The house is the quietest it's been for awhile now.
We dropped Grandma and Grandpa off at the Albany Airport a few hours ago and they should be on their way to Arizona by now. We enjoyed having them over and had a ton of fun with them.
The boys are playing in the great room and mom is in the kitchen. Dad is upstairs, probably working.
Jacey is studying for the English CLEP and trying very hard not to panic. Two days is not a lot of time to study. We have the rest of today, tomorrow afternoon, and Monday morning for her to study, and that's it. She takes the test Tuesday morning and the Wilde's are coming over Monday afternoon.
It rained yesterday evening, last night, and this morning. It's not raining now, but looks like it will soon.

We miss everyone.
Your Friends,
-The Daughtons-

Hello,

Today we went to the Bennington War Memorial. It's the third tallest war memorial in the country and is dedicated to the men who fought in the Bennington Battle that took place in the Revolutionary War in 1777.

We went up to the visitors platform and the view was amazing.

We also went to the Bennington Museum and dressed up in period costume. This was probably the funnest part of the day.

We got a picture of Holden with his street sign.

We couldn't get a picture just for Jared leave Adam out, so Holden got a picture of a car for Adam Smith.

We miss you all and can't wait till we see you all next.

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

Hello Everyone,

We're all having a great time with grandpa and grandma here.

We went to the county fair yesterday and had a pretty good time.

The first thing we saw was a tractor pull.

We didn't get to stay for all of it, or even a fraction of it, there was just too much to see.

We saw the old school house and the caboose.

We saw a magic show, a pig race, and many other interesting things.

There was even the equivalent of the squeezy cheese for dogs.

In the New York Natural resources building, they had a booth devoted to trapping. Jacey and Holden are interested in trapping the fur bearing creatures here and selling the furs. New York has foxes, bobcats, coyotes, ermine, pine marten, otters and more.

Later that night the Bear's came over and we had a great time. The boys showed their magic tricks to Mr. and Mrs. Bear. Mrs. Bear was a great sport and played along with all of Sethy's 'magic tricks'.

We miss everyone even more now than we did when we left. If it's possible.

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

Hello everyone,
We have not had a very busy day today.
We went blueberry picking with grandma and grandpa. We picked about 4 pounds of berries and Jacey is going to make two cobblers for the Bear's, Daddy's friends, who are coming to visit.
The boys made 'stores' outside and are selling knives (pieces of stick marginally sharpened on a rock), spears (of the same material as the knives), carpet (grass clippings), and rocks. They are using pieces of quartz from our driveway for currency. It is quite interesting and has kept them busy all day.
Haydn (the cat) peed in the 'great room'. Mom was not happy and Jacey had to clean the Imaginext.

We miss you all and hope you don't forget us.
Your Friends,
-The Daughtons-

It rained again alittle bit yesterday.

We went to church, as usual. Jacey, Holden and Quentiana made up the entire Youth Group on Sunday. There were three teachers and three kids, so it was a pretty good ratio.

After church we went to the Schuyler house in, you guessed it, Schuylerville. Mr. General Schuyler was a good friend of George Washington and the father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton is on the $10 bill and was shot by Aaron Burr in a duel. Gen. Schuyler was also credited with making the canal system popular in the U.S. He had seen the locks in England and thought it would increase the efficiency of trade. He mapped out the whole system, including the Erie Canal, but died before he could see the project finished.

We visited a lock on the way home to get a closer look.

We also went up and saw the Saratoga Battlefields. The visitors center was very neat, and the rest of the park was also awesome.

We Miss You All.

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

Grandma and Grandpa got in an hour late due to storms on our end, but are now safe and sound. They slept on our hide-a-bed in the living room last night and we all got to sleep in this morning.

We toured Manchester today. We saw the Northshire Bookstore, the Orvis store and a few other places of interest.

Hurricane Bill was fore casted to hit MA this evening. We expected a little rain, since we can see Massachusetts from the house. We didn't expect quite this much.

The water jumped the culvert in Zora's pasture and the banks of the drainage ditch and ran downhill in a torrent.

It also leaked into the basement. The crawl space got it the worst, but it's now under control.

It's still raining, and probably will be for a while tonight, but it is now just a steady rain, not a driving one.

We miss you all.

Your friends,

-The Daughtons-

Salutations!

Today the Daughton family checked out the Bennington Library, not to be confused with the North Bennington McCullough Library. The Library in Bennington is in an old building. They have what appears to be a good selection. On one end, they have the 'quiet' room and young adult section. The young adult section is very small. They have a large reference section and what they call the public portals, actually just Internet access. The non-fiction section is in two rooms off the back of the library. There are grates in top floor room and you can look down into the room below. That was fairly cool.

There is a room on the ground floor with eight dark wood tables to sit at and read or study. This room had a high ceiling and a fireplace, which lent the room a magnificent air. A puzzle was set up on one of these tables, which was a nice touch.
While we were in Bennington, we were able to get a few pictures of some moose. Here they are.

Holden also got a picture of a sweet Viper for Jared Smith.

We also forgot, in our hustle and bustle, to mention that we found a mysterious fungus that popped up literally over-night in our dining room by the screen door. Mom cleaned it up right after the picture was taken.

Hopefully this will not deter any of you who wish to visit.

We miss you all and always will.

Your Friends,
-The Daughtons-