FATHER'S DAY AT THE DUNES!

So we went camping down at the sand dunes over Father's Day, and it was a BLAST! I went down with Ava, Randall, and Denise on friday afternoon and Maren, Larry, and Ashton came down that night. Jake came the next morning since he worked that night. But when we first got there I tried to put Ava on the four-wheeler with Randall, and she'd have nothing to do with it. She bawled and squirmed and finally just went stiff so he had to turn around and bring her back. We spent all day and all night trying to get her to ride with us, but she threw a fit if we even asked her. Saturday morning came and we figured it out. I held her on my hip and stradled the four-wheeler while still standing up. Then Larry started it and I asked Ava if I could sit down, which she agreed to. Then she just started reaching for the handle bars, so I sat her down between my legs and started going. SHE LOVED IT!! After that, she was an addict and bawled anytime we took her off the four-wheeler. Everyime but one- when she fell asleep while riding with Maren. They had only been out for about five minutes- if that- and Maren came back with a sleeping Ava in her arms. Ava has been asking Poppy to give her a ride on the "four-yeah-yer" around the block about every night since. Another of Ava's favorite things to do while we were there was "chatch a bug" (catch a bug). She mostly just scooped up sand and pebbles, but she enjoyed it and still called it "chatch a bug". Jake was sick before we got there and I got sick WHILE we were there, but other than that everyone had a great time. I can't wait until the next time we go!!