He's Gone :(

Let us now observe a moment of silence in honor of Daniel who has gone the way of.. *breaks down* (whispering) iGovern camp.

*SILENCE*

Yes, Daniel is gone. He left around 8:30 this morning, and is now on his way up to Patrick Henry College as a counselor for iGovern. It is a camp basically where Generation Joshua members go and learn to be congressmen (and women) for the week. They hold elections, vote on things, have challenges to do, etc. Very cool. I've never been, but it sounds great! We'll miss having Daniel around! No more escapades this week. No late-night trips to the Royal Intersection for Dairy Queen.....no going over on the spur of the moment to the T.'s house for volleyball......no taking walks in the dark and being saved by him from the evil dogs that come to attack us....*drops a big tear*. By the way. The Royal Intersection (that's what it is called by the "locals" ;) is an intersection in town, (the main one) which has a Dairy Queen, a Burger King, and North Prince Blvd. :) And what are we going to do in church on Sunday? Our singing will sound awful! Daniel always leads worship with his guitar and keeps us on track! Well, I guess Uncle David will have to do it! We really will miss Daniel! I mean, he has been so busy the past couple of weeks with working with Dad and everything else that I have barely seen him! Well, we'll just have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, I'll have to assume the position of oldest child, and not just oldest daughter, and we'll have to go from there! :'( Have fun Daniel! (There really is no good way to spell what we always call him: "Danj" or something like that. :)

The Gentleman From Virginia's Own Utterly "Desolated",
Rachel

Just Come Read This. (please?)

Hello! If you live in Va or NC, haven't these past few days been glorious? I feel quite spring-y, and I am extremely ready for flowers! I found a few pansies and wore them in my hair during church, but... like an analogy of how we feel about winter...they wilted. :) Some of my goals for this week are: keep working as Dad's office manager, WORK ON MY STINKIN' SCOTTISH DRESS, and read some of the nine books I am in the middle of! There you have it: Quite enough for one week besides school work and household things, don't you think? You may ask why I am in the middle of so many books? A simple answer: I love to read! The other answer? I kept losing the book I was in the middle of and so I'd start a new one! :)
The little goats are doing well- still name less! Please pray for Daniel this Tuesday (I think?) because he is addressing our county's G.O.P about Generation Joshua with another boy. They are the official speakers, so a bit nervous, also because Randy Forbes's wife might be there!
Do you ever imagine out conversations with yourself? I do. And I make the most witty and sparklings repartees, only to find myself in a similiar conversation with a real person, and make commonplace remarks about the weather, and Great Aunt Fanny's old milk cow! ;)
Well, hope you all have a great week! -Rachel