Hello Everyone!

Today we drove up to Mount Snow, which is about an hour away, and where we will be taking ski and snowboarding lessons. It's a pretty big place with mulitiple lodges and a place just for snowboarding. We ate lunch at the main lodge. We all had pizza. Yummm!

It was about 40-45 degrees up on the mountain but the wind was blowing so it seemed a lot colder.

On the way up there we drove through some areas that had gotten about 6 inches of snow. We stopped at a pulloff by the road and played in the snow.

After we got home Jacey, Ian, Holden, and Daddy expanded Zora's pasture again. Miss Zora was very happy to have some more space and grass.

We had leftovers for dinner and now we're all just relaxing.

We miss you all!

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

Hello Everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving a day late.

We hope everyone had as wonderful of a holiday as we did.

We hoped to be able to put more pictures up, but we can't get them off of Ian's camera right now. We apologize.

Grandma and Grandpa Daughton came out to celebrate with us and we had a wonderful time with them.

On Tuesday we toodled around Manchester, VT. We visited the Northshire Bookstore and Daddy's work. The little boys stayed the night with Grandma and Grandpa in the hotel and got to swim in the hotel pool.

On Wednesday we visited Salem, NY. We stopped by the North Main Art Gallery where Holden and Jacey take art lessons to show Grandma and Grandpa the place and give our art teacher her birthday cards. That night Holden and Jacey spent the night with Grandma and Grandpa.

Thursday was Thanksgiving of course. We had a ton of food. A turkey, a ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, salad, stuffing, rolls. Basically all the popular Thanksgiving foods. Daddy spoked the turkey and it was absolutely perfect!

After supper we went for a walk down old state line road and then ate dessert.

The Grandparents left last night for Albany. They wanted to stay the night in Albany so they could make the morning flight.

Today Daddy and the boys are putting up the Christmas lights.

We miss you all and hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

Hey Everyone!
Sorry about the lack of pictures. Here are a few to make it up.





All the boys working hard


Seth and Jacey


The Daughton boys with new haircuts

Ninja Seth

Hillbilly Ian

We really haven't been doing much lately.

Jacey, Holden, and Dad are going to the Teen Super Bowl party at church tonight. It lasts all night and woe be upon the person who even thinks about sleeping. We're going to a hockey game and then maybe some bowling.

Right now Holden is doing a science experiment and the other boys are 'helping'.

Ian has started reading 'Redwall' by Brain Jacques.

Jacey and Seth finally finished the 'Hobbit' a few days ago and are now going to start on the 2nd Wizard of Oz book.

Daddy has gone bow-hunting, but he hasn't seen anything big enough to be worth shooting.

We're all working hard in school and learning lots.

We miss you all.

Your Friends,

-The Daughtons-

Hello Everyone!!!

The most exciting thing that has happened here was that it snowed a couple of days ago. It was just barely thick enough to dust the grass. The boys tried to sled on it, but it melted long before noon.

Yesterday after we got back from church we worked outside since it was a gorgeous day. It was about 65 all day. We dug the holes for blueberry bushes we're getting soon and Daddy and the boys chopped down a dead tree. We also built some raised beds.

Today it's almost 80 degrees here. We went to the store and bought food for some Thanksgiving baskets that we're giving through our church.

Sorry there are no pictures. The dissappeared after Jacey uploaded them from the camera.

We miss you all so much!
Your Friends,
-The Daughtons-

Hello Everyone!
It's a blustery day here, with gusts of wind up to 45 mph. It's in the high 60's though, so overall it's really nice.
Our neighbor delivered Zora's hay today, and she's enjoying it. Jacey was afraid she wouldn't eat it because she's so finicky.
We went to Seth last soccer game this morning. The game finally clicked with him and he played the best he ever has. He plays defensive and does very well there.
We went to the hardware store and a yard sale this evening, but we're not doing anything exciting.
Daddy's working on installing the pellet stove. It will be so nice to have this winter.
Mom unpacked the winter coats today and Jacey sorted and packed all her summer clothes.
Winter is on it's way, but it hasn't come as quickly as we thought it would. We haven't had a frost in a while.
Jacey and Mom are still making wedding plans, but we have a whole year, so we're not too frantic to get it done.
Holden's reading 'The Lord of the Rings' again, and Jacey is still reading the Hobbit to the boys. Ian is reading up a storm. He's reading everything he can get his hands on, but really enjoys mysteries.
There really isn't much else to tell.
We miss you all so much!
Your Friends,
-The Daughtons-

Happy Birthday Ian!!!

Hello Everyone!
Today is Ian's 9th birthday. His soccer game was cancelled, but we went out for a birthday breakfast at the Northside Diner. All the kids had pancakes.
After we came home, Ian opened all of his presents.
We have cupcakes to have after lunch and we're about to play Monopoly. Ian got his own Monopoly board. It's really his favorite game, even though it takes FOREVER to get through a whole game, even if you deal out all the cards first.
We also bought 2 tons of wood pellets for us to burn in the stove this winter.
That's about it. We miss you all!!!
Your friends,
-The Daughtons-

Hello Everyone!
Sorry we haven't posted for a couple of days. There really hasn't been much to tell you all about.
Daddy has been gone on a business trip to Oregon and California. He's coming home tonight and we all can't wait to see him.
Ian's birthday is tomorrow and he's very excited for that. He'll be turning 9.
Seth has been alittle trying lately, but perhaps he's just been missing Daddy.
Holden has been reading up a storm and doing school.
Jacey has been doing school, talking to Luke, and planning a wedding.
The weather here has been SO nice. Short sleeve weather and warm nights.
It hsan't frosted for the past three nights. It did frost really hard before this warm spell though. The frost was so thick that Seth tried to snowboard on it and almost succeeded. It stayed on the ground until 9-10 in the morning.
Jacey and Holden went to art class yesterday and had alot of fun. It's basically just trial and error learning, though Miss Ruth is very helpful in helping you find your style.
Trunk-or-Treat was cancelled because not enough cars were going to show up.
That's about it, there's not much else to tell about.

We miss you all!
Your Friends,
-The Daughtons-