Introducing Ashlee

Hi

Ashlee is the last sister to introduce.

She is beautiful and quiet.  A southern "lady" type.  She would do well with a side saddle and riding path instead of  mountain trails. She really needs to learn that working horses don't wear flowers.

She loves to be in charge of parties and to decorate for them.  She is very crafty and likes to make a lot of the decorations she uses.

She also enjoys making appetizers and desserts for parties.  Little fancy dainty things.  Useless as food.

Deep down inside she has a fascination for the buyou; aligators airboats; cajun music and stories.  That's her one redeeming quality.

She would spend at least a month in New Orleans every spring if she had the chance.  There are other places she would like to see.  The Natches Trace and the Florida Keys are two of those places.  She would rather tour the south than go on a cruise.

She also loves the ocean.  She thinks she may grow up to scuba dive and study sea life.  She says the swamps are too "yucky" to spend your life working in them.  They're just for visiting and admiring.

Whatever she does she wants to do it "in style".  She's not a girl that likes to "rough it".  I'm not sure what she's doing in our family.

Introducing Krystal

Another sister can you believe it?

Krystal is my sister who always keeps you surprised and guessing.

Her favorite books are The Plum Series by Janet Evanovich.  She wants to be a bounty hunter like Ranger.  I think she has a crush on him.

The basic clothing color in her wardrobe is black.  But just when you're sure she's going to be in black she shows up in some bright colored or outlandish outfit and announces that she is undercover or being a distraction.  Do you think she can distract this pirate?

Next she has a Gothic day.  The outfits take on a whole new look.

She loves to drag the rest of us into her fantasy worlds.

She loves to travel and see new places.  She wants to tour the world looking for haunted places.  She has a long list of places in the US that are supposed to be haunted and she has started studying the history of them.

She love the outdoors hiking camping and wants to live where she can have a sea kayak. She also loves winter.  She says she is named for ice crystals and snowflakes.

  

Introducing Morgan

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Today we get to know Morgan.

Morgan is our "ocean" girl.  She loves dolphins ships and seeing new places.  She thinks she would like to work on a cruise ship when she grows up.  She wants to select and organize excursions.
  
She is the descendent of the great Captain Morgan the Welsh pirate.  Like Kityee and Katyee she is very proud of her Welsh heritage and of her pirate heritage.

She is trying to study the ancestry of the Roberts family.  They came from Wales.

She loves Julie Garwood books; especially Guardian Angel and The Gift.

Morgan says she is a pirate who knows how to camouflage herself as a lady.  She loves fancy dresses and parties almost as much as she loves being a pirate.


She says she likes rough seas better than calm.

I love her spirit and sense of adventure.

Introducing Novya

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Today I'm introducing Novya.  Her name means Butterfly Chaser and it fits her personality. She can go out to do something and get side tracked more easily than any one else I know.


Nana Kathie was born in Wallowa County, Oregon. We still live close to there. That is where the first book about Kaya starts. Novya is a Nez Perce indian like Kaya.   

Nana Kathie and Aunt TracyAnn try to take any visiting girls to Wallowa Lake, to the grave of Old Chief Joseph and the flat where Kaya raced her horse.  And there is a museum in Wallowa they try to take them to.

Novya loves to go to Native American events museums and historical sites.  She's very proud of her heritage.

She is looking for books now about edible and medicinal plants that are native to the northwest.  

Last week she she was studying Camas root.  She read a journal entry by Narcissa Whitman stating that the Nez Perce indians had introduced Camas root to their party when they came west to settle at the Whitman Mission in Walla Walla, Wa.  We live fairly close to the mission, too.

Kaya enjoys sharing what she is learning.  Logan and I want to know about useful plants we might find while on our camping trips.  

Her room is decorated with owls and eagles.  She studies both.  She really enjoyed the eagles on the Alaska cruise she went on. 


She had a lot of fun on the Alaska cruise.  She was the only one of the girls on the cruise that finished their scavanger hunt.

She is learning to do bead work for decorating her clothes.  Right now there is a belt for herself on her loom.  I have asked for a hat band for Christmas.  I haven't gotten a "yes" or "no".  Guess we'll all have to wait for Christmas to find out if I get it.

She loves to race the horses.  She's so fearless and such a good rider she usually wins.  She's a lot of fun.

Introducing Sarafina

Hi

Sarafina is all girl but not in a "girly" way.

She prefers to wear dresses or white clothing.  I don't understand that.  Maybe it's because she comes from a very warm climate.

Sarafina loves to garden.  She grows vegetables and has really neat herb gardens.

I don't make Sarafina ask for help with her projects.  I get awsome rewards for helping her.  She's a GREAT cook.  Logan and I get to try most of her new recipes first.

She has a little goat.  She really loves the stupid thing and is really good about taking care of it.  She calls it Moonbeam because it was born at night.

Dalmations are her favorite dog.  She has the dumbest Dalmation slippers.  She hopes to own a Dalmation some day.

She loves wolves too.  Her bedroom is decorated with wolves.  Now that I understand.

She was a real hit on the Mexican Rivera cruise.  The Mexican people really seemed to enjoy looking at her.   Nana could have sold her several times over if she had wanted to.  Sarafina really enjoyed seeing Mexico and the stop in Old Town San Diego. 

You probably noticed her great cooking gets mentioned in a lot of blogs.  Like any girl Sarafina loves compliments.  And any smart guy knows to keep the cook happy.  

Introducing Angel

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Angela Nicole is the family member that has show talent.

Angel loves dancing and acting.  Her favorite is tap dance.  She says a lot of why she likes tap best is because she can wear so many different kinds of costumes.  She loves to dress in a lot of very different styles of clothing.

She is learning to design her own costumes.  She has a great imagination.  Nana Kathie is teaching her to sew. Then, she can make what she designs.

Frogs are Angels favorite animal.  Her bedroom is decorated with frogs and a lot of her clothes have frogs on them.

She enjoys the outdoors for the flowers ponds trees and animals.  Not in the wild way Kityee and Katyee do.

Angel has a Scottish heritage.  She loves to go to Highland Festivals and wants to travel to Scotland.  Her dreams are to  cruise around the shores of Scotland and to see the family castle.  It is Castle Tioram (chee-rum) meaning dry castle..

Her weapon of choice is the bow and arrow.  She really enjoyed the movie BRAVE.  Her favorite books are the Scottish Highland books by Julie Garwood.  Especially The Bride, The Wedding. The Secret and Ransom.

These are definitely "girl books".  I wouldn't recommend any of them for guys.  Guys should get novels or history books about the Scottish wars.  There are some good bloody ones at Amazon. 

Angel is a good sister to have around.  She's not always wanting help.

Introducing Kityee and Katyee

September 1st; I can't believe it.

Today, I will tell you about Kityee and Katyee.  They are twins.

Kityee is really Mary Katherine and Katyee is really Mary Elizabeth.  They're named after Nana Kathies Grandma Roberts and share her birthday.  They are Welsh like Grandpa Roberts family.

Kityee and Katyee are our builders.  Kityee loves to design things to build and Katyee loves to make her designs a reality.  They both love saws, hand tools, lumber, rocks, etc.  Or anything else they can build with.

I think their most used sentence is:  "Kyle, you're so strong, you wouldn't mind helping us with ....., would you?

They also love riding, hunting, fishing, camping and are willing to try anything active and/or dangerous, especially Katyee.  They are normal sisters.


When they chose a cruise to go on with Nana Kathie, it was the two week Alaska cruise.  They didn't mind the cool weather and rough surroundings.

Surprisingly, they can dress up and be ladylike, too.  Kityee really goes all out when she decides to dress like a girl.

They are so busy, I know I'll have a lot to share about them.

Introducing Kaylee

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Today I start introducing my sisters.  I will start with my twin Kaylee, since you've already heard about her.  She's a  beautiful blonde and all girl.

Her first love is clothes; usually pink.  Uugh!!!  Her second love is horses.  She loves to ride in parades and loves to ride in our horse drawn sleigh.

She really enjoys skiing as long as I'm not part of the group.  

The last time we went out I caused an accident when I crossed her ski tips.

It was one of those things you couldn't have planned if you had thought of it.

She's still mad because I  caused her to crash. 

Her bedroom is decorated in pink with butterflies, frilly pillows and her pink afghan with flowers, all very girly.  She's my most girly sister.

She wants a kitten, but hasn't found the right one yet.  She has decided on a very fluffy white one, if she can find it.  She says puppies are too wild and rough. 

She likes the old Haley Mills movies.  Her favorite is the Moon-Spinners.  She has a pretty good collection of them.

Kaylee loves to dress up and have her picture taken or go to a party.  She prefers indoor parties with dances and fancy desserts.

Don't get me wrong.  She's sweet and lovable.  At least that's what the other girls say.  I think she has too much "girl" in the way she acts.  I'm glad I have normal sisters, too.

You can decide about her for yourself later, as you get to know her better.

Introducing Matthew

Good afternoon

My little brother, Matthew, is really cute.  He's always trying to imitate Logan and I.

His favorite animals aren't horses, yet.  He likes zoo type animals; especially the lions and tigers.

He's only 3 and already wants to live in Africa, so he can protect the lions and tigers there.  He says poachers are worse than rustlers.

His favorite bedtime stories are about lions and tigers, too.  Right now he wants to hear The Lions Haircut every night.  He also likes the stories Logan and I make up.

Our Grandma Helen was a great story teller and we inherited her gift.

The Lions Haircut by Jennifer Giddings and Eugenie (1969) was one of Aunt TracyAnns favorites when she was little.  Nana says she had it memorized; because she read it to often.

Matthew loves to tease his cousin Mariska.  Right now that is his favorite pastime.  Shes the same age he is; so they spend a lot of time together.

We'll probably have stories about that.

And Matthew agrees that Sarafina is a GREAT cook.  He loves her cookies.

Introducing Logan

Hi again

The first person I want to introduce is Logan. He's my only boy cousin and he'll be writing this blog with me.  He has 13 sisters.  He'll have some interesting information about girls for you.

Logan is the only boy in a set of triplets.  His sisters are Lynsy and Loryn.  Each of the three kids is very different from the other two.

He likes John Deer tractors and equipment; horses and his dog; JD (named for John Deer).  Logan is into farming a lot more than I am.


In return for all the help he gives me with the horses he makes me help with the hay and grain harvests.  He says he's the brain and I'm the brawn.

Together we enjoy hunting, fishing and camping.  And Sarafinas'  GREAT cooking.

Finally! The Guys have a say!!

Hi

My name is Kyle.  I will be writing a blog from a boys point of view. This will be my first blog post.

I live with my Nana Kathie, my Aunt TracyAnn, 9 sisters, a little brother, 13 girl cousins and 1 boy cousin.

Aunt TracyAnns girls have a blog.  It's called the Bolton GIRLS Travel Journal.  Logan wouldn't write on a "girls" blog even if they would let him have a say.

This blog will be written mostly by Logan and myself.  My sisters will be allowed to share on it at times, if they have something special.  My little brother Matthew is too young to do any writing.  I will share his thoughts when he has something worthwhile to add.

I will begin by telling about myself, introduce Logan and then introduce my family one or two at a time.

I am a twin.  My twin sister is Kaylee.  Our birthday is shared with Nana Kathies cousin Kay Henderson Sasser.  She was a very special person, we lost to cancer years ago.

Logan and I are responsible for our horses.  We take care of the horses for all of my sisters, his sisters and their friends.  We have a lot of fun along with the work. Sometimes the girls pawn their other animals off on us too. You know: goats, llamas, bunnies, dogs, cats and whatever!

I prefer western clothing. Nana Kathie is supposed to be working on some western shirts and vests for me. But, I've been waiting a long time.  Maybe you can let her know you would like to see them.

I like horseback riding, training horses, sleigh and wagon rides, hunting, fishing, camping, photographing animals and trips to the beach.  Stories about these will be included in my future blogs.

I also love to eat.  Sarafina, one of my sisters, is a GREAT cook.