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For the 4th of July weekend we headed back to Hays, Kansas to spend time with my family.  I was so excited to go home because we hadn't been back there since October since my family is always coming up to Nebraska.  My Dad's sister and her family also came up from Houston, TX to spend the holiday with us. Might I add we hadn't seen them since my brother's wedding which was a year ago.  So...this weekend was pretty special!

We spent a lot of time relaxing, shopping, a couple days at the Hays Aquatic Park, eating, and of course shooting off fireworks. My mom and cooked lots of wonderful food including the smoked chicken in the picture!  

 Landon and I stayed in Hays until Tuesday so that we could watch the firework display that the city put on; however, Kurtis had to head back Monday afternoon so that he could go to work early Tuesday morning.  We missed him and were bummed he missed it too!  We don't see my Dad's side of the family very often so it was so nice to be able to spend time with them.  It always brings tears to my eyes when they have to go.  

It was definitely an awesome weekend!