Every summer we look forward to our annual Phillips family get together with all my dad's side of the family. Typically we gather in Kansas at my parent's home but since they moved and their house isn't built yet we relocated to Omaha. Everyone planned to get together on Saturday, July 5th but we decided to go down a day early and make a little family trip out of it. I talked Kurtis into stopping at the Nebraska Crossing Outlets in Gretna to do some shopping. We also stopped at Cabela's too!
Happy 4th of July from my little firecrackers!
Landon bought a new blue hat at Under Armor and of course I stocked up on new shoes, shirts and flip flops. We also had to hit up Old Navy!
We then met up with my parents and Aunt Shirley (My Grandma's sister) at their hotel.
Kurtis and I stayed at the Embassy Suits with Scott and Carissa. It was filled with state baseball players which was fun as I ran into a ton of past students. We saw the Hansens, Hinkens and Keyes. I also saw another past student (Ortiz family) who was there visiting family.
That evening we watched the 4th of July fireworks from our hotel window. They were everywhere. We were hoping to see the ones from the Storm Chasers game but the side of the building was in the way. :(
The next day we all hung out at my Uncle Skeet's house, caught up on conversation and grilled lunch.
More love from Aunt Shirley.
That evening we went to go swimming at my parent's hotel but the water was freezing. Avery was not a fan.
Landon loved it!
Finally, you can't go to Omaha without going to the zoo so we all met there Sunday. This was Landon's 2nd trip to the zoo even though last time he was too little to know what was going and this was Avery's 1st trip.
Grandma Phillips bought them their very own zoo outfits. Landon had a crocodile shirt and Avery supported a toucan outfit.
Landon with mommy's cousins from Texas.
This was adorable...Landon was picking leaves and going "here buddy, come here buddy" trying to feed the giraffes leaves.
Kurtis rode the sky tram by himself. We saw him while we were looking at the giraffes.
He eventually came over.
Taylin was exhausted!
Then it was Avery's turn!
This was Landon's favorite part. He couldn't wait to see the sharks. I think we stayed in that tunnel for at least 30-40 minutes just watching the sharks and fish.
Avery loved watching all the fish swim too.
All the cousins, but missing Kienda (Pennsylvania) and Gus (California).
Landon's shark chomper from the gift shop.
Already looking forward to next year's family gathering!
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