For the few of you who don't know, Jamie is BIG TIME into the Mountain Man scene. We have started (beginning last year) going to the Fort Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous in Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Jamie gets really excited. He counts down the days and hours the whole week before, and then is so excited that he can't even sleep the night before! Just like a little boy at Christmas!
We went with Jamie's mom and dad. It was really fun. We were able to wander around all day and people watch, (which I simply love love love to do!) I really enjoy watching the people in "primitive" clothes who stay in character(NO, I was NOT one of them). I saw many grizzlied old mountain men, lots of leather-bound "Indians", and even little children dressed from head to toe! I even saw Abraham Lincoln! There was also a period-clad Mormon Missionary spreading the Word of God! He was selling reprints of the original Doctrine and Covenants. We bought one of those. It was fun to see!
This previous picture is of the Candy Cannon. Every hour they shoot it off for the kids. It is full of, you guessed it! CANDY! The kids love the free for all. Jayla only got one piece, but she sure was proud of that one piece!
Jayla also insisted on having equipment like her daddy. So, being the softie, I mean, Good Daddy, that he is, he bought her her own wooden gun, wooden tomahawk, and her own child sized powder horn. She is so proud of her stuff!
We spend the night in Evanston and then headed back Sunday morning for the Sunday Service. That was such a neat experience. There were HUNDREDS of people. Some dressed in Sunday Best, others dressed in their period clothing. Some sitting in chairs, and others laying their blankets down to sit on. (we were some of the ones with the blankets)
Then people from all over bore (spelling??) their testimonies. I felt the spirit SO strong. Jamie had tears in his eyes, too. We will for sure go to the Sunday Service again.
After the rendezvous, we went and stayed the night at our good friends, the Davis', in Logan. THANKS GUYS!
We were also able to have lunch with some of our favorite people, The Halls! YOU GUYS ROCK! (They went to the Rendezvous with us last year.)
It was super fun, I wish that I had taken more pictures! And I can't wait to go next year!
2 comments:
Laurie, this is awesome! It's like a posting frenzy! Are you guys still up here, or did you already head back down again?
BTW, this is too funny that you guys are into Mountain Man stuff. Didn't you use to make fun of me for doing that with Doug? It's way fun!
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH UPdates!!! Hey call me when your coming to St. George again, I would love to see you!!!
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