.

Here we are at the top after the pull....we did it. It was incredibly hard too. I'm so proud of our girls!!!


We did this for hours and hours and no one complained. It was awesome.

Scott and I with Martin's Cove in the background. My face is all puffy...it was an emotional journey....lots of tears.

Here is Weston and Jackson and Haley reenacting the pioneers.

Here is a statue of one of the men who carried hundreds of people across the Sweet Water River when is was near Zero degrees and the water was half iced over in a snow storm. Incredible!!!

Our family crossing the Sweet Water River.

What a handsome pioneer!



At the end of the trip. Top row: Scott, Vanessa, Amanda, Brad, Tami, Elizabeth, Haley. Bottom Row: Jackson, Weston, and Carley.

It was such an incredible experience. I'm so grateful for our pioneers. I hope that I can be as strong as them and stay strong in my faith in hard times just like they did. They are truly inspiring.