Hello! By Kelsey

Hello everyone! I've been trying to think of a good blog name, so if y'all think of one, leave a comment and let us know! Kendal and Kelsey Butler was actually supposed to be temporary. ;) I hope y'all enjoy the pictures. One or two of them might have already been shared, but enjoy them anyway! ;) Isn't the picture below the coolest! Actually, it was really really cold! I went out really early in the morning to take it.

This picture (below) is similar to the one from my last post, Gavin. But this is the one and only other one like it.

I think that might be me in the picture, but I'm not sure, it's sorta hard to tell.

This is the creek water from the waterfall. When it's warmer we like to play in it. But we are also famous for loosing shoes in it! ;)

Didn't God create a beautiful world?! ~Kelsey

It's Me! (Kendal)

I thought I would do a post on what I have been doing lately and such...

We've been somewhat steadily working through the school books... this school year has been a busy one for Mom- for the first time she has six students, and only two are at the same grade level. (Daniel and Anna) That doesn't make for a very easy job! Fortunately, Kelsey and I do nearly all of ours independently, and we can help the younger children. Despite it being my senior year, I don't have a ton of time-consuming subjects, which is nice, especially since I'm working during the day. This year I'm taking Advanced Biology (human anatomy), vocabulary (very quick and easy, even fun, too a degree) Writing and Grammar, (This happens to be my least favorite subject, next to anatomy, but I would like to improve my writing skills.) Accounting, (it's not difficult, just boring), and History from the Civil War to Vietnam (definitely my favorite subject). I'm grateful for the great education that I've received over the past twelve years, but at the same time I am really looking forward to finishing high school!

I'm still enjoying work at Chick-fil-A, [sometimes known as "The Store", "The Chicken", or CFA :) ] although the "new experience" part has worn off. It started to feel like work after about six months, but it became a job in my mind at about the nine month mark, when I had to start getting up at 5:00 in the morning three days a week, in order to be at CFA by 6:00. It's early, but I get off around 2:00, which is great during the week because I'm getting in hours at work, and still have time for school and stuff at home. It's not the greatest on Saturday, but I could stand the discipline of getting up when it's still dark and cold. :)

Oh, now that I'm on the subject of CFA, some stranger commented on this blog and said that I should post about funny things that happen at work. I think I'll try to do a short post once in awhile about that kind of thing. I'll call the stories "Chronicles of The Chicken" :)

I've been trying to start on making some fall/winter dresses; I have a pattern that I will probably use, and I also designed a dress, but I don't know how it will turn out yet, we'll see. It's always fun to draw a dress and have the real thing turn out like the picture, but I'm not really good enough at designing clothes to do it quickly- it's pretty time consuming. Hopefully I'll become more efficient with practice, I think it's a good skill to have with such a shortage of modest clothing.

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful week!

-Kendal

Vacation pictures! by Kelsey

All ready for some shootin' Well maybe not, considering we are already late for breakfast with Grandad. ;)

On the way back home I took this picture. Look! It's a mouse! Actually it was a dead mouse. It must have died of poison, because it was flexible. We fluffed it up and set it on a rocking chair, and it scared the mess out of Mama! I don't understand people who are scared of mice, what is there to be scared of?
Howdy partner! ( Those are real guns)


I'm hoping to frame this one.

That's a lot of apples! We picked quite a few, and I would sit on the porch and peel them each morning for breakfast. Yum!

I think this is sorta funny. That's me, in case you were wondering. The best apples were up high, so I drove the four~wheeler under the tree so we could reach them.

These are the Fox grapes we picked. We picked the rest on the creek bank.

I think this is so cute!

That's how we got the grapes out.

Our Grandad Thurman took us up here. Isn't it beautiful? Mr. Hylton and Joy.

Grandma Brenda and Joshua.

This is Isaac and I on the way to the cabin from the campground. It was really cold! We had just finished picking grapes on the creek bank. That's why my hair looks so crazy!

This is Molly, isn't she cute?

Mama took this picture of a woolly bear.

I took this picture on the way back home.

Awww, how sweet.

The more the merrier!

This is the lake.

Hey, look it's Dan the Sailor Man!

Anna is holding one of the newts they fished out of the lake with a fishing pole.

This was right before our very bumpy and scary ride. I came along to make sure no one fell out. To bad no one did that for me! It was so bumpy because we had a flat tire. That little girl is Maggie, Mr. and Mrs. Hylton's granddaughter.

Whoops! It looks like someone fell in the lake! Anna dived headfirst out of the boat. She was trying to get a newt, and well, misjudged her aim.

What a nice vacation! ~Kelsey

We're back! by Kelsey

We just got back yesterday from a week long vacation in Floyd, and then a day spent at our Aunt Carrie and Brian's house. We had a lovely time there. We also got to see our Grandad Thurman, Mama's dad. He took us to some really neat places, so I'll be sharing a lot of photos soon. We actually went there in June also, but didn't blog any photos.

Kendal and I learned to drive the four~wheelers some more this time, and took quite a few rides with passengers. We picked about a half bushel of apples there, so when we got back last night, we peeled and sliced them with a borrowed peeler, corer, slicer. We also picked more fox grapes to make jam. That was a lot of fun. Pictures are coming soon. Well that's all for now!

Wow

Hello everyone! I was fixing up some pictures from the last few months on picasa and I found this one. The camera that I use isn't that great of a quality, but it never ceases to amaze me with some of the photos it takes! ~Kelsey

By Kendal (imagine that!)

Well, I'm back to blogging! I need to head off to bed, but I wanted to let y'all know that I haven't given up blogging, I just haven't made time for it. I've sometimes found myself wishing that we had more hours in a day!
Well, I'd better go! I'll try to catch up on y'all's blogs tomorrow, and maybe do a real post, but we'll see!

Kendal


P.S. By the way, Kelsey, I thought your posts were great!
I know, it's sad when you haven't even read your own blog! :)

Tomorrow is my birthday! By Kelsey

Tomorrow is my birthday, but since yesterday was Saturday, we celebrated it then. I had asked if I could have my ears pierced, so I did that yesterday. It only hurt a tiny bit. I told Kendal it was like getting a shot, only you end up with earrings! Since we were in the mall we looked around and while Mama fed Joshua I looked in a jewelery store. I think my very favorite jem is the opal. I think it is neat how it sparkles in different colors. The rarest kind and therefore most expensive kind is a fire opal, which is mostly black with darker colors inside. But I think the prettiest kind are the ones that are mostly white with pastel colors inside.

After that we went to a shoe store and I got a pair of sandals that I can wear this fall and next summer. We then went to a few different thrift stores and came home.

For dinner we went out to Carraba's with some dear friends, Erin Pollard and Mr. and Mrs. Pollard. http://erinpollard.blogspot.com/ This is Erin's blog. We had a really good time, and it was especially nice for me since I rarely get to go out for dinner and have never been with a friend. Thank you for babysitting Kendal! They got a phone call while out and discovered that a family member had fallen and broken a hip, arm and dislocated her shoulder. So if y'all would remember to pray for her I'm sure that would be a blessing to them. Well I hope you have a wonderful week! ~Kelsey

Pictures! by Kelsey

I hope y'all enjoy the pictures! I was planning on posting a picture of Kendal and I at the pool, but the one I liked of me I had sunglasses on, and what's the use of a picture if you can't tell who I am? Anyone know why it's called a Snapdragon?
This is one of my favorite colors in Snapdragons.
A picture very similar to the one above won a photo contest but it had a shiny little fly on it. And I wasn't the photographer!
Daniel found this butterfly drying it's wings in our backyard. It must have been a very fortunate cousin of the ones I've been squishing. I keep finding the caterpillars on my carrots.

I love this picture! I love the way you can see the little flecks of color on it's wings.

Joshua is so cute! He smiles all the time, though he is usually smiling at something over our heads. We think he can see angels above us and I'm jealous!

My camera can take good pictures when it wants to!

I'm thinking about sending this in for a phota contest.

Mama claims I can jump so high because my toes are so long! I'm trying to type while everyone is watching Veggie Tales, it's very difficult! Especially when the new Silly Song "Pants" is playing! Well I hope everyone has a great weekend! ~Kelsey