The Stewarts: Jericho Sand dunes

APRIL 28TH-MAY 1ST
This is our first trip to the sand dunes this spring and is just another of our many trips we will be taking to the dunes. Of all the times we have been to the dunes I would say that this one was probably the worst of them all. The weather was freezing cold most of the time and both Aaron and his mom were hurt in an accident. We have been very very lucky that as much as we have been to the dunes, none of us have ever been in an accident or hurt. We were not so lucky this time around. Here is the scoop on their accidents:

Aaron was out putting around with his dad in the razor when they saw all the kids having races on the dunes. First of all I didn't think it was such a good idea in the first place but the kids were having fun and were being careful. Little did I know it was Aaron I needed to worry about. Our friend Mark told Aaron to get on his wife's NEW 4-wheeler and to race his son Jace. As they were racing- Jace cut the obstacle short so Aaron tried to catch up and as he came over a dune he hit a bump which threw him off head first into the sand. The 4-wheeler was right after him and hit him in the lower back. He said it kind of knocked him out a little bit and he was shaking. He said that he was fine but I knew he was hurt pretty good when he came back to camp and immediately started working on Alicia's bike. He was quiet and to himself and I think tried to stay occupied fixing the bike. I knew he felt really bad to that he had wrecked her new bike. After talking to him later on he said that he had that same feeling when he fell 60ft from a building years and years ago....which was not good to re-live that moment and is why he was shaking. I can't even imagine the feeling he felt falling from the building but having to feel that again was something I know for sure wasn't pleasant for him. He wasn't wearing his helmet so I am grateful that he came out of it with just a bruised and sore back.

Grandma Stewarts:

Sunday was our last day and of course it was the only decent day weather wise. The sun was out and the wind was not blowing. The kids wanted to be pulled around one more time on the chair behind the razor so while Aaron was pulling them around a few of us got on our 4-wheelers and started putting around on the dunes. There is one hill that we call the "bowl" that I love to zip around. I had done it a few times and noticed Aaron's mom kind of looking at it but she would just ride by it. I had gone over a few other dunes and when I came back I saw her lying on the ground not moving. That is never a site or feeling anybody wants to see or feel. She had tried to attempt the "bowl" but she wasn't going fast enough and when she tried to turn out her 4-wheeler went one way and she went the other. Aaron had gotten to her first and told me to head back to camp to get some help. On my way back I had some difficulty as well. I was riding Logans 4-wheeler which is a clutch and I'm not use to that. I was trying to hurry so fast I came over a dune and tried to slow down but didn't clutch down in time and the 4-wheeler shut off on me. I was sideways on the hill and it started to roll, luckily I was able to stop it and then instead of trying to get the bike situated I just started running. So long story short Logan saw that his bike was sideways on the dune and I was no where by it. He told Aaron and he thought that I had rolled as well. Before he started to head over to check on me, Grandpa Todd & I had came over the dune to head back to willie. When we got to her she was standing up but in alot of pain. She has had problems with her right hip and that's the side she landed on. We all headed back to camp got her some ice and pain meds to help with the pain. We sat around the fire and talked about what happened and all kind of laughed about my incident. It would of been alot easier and faster for me to turn the bike and start it back up again then me having to run over 2 dunes to get to camp. It is not easy running in sand! I guess I had to much adrenaline running inside me. We were very blessed though that both her and Aaron were not seriously injured.
After we brought grandma back to camp after her accident, Kennady kept on saying that she was glad that grandma was okay. She said her tummy hurt though and she can't get it to stop because she keeps on thinking about grandma getting hurt. She even mentioned it on the way home and when we got home that she had that same feeling in her tummy. We explained to her that she has that sick feeling in her stomach because she loves grandma and doesn't like seeing her get hurt. It was really cute that she kept on telling us that whole day.

Here's the pictures of our weekend:

Oops forgot to turn it before I down loaded it.....oh well! Logan is driving with his friend Jace. My sil husband borrowed this kids razor from a friend who is trying to sell it so they brought it along to try it out. All the kids loved it and took their turn driving it, the boys didn't even mind that it was pink.

We found this old office chair by a camp fire pit next to our camp. Aaron and his cleverness unscrewed the legs and viola we had entertainment for the trip.

The kids always like trying to surf down the hills or just roll down them. We bring lots of sand home with us. I always shake out their pants but every time I do laundry, more and more keeps falling out of them.

The weather was freezing cold. It was windy practically the whole trip and for the first time we got to experience snow at the dunes. It is almost may....why is there snow gosh darnet! I'm sick, sick, sick, sick, sick of the cold weather.