Family Tradition

Every year for Easter my dads side of the family does a big Roper Family Sand Dunes weekend! We have been doing this for as long as I can remember! Uncles, Aunts, Grandparents, Cousins and kids all bring their campers, 4-wheelers, motorcycles and sand toys to our "designated" spot. This is our family reunion pretty much! Most of them stay the weekend, but we just went down for the day! It was still a lot of fun! Even if you don't have a 4-wheeler or anything, there are plenty to borrow, which is what we did!
This was Jaxons first year going! And since we have lived so far away from our families for so long, it was Joels first time too! When we were little we would bring colored eggs and make trails down one of the hills for the eggs to roll down, of course it had to include tunnels, jumps, and any other creative thing you could think of! So of course we had to pass this tradition onto the next generation! But lets be honest, Jaxon had no idea what the point of that was.. so Joel did it, with some destructive help from Jaxon! (He kept pushing sand into the trail) :)

Joels masterpiece! You can't really tell from this picture but there was a tunnel towards the bottom! Pretty good for a rookie! :)

He was fascinated with letting the sand run through his fingers! Actually.. he just LOVED getting messy!My cousin and I are 1 month apart. We now both have kids, they are 3 months apart, but could not be anymore different looking from each other! Jaxon has dark brown eyes and hair, while Rebecca has crystal blue eyes and a little blonde hair! They had fun playing together though and we hope they grow up to be good friends like we are! Rebecca is the cutest little thing!

After we got nice and messy in the sand we took Jaxon for a ride on a 4-wheeler! He loved it! The whole time he kept saying "WHOA!" "Whoa!" and "Vroom Vroom!"

Because the 4-wheeler was such a hit, we decided to take Jaxon in my dads Rhino. Tatianna (my cousin) brought Rebecca and hubby along with us! It was a fun ride!
All in all it was a FUN FUN day! The weather was perfect for the most part, we got some sun, and ate some YUMMY food! I am terrible at remembering names in my own family.. but it's hard to remember the names of my dads cousins kids! Oh well! At least we got to see everyone!
Jaxon was so good and we wore him out! He slept the whole way home and when we got home, he took a bath and went straight to bed!
Perfect Day I think!