Hey Everyone!!!
Sorry we didn't post yesterday. The Storers showed up a day early to surprise the kids. We were all SOOOOOOOO excited to see them all!
We had just got done cleaning the house and then Luke and Sarah came inside and surprised Ian and Seth.
Sarah and Jacey slept on the bed in the great room. They finally stopped talking long enough to fall asleep around 1:45 am. The boys all slept on the floor in the boys' room and say they didn't get to sleep until 12:00am.
We still have little/no water. We were able to flush the toilet once this morning and have had no water since.
We went to church this morning and Luke lead worship. It was very nice to have a real person up front.
After church the girls were able to take showers at Pastor John's house. Hot showers were a great blessing.
While the girls took showers and filled water jugs, the boys took Pastor John's trailer to pick up a solid wood dining table, hutch, and chairs for $75.
After the guys unloaded the furniture, they loaded up Daddy's permanent ladder stand and hauled it out to the woods.
Jacey, Sarah, and Seth stayed home while the moms went to the store to pick up paper plates, ice cream, etc.
Right now Jacey is waiting for the veggie pies to be done, the moms are talking, Sarah is playing with Seth, and the guys are still out putting the tree stand up.
We're all so glad the Storers could make it out here. It's just like when we were in Missouri, except we're not in Missouri anymore.
We miss you all!!!
Your Friends,
-The Daughtons-
We miss you all!

Hello Everyone,
We spent our last night with the Miles watching old home videos. We had one with Aunt Stacy and Uncle Corbin before they were even engaged. It was cute.
The Miles got off safe this morning around 10. We were sorry to see them leave, but Seth was about at the end of his rope. He's never been around to many boys around his same age before for such a long period of time.
Not an hour after they left, we lost water. Daddy had taken a shower before he went to work, and we had done one load of laundry, but that was all.
The someone from Frost plumbing and well drilling came out and said that our water was about 500 feet down. Our well is 600 feet deep. He said to baby the well, and that someone else would come out.
We were supposed to close on our house tomorrow, but Daddy already talked to her lawyer. The lawyer didn't want her to pay for more work on the well, but no one has actually talked to her yet. Daddy told her lawyer that if she didn't fix the well, we wouldn't be able to buy the house.
We'll see how it all turns out.
We miss you all.
Your Friends,
-The Daughtons-

Picture of Rowan for Grandma

Hello Everyone,

We slept in a little this morning. After scrambled eggs for breakfast, we made a video. Since we had more medieval costumes than anything else, that was the time period we went with. All of the boys contributed their MANY ideas. It was mostly improve, but they had a ton of fun.

Unfortunately, we can't upload pictures or videos right now.

Sorry there is not a picture of Rowan. We'll try to get one up for Grandma.

We also went to the North Bennington Library and Aunt Stacy and Uncle Corbin walked around North Bennington.

It's late, so good night.

We miss you.

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

Hello Everyone,

Our cousins are still here and we've all been busy.

This morning we went to the Bennington Library and ate a picnic lunch. Then we went to the Bennington War Memorial.

They say a pictures worth a thousand words, so I won't bore you with the written word, and let you see for yourself what we did.

We miss you all!!!

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

Hey Everyone!!!

Yesterday evening after soccer we drove to Salem for the History Day. There were some very neat papers from the archives and some history from each town in Washington County.

We also went to Salem Art Works and the boys had a lot of fun playing on and with the sculptures.

This morning we went to church. The had the Miles and another missionary family at church today, so it was kind of like a mini missions conference.

After church we went to Subway for lunch. Thank you Grandma Garber!

Then we went to the Mile-Around Wood walking trail. Little Rowan walked the whole mile and did great!

When we came home we had a late surprise party for Corbin Neal. Jacey made him a cloak and Holden gave him Johnny Tremain the book and the whole Daughton family gave him the book Redwall.

We then played Oranges to Oranges, the home-made version of Apples to Apples.

We miss you all!

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

Hello Everyone!

Our cousins arrived safe and sound around 7 pm last night. We had a great dinner of vegetable soup.

After supper Jacey and Corbin Neal worked on their book while the other boys played outside and in the great room. There have been more than a few ambushes with the Nerf guns and the whole house is filled with the hustle and bustle of eight kids and four adults.

The boys were too wound up to sleep well last night and feel asleep sometime after 11.

Ian had a soccer game this morning.

We all watched the first half of his practice and game. Then the other kids ran up and down the hill next to the fields and then.

After running down the hill, we played on the awesome playground that is also at the park where Ian plays soccer.

We played tag and then we played 'wolves'. It was interesting.

We're at home now, eating lunch. There's an Apple Festival in Cambridge, and Historic Day in Salem today. It's raining now, so we'll see what happens.

We also are considering going to Boston sometime this week. Then we'll have been to Boston in the fall. ;)

We miss you all!

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

P.S. Happy Half-Birthday Holden!