Kansas.

Every vacation must come to an end.

We had such a fantastic time in Kansas and I seriously cannot wait to go back.

We went out there to surprise Dan's dad for his 60th birthday. He was so shocked to see all of his kids.

The next night he had a surprise birthday at his record store Vinyl Renaissance.

We made these great name tags for the party out of old 45's. What a fun idea!

The Phillips/Grogan gang plus me!

Completely Dan's idea.

Who wouldn't want to party with a life-sized cardboard cut out of themselves?

Everytime we go to Kansas I want to move there. It was actually warmer in Kansas than in Seattle, and the sun was out all weekend. When we came home it was cold and grey. Post vacation blues. However I am inspired to shape my life so it makes me just as happy as vacation.

Kansas

Dan and I went to Kansas to visit his family last week. It was great to defrost from this awful Seattle summer we are having, and it was great to catch up with his family.

The second night we hung out listening to live jazz music at Dan's dads record store. Then we went to a drag bar! This was my first time at a drag bar and it was absolutely fantastic.

The next night we went Cosmic Bowling! 

Our final day we stopped in this old train station. It was absolutely beautiful. There were also bullet holes in the marbles from a gangster/police shoot out in the early 1900's. Crazy

Inside the train station there were miniature train sets. This is Dan's little niece. She loved all the trains.