VACATION!

Well, our vacation to Douthat was definitely an experience! Fun at times, dull at times, and of course not without a few spats, haha, but all-in-all it was a good time. The kids thoroughly enjoyed spending so much time with their cousins!

Our cabin was at the top of the mountain and the one lane road leading up to it was absolutely RIDICULOUS! The cabin was nice, with a very spacious great room where the kids had plenty of room to play, a nice patio in the back, a decent size kitchen and 6 bedrooms. Grandma and Pappy had the pleasure of sharing the big bedroom with Amaris, Vaeh and Parker! Bryce decided to wake every morning between 5 and 5:30, so it wasn't a very restful vacation! We spent the most time at the lake, which was perfect because the kids could pretty much do as they pleased while we sat back and watched. We did some hiking on the trail right by the cabin, which the kids thoroughly enjoyed. We tried fishing, but there wasn't much to catch in the park. We also ventured to the Safari Park out near Lexington for a day. This was THE BEST! There was a petting zoo with goats, pigs, kangaroo, as well as tigers, turtles, lemurs, spider monkeys, marmosets, and several other animals to marvel over! Best of all was the tractor/wagon ride through the woods where we got to feed a ridiculous amount of HUGE animals with our buckets of feed. The kids really loved it and were surprisingly not afraid (well not all of the kids anyway!) of the camels, buffalo, moose, elk, llamas, ostriches, etc. Oh, and best of all, we all got sick at some point...either during the vacation or once we got home!