Aunt Lauralie's House

My kids were excited to spend time at Aunt Lauralie's house. Last summer they called her house "the farm," and for good reason- the Powell family has every sort of animal in their care. Dayton's favorite thing to do was to go outside and chase around all the kittens, and watch them play.

Daphne holding a cuddly kitten

Daphne bottle-feeding a baby calf

Dayton claimed this dog, Molly, as his own;
he chased her around the house, but also gently pet her as well

Each time we got to Lauralie's house, Dayton said, "Where's my dog?"Daphne played Mario Kart with Mandi and Beth

Can you tell how much she was concentrating?!

Dayton and Daphne swam with Daddy;
Derrick joined us for the last weekend of our trip

Daphne is a chip-fanatic

I love this picture- lounging with her chips and capri sun

Lauralie and Cindy filling water-balloons for the kids

Dayton kept throwing his water-balloons into the pool

Daphne liked carrying her water-balloons around

Daphne and Dayton enjoyed the trampoline

Daphne's swimsuit gives her such a wedgie-
we couldn't take our eyes off her cute buns!

We roasted marshmallows over a fire

The kids both LOVED the s'mores

We spent 3 evenings at Aunt Vicki's house as well, but I never had my camera to take pictures there. She made us home-made ice cream twice, and then scones another night. It was all delicious!