trek on!

on saturday afternoon the gang piled into the jolly green to pick christian up from trek. despite some carsickness from addie, the drive up went well. when we got there, though, it was quite warm, and the girlies weren't feeling it. they pretty much complained from the moment we got out of the car till the moment we got back in. :/ 

oh well.

parents lined the fence as we eagerly awaited our little trekkers.

 it was exciting when we finally saw them on the horizon.

there they are! they got held up a few times, (trail boss wanted them all to stay together) but made their way pretty quickly.

 as the parents waited some of them with the inside scoop (i guess) shared that this was the happiest little group of trekkers. rumor has it that the trekkies were so happy and fast, that the powers that be added miles to their trek. they said they were willing and cheerful and really had good attitudes and a good time. that's wonderful to hear, and not the report that i have been used to from christian's age group - mostly at school, but you know.

 

there he is! 

smack dab in the middle, blue shirt, dark suspenders, teal bandana wrapped around his hat. 

it was so cute when he spotted us. 

 hoorah!

 jodie caught this one. that is one happy boy! after all the pre-fighting, this really made my heart happy. :)

 

 the trekkers come up the hill and then keep on a-walkin' to a little valley where the families disassemble their wagons and put all their gear away.

 we followed them, but had to stay on the road while they finished their work.

 

 they disassembled pretty quickly and had one last family prayer.

 it was really cute when frankie saw josh, she ran up to him open armed. :)

 we love us some mccombs!

 they had watermelon and cold water for the trekkies and they all visited and hurricaned each other. (yelled "hurricane!" and threw water on people) all the kids looked really happy as they visited and introduced their real life families to their trek families., it was a good time.