Autumn Fun

So I had Allie, Kirstin, Jayme and David over for a photoshoot and campfire get together. Allie took all of these pictures, all the ones I took are fuzzy. :( So she's not in any of these photos so I'll start with her first. I became good friends with Allie in 4th grade, when I met her at school at Covenant Life. (ahaha now she tells me stories about elementary school that are so strange...a few embarassing :P ) I always loved being around her because she always made me smile :) And she still does. We've had plenty of fun times, texting and talking on the phone, having sleepover and laughing over inside jokes (sniff sniff) Now we've grown up, and she's a wonderful friend of mine. We talk about everything, goofy and serious. We have plenty of inside jokes :P lol and she's always there to cheer me up when I'm down, and to pray for me and remind me of God's word. Love you Allie!
haha. Kirstin, you're so naturally pretty. :) I met Kirstin a little over two years ago, right after they moved here from Colorado. So basically I met Kirstin and I thought she was the coolest girl I'd ever met in my entire life and I wanted to be her friend SO badly. I still remember what she wore when I met her, she was wearing pink bengals and this rockstar type shirt. Cool huh?But I was extremely immature and started being really snobby towards Kirstin and thinking that she was annoying (what a lie. now I have guilt...). Lucky for me, she decided to be my friend despite my lack of maturity- I'm so glad she did! Kirstin is one of my best friends and she's always there to make me laugh, snap some photos (amazing ones too! check out her blog kirstinrosephoto.blogspot.com) and to give hugs when needed. She's so amazing, and we have so many fond memories and inside jokes. :D Love you Kirstin!
Okay so this is one of my favorite pictures of all time. The lighting is awesome. I met Jayme at the same time as I met Kirstin (seeing as they're siblings...) when they moved here from Colorado. I officially met him at the Discovery Land meeting and found out that he was going to be in the same THG as me. So I asked if he wanted to come sit with me and Dylan. When I started being better friends with Kirstin I started better friends with him too. Jayme's a really fun guy to be around. He's funny and he's a really godly guy. I remember coming downstairs one morning after I had some people over and Jayme was sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bible. We've also had a lot of fun playing in the pouring rain and talking about Skillet music, not to mention a few texts and surprises (more like scares) here and there (maybe that was an understatement :P). Jayme you're a great friend and I'm glad to have met you! :)

haha I put this one in cuz I like my expression :P hahaha. me and 6 (see David's story below)
Okay so isn't this the coolest picture? The lighting is so cool. It should be a band cover! :D 6, me, and 13...

(keep going...)
This is a pretty cool picture, David's jump makes it interesting and it almost looks like Jayme's falling over. Okay so I met David in 6th grade, he was in our history coop. And I was mean to him, and thought he was really obnoxious and strange. I was in coop with him for three years before we really became friends the summer before 9th grade. When school started, David and I started talking a lot and realized that we were a lot alike. After a while we started having long talks about what God was teaching us and what we were struggling with, which led us into a strong friendship. Not only is he a wise godly friend, he's so fun to be around! He's constantly making things hilarious, and he can make me laugh at myself and at how stupid I'm being. He can always make me laugh, and he's there for me to talk to when I need it. Thanks for being an awesome friend David. :)

So yeah. It was a fun time. I think I'll post about some of the stories that took place at this get together another time. For now enjoy the pictures, and feel free to look at others on Allie's blog justme-allie.blogspot.com and Kirstin's blog kirstinrosephoto.blogspot.com :)

God had truly blessed me with so many incredible friends. Thank you all for your friendship, for the ways that you help me grow everyday. Thanks for being there to inspire me, make me smile and talk, pray and give hugs. You all are amazing friends and I cannot thank God enough for you!!!

:)

~Kylie

Hello October!

:) I love Autumn.

So before I go on into how wonderful Autumn is, I must tell you about amazing Wednesday.

Art Class is first, yes! So I got to finish my drawing of my interpretation of 'The Singing Butler' by Jack Vettriano. I think it came out pretty good. Kind of messy but good. Now we're working on a scratchboard drawing of our favorite animal. Which is hard because I have a lot of favorite animals, I love birds, monkeys, dogs, turtles....so I guess I'll just choose one. I got a scrap piece of scratchboard to work with so I would know better what I'm doing, and I did a drawing of an owl. :)

Anyway, then I went to composition class. I flipped out when Mrs. Blendermann said that I needed to chop my newpaper article in half. I tend to over write, but when she assigned a paper that only needed to be a half a page long...thats really hard for me. :-/ So now I've got to figure out how to do that...

And then lunch...yay lunch! I got to sit and talk with my friends and relax for a bit. What I dont get is ten minutes into lunch, people start cleaning up. And its like "helloooo we have twenty minutes left...why are you leaving??"

And then math...which got really funny at points. Like I turned and looked at Allie, and for no apparent reason at all we started blinking at each other. Then we laughed and started paying attention when I noticed Kevin staring at me. I mouthed "what?" and then he started batting his eyelashes and giving us flirty eyebrows. Allie and I had to bury our head in our arms to keep from laughing out loud, then when David turned around and told us to be quiet we pointed at Kevin. Then Stephen turned around, gave us a funny look and we pointed to Kevin, who gave STEPHEN the flirty eyebrows and then Stephen started laughing too.

And then Mrs Stevenson made a comment about the differences of the male and female brains and then she was like "Oh no, I've made girls notice there are boys in the room and boys notice there are girls in the room. Stop noticing and read your math!"

AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA :D

And then I had dance class that I got to 'teach' for like ten minutes. I didnt really teach we just kind of brainstormed. And then I was done classes for the day and proceeded to go outside and talk with friends while waiting for Dylan to pick me up. I talked to the Kelleys and Hoffmans and David and then the DeWebers came for choir and I got to talk to them too.

Well of course then Dylan picked me up and we went to my Dad's new youth center!!! My Dad's been telling me what this new youth center was going to be like since I was 11. So being able to go to it and check it out was SO COOL! There's a recording studio, like a real recording studio. I freaked out, all of that cool equiptment- it was so amazing!

And then Jayme, Kirstin and Eric came to jam with us in the studio!!! There was a misunderstanding and we thought we were recording, but we just jammed- but it was still a ton of fun. I gave them the tour of the youth center and told them about all of the earth-friendly features. haha. Including the bamboo cupboards that my Dad thinks are butt ugly. haha. :) and the furniture, and these couches that's backs are non existent.

But we got to sing and Jayme rocked out on guitar, Eric on drums and Dylan on bass. :) It was also a great time to just talk and chill with my good friends :) It was awesome.

or mime to my good friends...

once the door to the studio is closed, you can barely hear whats going on in there from the editing room. But you can see through this gigantic window. So Kirstin and I started miming. We did the thing from Harry Potter "Will you go to the ball with me?" Dylan started laughing, but Jayme (who hasnt seen Harry Potter) came out of the studio to see what on earth we were doing :P

there were several funny moments, but I think it was hysterical when Dad was talking to Jayme about college and stuff when Kirstin and I walked up. "You-don't be crazy and you- stay away from boys." hahahaha. :)

But yeah it was a ton of fun. Kirstin and Jayme, you rock. :)

And now today I just did all of my Coop homework and I've been chatting and chilling (seriously its cold!!!) and watching TV with the bro. Its SO amazing outside, cold, but amazing. Really pretty :) And tomorrow we're going to see Toy Story in 3D after coop. :D It'll be great. email me if you want to come. :)

yup so thats whats up.

~Kylie

Sunday Monday Tuesday

Im so tired...

So Sunday morning I thought I was going to first service, but I woke up like ten minutes before the service started and I ended up going to second. Not only that, but I left the service early so I could go to work, so I missed half of Josh's message! THEN I got to work and Todd Butler told me that I didnt need to work today and that the festival was rained out.

ugh.

So instead of going to work, Mom and I went to Starbucks and WalMart. Starbucks yumm...WalMart not so much. :P lol. I tagged along with Mom and tried to get ideas for what I should dress up as for Halloween....I still don't have any clue........any ideas????

and then I moped around because I was upset about not going to the Skillet concert.

Then Monday- caught up on school from being sick last week, then I went to Geometry class. The classroom tables weren't set up, so we decided to make a stand (or a sit I guess...) and sat on the floor like hippies and had class that way. Let me just say...Geometry, not my thing. Though there were a few funny moments...

I was sitting next to David, and right after we finished praying he goes "I'm thinking we have the same size feet."

"We do."

"We do?"

"Yeah, remember I fit into those shoes."

"You've tried on my shoes?"

"Yes..."

slightly awkward silence followed as well as a few chuckles... :P

Then Mrs Stevenson called Robert "Ruth". THAT was funny...

Then I went to Kiera's Volleyball game. They got beat pretty bad by another team- the players were SO TALL!

Then Dad took me home, where he therefore proved to me we need our own TV show. Ramil was explaining how he wanted this new video game that was coming out.

And Dad says, "Let me guess, the zombies are taking over Disney world and you need to beat them or something stupid like that."

"Well, they're not zombies Dad, they're heartless beings."

"Hmm lets see what the difference is," I paused. "NOT MUCH!"

"Yeah I can just imagine '♪♫ It's a small world...♪♫ RAWRR! CRUNCH! (Imitates zombie killing noises) RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!"

:D

Then at dinner, he proceded to tell us his view of the volleyball game. "Kiera needs to be more like a Chihuahua- little but scary. I want to see Kiera 'Bring it on Tall girl! What you got?! Huh, OH that's how I do it!" hahahaha can you see Kiera doing that?!

And how Kiera attempts to calm herself down, she does this weird little breathing exercise. And Dad's like "Its ridiculous. I'm like 'I'm sorry everyone, She's not a buddhist!'"

There were several other jokes made that night, and Im sure you all can bring up examples of how my Dad made a witty comment or two. Like how everyone's a Phil, except for Phil Royer who is further called Eunice. Or how Jayme's a Car Nazi. :D Thats why Im launching this program called "Get Tim on TV!" whos with me? :P haha. He'd be a great TV show host. Not nessacarily a comedy show but...still. :P

then I did Biology studying (biology, not my thing either) emailed, texted, chilled. showered , sang quite loudly and went to bed. alot of times when I cant sleep I look out the window at this one star, thats always in the same spot. Its really nice. I just lay there and look at the star and thoughts run through my head...I like it alot. :) But it'd be a whole lot nicer if the stupid Safeway's 'search light' wasnt shining all across the sky. x(

Then today, I woke up...this is when my room starts getting REALLY cold. You see, the heater in my bedroom doesnt work. SO it gets pretty chilly in there. For Christmas last year, Kiera and I asked for electric blankets- we get that cold. But of course my electric blanket is in the wash because I used it while I was sick.

ANYWAY...I didnt want to get out of bed but decided I had to get up and study for Biology before I went to class. So I got out of bed, decided which sweatshirt/sweater to wear (I love sweaters and sweatshirts, I own like twenty... :P) and picked out jeans (which sadly I only own two good pairs-neither of which are very good considering the first is four sizes too big, and the other's pant legs are too short.) and started getting ready for the day. then I studied while eating Wheaties.

Then I had a little stress attack when I found that none of the pictures were in my botany notebook, so I scrambled to get those printed and in the notebook. Then a further stress attack when my siblings acted completely clueless as to why they were coming with me. It's been a month, they should know by now! :P

So Biology class, I guess would be fantastic if I didnt feel like such an idiot. :P And what stinks is when I feel stupid everyone can tell because I start blushing. great.

And then I went home and did my Geometry homework (which suprisingly only took a few minutes) and got ready to go to the orthodontist and get my picture taken.

figures we came to get pictures on the wrong day. :P

but I got my retainer (joy...) from the orthodontist which I now have to wearing like all the time until new years...great. My mouth is sore. :( and it feels so strange and I have a lisp. haha.

but then I got to spend like two or three minutes at the church talking to Jayme, Betsy, Jenna, Stephen and Robert. Stephen and Robert made me say "How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood." and I did it...easily ;)

and now I finished homework for the day, including my art project (Art- IS my thing. :D ). I finally finished my collage and now Im working on my representation of a famous painting - I chose 'The Singing Butler' by Jack Vettriani.

but now Im just chilling, watching TV...missing friends. man I need some socialization that's not related to school in any way. I miss hanging out and watching movies and having photoshoots.

yup

~Kylie

Today... :)

So basically, my work day sounds like a teen novel. :P How pathetic is that?

So I woke at about 8 today, and I had to be at work at 9. So I got dressed quickly and got ready and got to Butlers Orchard with my latte in hand a couple of minutes after 9. Susan (Butler) was give the lowdown on what was going on today. Today started the first day of our Pumpkin Festival.

What was funny is that it took me about 2 minutes of getting into work before making myself look stupid. Mrs. Butler was talking about me and she called me Halle and she POINTED to me and said "Halle's new and this is her first festival." and I turned around to look and she who she was talking to. It took me about another five minutes to correct her that I wasnt Halle. :P Im so smart...

Anyway, I got my Butlers Orchard Sweatshirt (cuz it was so cold outside.) and went to talk to Tyler, my boss, to see what I was doing.

"Hey! So Kylie, I'm basically your boss for the festival. And today you're working the slide. SO basically you've got the crappiest job at the festival. It is SO cold up there."

grreeeattt...

So Kyle took me up to the festival grounds with some of the girls who work there (these are the 'attitude' girls that Glenda and Katie warned me about). Tyler told me to chill there with them for a while until I could go up to the slide.

"If you meet Jon don't talk to him. He'll try to go out with you, trust me." One of the girls said to me.

Tyler turned around. "Thats not true. Wait....yeahhhh don't talk to him Kylie."

ok then...

The top of the slide is FREEZING. and windy. It was miserable.

After a few minutes of being up there, and no one coming, Tyler drove up on his motorcycle with a sack in his hand.

"You want to try it?" He threw the sack at me.

"Haha, sure." Tyler gave me the tips on how to ride it the fastest and most fun way. It really is a fun slide. :D

But cold...OH so cold. I was up there for over FOUR HOURS in the freezing cold. Then Tyler picked me up in the gator.

"So how was it?"

I rolled my eyes..."Umm well it was s..."

"Suckish?"

"ITS SO COLD!"

"Yeah well its weird because thats probably the most relaxing place on the farm."

Yeah it would be if it wasn't so cold. Though it is fun to watch people slide down. There were some hysterical moments when a Dad tricked his child into going by herself (he pushed her down :P) and a guy in his thirtys who's friends were jokingly teasing him that he was fat and thats why he wasnt going fast on the other slides. THEN he got on the big slide to slide all the way down and as soon as he got to the end of the tube he stopped. Everyone cracked up. Including me. :D

And then I got to go to my amazing friend Hannah's Quinceanera. It was so nice! Her parents and some close friends told stories about her faith as how she's grown, and she did a father daughter dance with her dad (SO SWEET!) and then we all celebrated had cake and danced!!! Oh it was SOOOO fun. I really enjoyed it, and I know Hannah did too!

It was very nice. Very very nice. Hannah, I love you- you're such a great friend and such an inspiration to me. :)

Now Im sore :P hahaha.

And just now, Jayme called me from the Skillet concert and I heard them play part of 'Comatose' LIVE!!! :D

~Kylie

sickness continued ( movie marathons )

SO as seen from the previous post before Im pretty darn sick. I've got medicine now and Im praying I'll be better by Saturday because I need to work and I want to go to Hannah's Quincinera. In the meantime I've been watching movies. Mostly Disney Classics, Pete's Dragon, Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, Peter Pan, The AristoCats, Pinnochio and so forth.

But Dylan just brought home 17 Again. I didn't expect it to be very good, but I LOVED IT!!! It was SOOOOO funny, but it was also a very sweet story that made me cry.

So as you all know the story is of Mike O'Donell ( who was a basketball star in 1989 at his highschool, married his highschool sweetheart) who has managed to grow old and ruin his life pretty much, his wife is ordering divorce and his kids want nothing to do with him and his career is down the drain. Its not that he's a druggie or is abuseful or anything, he blamed his wife for all of his failures and his kids dont like him very much. Then he gets transformed into his old self and gets a chance to be 17 again and make better choices.

The great part is his best friend Ned- who is basically Dylan in 20 years- this completely dorky video game player who's a genius but is obsessed with things like Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings and pretty much any other movie every made and he's a millionaire. He's HYSTERICAL.

ANYWAY, Ned pretends to be Mike's father and enrolls him in the school. There were so many funny quotes and sweet moments.

So I was going to ruin the funny and sweet moments for you...but I think that you'll have to see it for yourself. :)

just a heads up this movie is rated PG 13 for language and brief sexual reference.

but just the same it is a really sweet movie. :)

Hoping and Praying that I'll see you soon

Kylie

sickness :(

SO...

Im sick. It's quite upsetting.

On Monday night my throat started hurting really bad, and I woke up at 4 am because I couldnt sleep because of the pain. Mom was awake and gave me some ice water and ibuprofen. This helped a little but not as well I as hoped it would.

I went back to sleep for a few hours and then woke up. I felt awful. I ended up missing Biology class, and getting a fever. I spent all my time on the couch, reading books for school and doing all the homework I could. Then I watched Pete's Dragon (one of my favorite childhood movies) and had some soup. Then I watched the AristoCats and had some more soup. Then I pretty much laid around and then watched The Biggest Loser when that came on.

(did I mention a big box truck ran into our telephone wire? We had no internet, TV or phone most of the day and we didnt expect to get it back until wednesday or today I guess but they came early, much to Dylans relief who couldnt play video games :D)

(oh and drew came to the house because his parents are on a big trip)

So anyway, I didnt sleep well at all last night and Im feeling worse today. Im extremly tired, my throat hurts like crazy, my head hurts, I get dizzy when I stand up and I have a fever.

joyyyyy.....

and on top of that I cant enjoy having no braces and eating sticky food because my throat hurts so bad I can barely swallow. :'(

and on top of that I cant see any of my friends because Im not going to MCI today and then my other friends are going camping and to the beach. :( sadness.

and on top of that...I want a balloon.

Yup so Im miserable. and bratty as you can tell from all of the complaining (sorry bout that). Prayer is MUCH appreciated. I want to be better SO bad.

kylie

Braces

On April 4, 2006 I got my braces on. I was in 6th grade, and braces completly added to the awkward preteen look. The day I got braces, I wore a skull sweatshirt and black clothes.

Im serious.

The day after I got braces, I went to writing class and the guys teased me because my teeth were so sore I couldnt eat any chocolate (which you know is my comfort food) they started singing that song from Willy Wonka "Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka, the amazing CHOCOLATE tier!!!"

and me being in the middle school drama stage of life, this completly tore me apart and I was crying my eyes out because this seemed so mean to me.

I lived on noodles and ice cream for about a week. And I continued to do that whenever I got my brace tightened.

and brushing and eating and brushing

and no chewy food :(

and today September 21, 2009 nearly four years later, I got my braces off. And it feels so strange, but GREAT!

Its freedom. And now I get to eat whatever I want.

:D Yes