Kansas!!!!

I had the awesome opportunity to go out to Kansas in March.  Spring break was around the corner and I didn't have any plans...I was really missing my parents and it was driving me crazy not being able to visualise where they were living and what their land looked like....so I drove up and surprised them!  They had no idea I was coming and I'm glad it all worked out :-)  We had a WONDERFUL weekend and I absolutely love Kansas and love my parents!

Main reason for going home- having my dad fix my burned out tail light :-)

The hill that their house will be built on.

Brush from around the property that needed to be torched!  It was so big and so hot!

Fire licking the sky

Cute, tiny snake I found :-)

While I was there, the old brush all over the property needed to be burned...so we burned it!  Dad would light fires along the way and mom and I would make sure none of it got out of control.  Here's Mom masterfully controlling part of the blaze with a shovel.

Mom working the line

Dad observing, waiting for the fire to come to him.

End result!  My parents say the land is usually beautiful and green...

Lunch time by the stream

Showing off our battle wounds from fighting the blaze



One of the streams

 

After working on the land all day, we went into town to eat.  Then we went to this hill to see the Missouri river.

Enjoying the view

 

Pretty blossoms

An Asay family favorite, frozen custard!

The second day we thinned out the trees and got rid of the thorny ones...for good reason, these suckers were long and sharp!

My first chainsaw experience :-) 

My parent's neighbors had Anatolian Shepherds that had just had 16 puppies!  They were so so cute!

At the hardware store, they had 6 tubs filled with little baby chicks, adorable :-)

 

Kansas City where we ate some amazing BBQ!