Hello Everyone,

We're sorry the Blog hasn't been updated as much as it used to be.

Since the last post, Jacey passed her Western Civ CLEP test, it finally got really cold, and we have the majority of everybody's presents wrapped and under the tree.

The recorded high for yesterday was 15 degrees Fahrenheit and the low was 8 below zero, only 6 degrees warmer than the record low for December 18th. Pretty cold.

We played outside this morning for a little bit. The snow is so dry and powdery we can't even sled down the steepest hill. It just grabs the board or sled and you stick right there. Since they couldn't slide in the snow nad it's horrible snow for packing, the boys shoveled 'roads' and parking lots in the snow and played cops and robbers or highway patrol and speeders. It was only 16 degrees, so we couldn't stay out as long as usual.

Ian playing war with the bushes

Seth clearing out a 'road'.

A cat has shown up at our house and stays on our porch during the day and goes home at night. We have started calling him Tux because of his markings, though Seth calls him Tusk. For a cat he's very lovable and has adopted Seth as his own. He has a box on our porch to sleep in and he usually curls into a perfect ball. We think he's our neighbor's barn cat that is starved for the attention that only a child can give. He loves to curl in your lap and to be held so he can bury his face in your shoulder or warm his nose on your neck.

The kids are all memorizing Luke 2 (the Christmas story). Seth is so cute about remembering the real reason for the season.

We miss you all so much!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Your Friends,

-the Daughtons-

***PICTURES***

Fun in the Snow!!!

-Ian 'Kayaking' on his snowboard-

-Wipeout-

-Holden Sledding-

-The boys in the falling snow last night-

-Seth getting the hang of the it-

-What a motley crew-

-Ian telling Jacey how to snowboard-

-Seth and Holden-

-The Daughton Snowboarding Team-

-Ian-

-Ian conquering the 'slopes'-

-Some handsome dude-

We miss you all!!!

Your Friends,

The Daughtons

Hello Everyone!
Our warm weather has left for the season. It's supposed to be below 45 degrees (F) this week and we have a forecasted low of 15 degrees(F).
We received 3-5 inches of snow yesterday and last night. The boys were so excited. They played outside all yesterday afternoon.
Today we went to church. We had to scrape ice off the windowshield of the car and because we Daddy has the suburban for work, we had to take the Camry. Mom was a little nervous about driving to church in the car. It does have front wheel drive, so that was a comfort. We did hit a few miles of ice on the way there, but God protected us.
After we got home from church all of the kids played in the snow. They had a blast!
The snow started melting today, but there was enough to 'snowboard' on.
For some reason we can't upload pictures in the Blog right now. We'll add a few later when we can.
We're all enjoying the peace and warmth of home this evening.
We miss you all so much!
Your Friends,
-the Daughtons-

Hello Everyone!
We're all enjoying a gorgeous day. It's 60 degrees and raining here. It feels more like spring than the first week of December. The boys are all waiting very anxiously for the snow and Holden is convinced that it will never come.

We decorated the tree last Sunday and we all had fun.

Tuesday Mom hosted the homeschool mom's meetings at our house and we invited the kids to come and hang out so we could have a homeschool teen game night. There were two boys around Holden's age and two girls around Jacey's age, and we all had a great time. We learned some new games and taught them some new ones.

Today the boys played outside in the fort. It poured rain all night and it's been raining off and on all day. Seth fell in the water and the boys had to carry him up to the house because he had ammonia (pneumonia). He looked more like a prisoner than a patient.

Daddy's leaving on a business trip tonight he won't be back till Monday. We'll miss him.

We really aren't doing much else.

We miss you all SO much!!!

Your Friends,

-the Daughtons-

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-