Getting to know you circa 2007

I found another little gem in my emails from March 2007.

1. What time did you wake up this morning? 6 AM (It was a freak accident!) 

 2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds

 3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Pursuit of Happiness 

4. What is your favorite TV show? currently... Gray's Anatomy 

5. What do you usually have for breakfast? cereal

 6. What is your middle name? Catherine

8. What food do you dislike? Mushrooms, onions, anything fishy

9. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Dianna Krall (From this moment on) Everyone should listen!!! http://www.dianakrall.com/music.aspx

 10. What kind of car do you drive? Toyota Sienna

11. Favorite sandwich? Anything that has avocado on it

12. What characteristic do you despise? People who lie 

13. Favorite item of clothing? cute shoes

14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Australia or Ireland

15. What color is your bathroom? Green

16. Favorite brand of clothing? It depends on who has the best sales!

17. Where would you retire to? Anywhere near family

18. What was your most recent memorable birthday? #27...I can't remember any others..sad.

19. Favorite sport to watch? soccer

20. farthest  place you are sending this? Iowa and Oklahoma

21.  Who do you least expect to send this back to you? I really don't know

22.  Person you expect to send it back first? ?

23. Favorite saying?  And we lived after the manner of happiness

24.  When is your birthday? Dec. 9, 1979 

25. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night--that's why I surprised this morning to discover that there was even such a thing as a 6 AM :)

26. What is your shoe size? 5 -5 1/2

27. Pets? One fish

28. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? Karaia got her hearing aid AND Kevin only has 8 more wks until he graduates!!!

29. What did you want to be when you were little? I was having too much fun as a kid to think that far ahead

30.  How are you today? Great

31. What is your favorite candy? Today? Hmm anything with coconut

32. What is your favorite flower? Calla lilies

33. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Fist week in May (Graduation!)

34. What church do you attend? LDS

35. What is your full name? Emilie Catherine Daly

36. What are you listening to right now? Silence

37. What was the last thing you ate? M & M's

38. Do you wish on stars? yes

39. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Brown

 40. How is the weather right now? cold

41.  Last person you spoke to on the phone? Candace 

42.  Do you like the person who sent this to you? Of course!!

43. Favorite soft drink? I like water

44. Favorite restaurant? depends on my mood

44. Hair color? Dk brown

45. Siblings?   2 sisters, 3 step-sisters, 5 step-brothers

46. Favorite day of the year? Thanksgiving 

47.  What was your favorite toy as a child? My bike or my roller skates 

48. Summer or winter? SUMMER

49. Hugs or kisses? both

50. Chocolate or Vanilla? strawberry

51. Do you want your friends to email you back? Sure

52. When was the last time you cried? Are you kidding? I'm pregnant. It a daily occurrence :)  

53. What is under your bed? Kevin's firearm, sheets, clothes, and a jumper for a baby and....yup I think that covers it.

54. Who is the friend you have had the longest? my mom

55 What did you do last night? Mutual. Played human Foosball

56 Favorite smell? Cinnamon

57 What are you afraid of? Not teaching my children the gospel well enough 

58 Plain, buttered, or salted Popcorn? plain

59 How many keys on your key ring? 2

60. How many years at your current job? 4

61. Favorite day of the week? It's easier to say I don't like Monday, Tues, or Wednesday

62. How many towns have you lived in? 9

63. Do you make friends easily? yes

64. What are you most looking forward to? When I can go to Disneyland again...sad I know :)

Throw back Wednesday

I found this email as I was cleaning my inbox of  OVER 5,000! Sheesh. I don't think I believed in deleting or putting things into folders in my early days of gmail. Now that's the first thing I teach my kids!

Anyway. This email was to all of Kevin's female cousins' wives, his grandma Janice, and Lyndi. So basically anyone from that side of the family that didn't live close. It was sent 02/06/07. I was pregnant with Tennyson.I'm also going to include the responses to the email.

 The pictures below were also attached. Enjoy!

Hi everyone,
     Since we don't see each other that often, I'm taking a page from Katie's book and sharing our news through email. I hope we can see each other soon!
We have two big announcements this month. On Jan. 25th we found out we are having a little boy! Karaia was a bit disappointed about not getting a sister. This pregnancy just isn't working out for her. No twins and no sister. But, she has thrown her sorrow into naming her new brother. The current frontrunner for her is Marvin..............which is really a step up since her first choice was Dinosaur Web. Beckham has refined his name choice to 
Buzzlightyear The Robot Daly. Kevin and I currently have no favorites. Or even a list for that matter. And on Jan 13th we bought a van. WeLOVE the extra room and that we can transport more than just our little family now. We bought a new 2006 Toyota Sienna.
   In Jan. we also took a trip to Bear Lake (in our new van with the extra room) and we went snowmobiling (no Emilie did not go) and extreme sledding. Karaia loved both and Beckham's pretty sure making a child participate in those kinds of activities can be categorized as abuse. The "hill" was about 1/4 mile long and VERY steep and fast. Karaia could not get enough of it. "I just like to scream on the way down", she told us. Beckham wouldn't even SIT on the sled...... even while it wasn't moving. Emilie finally put him on the sled kicking and screaming and just pulled him around awhile. He did eventually warm up to snowmobiling. And when we asked him later what his favorite part of the day was he said, "The snowman building ride".
    Speaking of funny things our kids say. Karaia was asking about baptism and she wanted to know if you got baptised with your clothes on because you go in the water. We told her yes, and explained how they are white because they symbolize being clean. Then Emilie said that when you come up out of the water all of your sins and mistakes are washed away. Karaia asked, "Do they go to the bottom?". To which Emilie explained, "No, you can't see them. It's kind of like a metaphor." There was a long pause from Karaia after which she finally announced, "Mom, I think you're speaking Spanish."
     Beckham's been learning what letters words start with and had quite the amusing if not confusing conversation with Kevin.
Beckham : "B is for me!"
Kevin: "I thought M was for me."
Beckham: "No, M is for mommy. D is for you!"
Kevin: "I thought Y was for you."
Beckham: "No! B is for me!"
 Aw the mind of a 2 year old :)

Love, Em

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Katie Longhurst	2/6/07

love it!  keep them coming. 

kade and i laughed so hard at beckham and kevins conversation, classic!

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Teresa Longhurst

Hi Emilie--I laughed out loud at your email.  Thanks for sending it to me.  We just bought a van too.  I keep telling myself over and over, "I can still be cool and drive a van!"

Hope to see you soon,

Teresa

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Janice Holmgre

Thank you.  I love getting these letters and pictures.  I copied the family one for the frig.  Love Grandma Janice

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Beckham done with 5th grade

I have really been feeling like the very worst memory keeper of all. So this is an attempt to document at least this one thing, that I think Beckham will want to know later. 

Today, Beckham officially finished and passed all his requirements for 5th grade math in the Think Through Math program and will now start on 6th grade math. Go Beckham! He's worked really hard for this achievement and we are so happy for him that he accomplished it. 

Here's the email from his 5th teacher, Mrs. Eliason:  

"Beckham has finished the 5th Grade material on Think Through Math and will now be working on 6th Grade stuff.  Yay!  I am so proud of him!

He is such an amazing kid, I love having him in my class!

Laura Eliason"

Elementary school has been a challenge for him in that he can't always progress as quickly as he'd like. This is fine with Kevin and me because we realized that he only has these short years to be a kid. The majority of his life will be spent on being an adult and excelling as fast as possible. We've promised him that in Jr. High we will help him navigate any barriers he might encounter that impedes forward progress. But for now, we are happy it's mostly social learning for him (heaven knows that social learning is such an asset in real quality of life situations) with a few academic cherries he's been able to work for sprinkled in. 

I'm excited to see where he goes once the gates are open and he can run as fast and as far as possible. Love that kid.