Kansas

We headed back to Kansas with Kit and Jerry to see family and Chad's Great Grandfather's homestead. We had a very early start and Cass took advantage of G'ma and G'pa loves on the flight to get her through.

When we got to Wichita and refreshed at Mike and Jamie's home, we were treated to a great party with lots of family, most Chad hadn't seen since he was about Cassidy's age. They were great and very welcoming, making us feel right at home.
The next day we spent some more time with Great Aunt Wilma, and she is great. We had a nice visit over lunch and then had to head out. It was hard to leave, she is truly an amazing and gracious woman.

Cassidy navigating on the way north to Ellsworth Hanging with cousin Zoe. She was great during our visit, and Cassidy was instantly a big fan.

The homestead, still a working cattle ranch in the family hands of Dennis, was the highlight of our trip.

On the ranch are very cool petroglyphs, carved into sandstone that has an overhang and so has stayed preserved. They are very elaborate and not to mention in a beautiful spot.

The original barn on the homestead. We have a picture of Chad's Grandpa in front of this barn on his horse
After being such a great traveler and trooper, we spent one day just for Cassidy and took her to the Zoo. It was her first trip to a zoo and she had a great time...and so did we watching her.

We went out to Lois and Rick's farm, and Cass got to help feed the new calves. I got to help too!

Cass and the cousins

Part of the Ellsworth Crew

We made a trip up to Manhattan to visit the beautiful Prairie Wood, Kale and Becky. We had a wonderful afternoon

Our wonderful hosts, Don and Linda, made our trip to Ellsworth and were great with Cassidy, totally winning her over with a buterfly necklace We had a great trip and hopefully wel'll get a chance to go back before another 30 years has passed!