Trek

Alyssa had the opportunity to participate in our Ward's Trek in July. Usually it is only for youth, ages 14-18. However, Danny was the one that booked the site a year and a half ago and in the process of booking it, he asked the missionaries there at the site what ages they recommended for trek. They said that it depended on the group and since our group would only be our ward, they said that it would be fine for 12 and 13 year old youth. The site they went to is located on the southwest side of Utah Lake and there are a bunch of missionary couple was serve there all summer long for all of the different trek groups. Something Alyssa did, that I did not do for my youth trek was fit all of her stuff into this bucket.

In the beginning stages of planning for trek, Danny was the young men's president. He knew pretty early on, that he would not be able to be there all 3 days(which is probably the reason we didn't end up as a Ma and Pa). However, by the time trek actually happened, he was serving in the bishopric. Either way, he had the opportunity to be there some of the time with Alyssa, which probably helped her, a lot.

She was also blessed with an amazing Ma and Pa and trek family. That made the experience so fun for her. Here she is with her family. Her Ma and Pa made each of the kids in the family a shirt that said "Doxey" on the back(which is their last name) and then each of the kids had a number 1-7 according to their age. Alyssa was the youngest in the family and number 7. She still wears her shirt all of the time.

I'm so glad that she got to participate. I still remember the 2 times I got to go on trek, once as a youth, and once as a 5 month pregnant equipment driver in Iowa. Both times were good experiences. I was a tiny bit jealous that I didn't get to go do it with them, but also glad that I didn't have to be out in the 100+ temps they experienced that week.