1. I am very thankful because I am truly blessed!
2. I simply ADORE my husband of 5 years!
3. I have the best Christian daddy who always showed us the perfect example of how to be a Christian leader.
4. I have the best Christian mama who showed us the perfect example of how to be a worker for the Lord.
5. I have the best Christian sister whom I love to death! She spoils us!
6. I have the best Christian brother whom I love to pieces! He makes our life so much more interesting! When he is around we all laugh til we hurt!
7. I love how Jared treats my siblings like they are his. I love how he is protective of Pam and buddies with Joseph!
8. I love when Jared and Joseph get on a goofy roll and then my dad joins in!
9. I appreciate the good job my in-laws did raising Jared.
10. I am glad Jared chose to attend Faulkner instead of fulfilling his dream of playing college football. I never would have met him!
11. My 4 years at Faulkner are the best years of my life.
12. When I graduated high school, my brother gave me a Bible. Inside he wrote "I hope you have the time of your life." And I really did!!!
13. When I was little I nicknamed Joseph "Hobo Joe" and eventhough he fought it for years, he eventually gave in and does not mind the term of endearment.
14. My whole family LOVES to cook, but I can't stand it! I want to love to cook, but I just don't! My dad cooks the best breakfast, my mama cooks the best EVERYTHING, Pam bakes the best desserts, and Joseph cooks the best homemade mashed potatoes. Really all four of them can cook anything!
15. I am proud of my parents for starting the L/L program at 4 different churches. L/L is a wonderful program for training children to become christian leaders. The annual convention is the highlight of my year!
16. When I was in high school I had to write an essay on my favorite place on earth. I wrote about the mess hall at Backwoods Christian Camp. I started going to camp there when I was 7 years old.
17. I hate that the only year I missed camp at ICYC was the year Chris was baptized. We waited for so long!
18. When I was in first grade, I read the most books in the class. It was over 100!
19. I am still a bookworm. I just wish I had more time than I do to read.
20. My mama always reads before she goes to bed. When I was little I did too. Now when I read, no matter when or where, I fall asleep!
21. My favorite drink has been water for as long as I can remember. It's even written in my baby book at age 2!
22. I love how I am like my mama who is like my grandma.
23. I enjoy getting letters every month from my Grandma!
24. In college some of my friends nicknamed me Granny Glenn.
25. I am thankful that Jared got to meet my Granny Glenn before she passed away.
26. I met Jared the first day I moved into Faulkner. We were friends immediately and 9 months later we went on our first date.
27. I began planning my wedding to Jared a year later. I even bought the dress I picked out way back then. Once I saw it, I knew it was the one! Two years later, I bought that exact dress!
28. My wedding day was perfect! Those of you who were there may wonder, what with the cake topper crashing to the ground before the reception, the fact that my dad never got a full tux and had to wear Daniel Courington's. It was fate! How many people own their own tuxedo? :) Plus all the other countless mishaps including me being sick and puking during wedding photos! The day was a dream!
29. When Jared asked me out for the first time, he was COMPLETELY BALD! It was not pretty!
30. The first time Jared asked me out I replied with, "You mean just the two of us, by ourselves?" See, he or one of the other guys always called and asked us girls to do something. We all just hung out and did things together all the time, so I wanted to make sure it was a just us date and not a group get together! He told me I sure made it difficult on him.
31. I love being around my mama's family! We always have fun!
32. I love playing cards with my grandma and aunts and all. We constantly play til we are too tired and ready for bed! We become addicted!
33. I hate when our visit is over with my mama's family and we come home. I begin having withdrawals from card playing and no one will play.
34. I love the sound of windchimes. They remind me of my Granny's house! I have a couple on my porch, just like her. Her prettiest sounding one was a gift from dad to her. When she passed away my dad put it on his porch.
35. I have never been to my Granny's grave since the day she was buried. I really don't need to, I have enough reminders and fond memories!
36. Granny had terrible vericose veins, so bad that her legs were blue from the knee all the way down to her feet. When I was little I thought her legs were pretty, I guess because I thought she was beautiful!
37. I guess God decided that since I thought Granny's blue veins were pretty, I could be the one to inherit them! lol
38. I began watching soap operas when I was a baby. I would sit in my Pop's chair with him while he watched his "stories."
39. To this day I still watch Pop's stories, plus 1 extra.
40. I am obsessed with All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital.
41. I love to read children's books.
42. If I had to choose another career it would be a Bible class teacher.
43. I secretly enjoy watching Hannah Montana, That's So Raven,and The Suite Life of Zach and Cody on the Disney channel.
44. I love being around children!
45. I love when Xander asks me, on the way to Bible class, "Are we going to learn, Emily?"
46. I just love Xander and pray he grows up in the church!
47. I hope when I am old and crotchety (sp?) I will still love the sounds of children, especially in times when they are learning to behave in church. They are the future of the church and I hope I never forget it! Maybe I will print this blog out (as Granna suggests) so when I am old and have Alzheimer's I can remind myself. :)
48. I hope I never see another loved one plagued with Alzheimer's.
49. I love when Addi says something to make you feel special. That girl knows how to say the right thing to people!
50. I like how Levi says my name. He only recently started saying my name to me, but he has known how to say it for quite a while. What a stinker! :)
51. I love to watch Hannah "be busy" while she's kicking and grinning that snaggled tooth grin. Plus I love her cute ears!
52. I love how Brianna calls me "Cousin Emily." When she was four she said "cousin" like Balky Bartakumus (sp?) from the tv show Perfect Strangers.
53. I love when Nolan jumps into my lap to cuddle.
54. I love how Marley will pay you no attention and then when you least expect it, hugs you and grins at you.
55. I love Chandler's high pitched voice, especially when he is saying, "I want to go to Emily's house! Yeah!" Plus I love his long, skinny, chicken legs!
56. I love listening to Dillon explain something to me and I am proud of him.
57. I love messing with Erica and I think she is beautiful.
58. I wish Aunt Kendra visited like she used to.
59. I love going to Aunt Kendra's house.
60. I love my Grandma's house.
61. I am glad that Josh Courington married Katie because it brought Katie to Sylvan Springs. I've never really told her, but I think she knows- I am glad we are friends again! It's nice to have a friend from college around! They just get you better!
62. I miss my friends from college. I wish they all lived closer.
63. I like the friends I have now, too!
64. I have fun on girls' nights.
65. We used to have jam sessions in college (girls only, of course!) and my nickname was "DJ E."
66. My parents call me Lucy because my middle name is Lucille.
67. I am named after both of my grandmothers.
68. I love the color pink.
69. I also like the color purple (don't confuse with the movie starring Oprah Winfrey :) )
70. I have always been very girly.
71. I never liked to play in the mud or dirt.
72. I match EVERYTHING!
73. I cannot function in clutter!
74. I love doing laundry and ironing.
75. I have a tv in my laundry room.
76. I am thankful I was raised in the church.
77. I pray daily that Pam and Joseph marry christians.
78. I am slightly obsessive.
79. I love cheese.
80. Starbucks is my weakness and I have passed it up for two weeks now. I think it's time to give in!
81. I like being around people!
82. I enjoyed working at JCA. It didn't feel like a job, but a privilige. (It was time to move on, though.)
83. JCA Summer Camp is the only summer job I would take! It's a blast!
84. Jared and I love to travel, we just hate riding/driving in a car to get there!
85. I cleaned poo poo off of a kid who was covered from head to toe a couple of weeks ago.
86. I had bifocals from third grade to sixth grade.
87. I don't know of a single family member on either side of my family that does NOT wear glasses. We all are blind!
88. I was caught in the Blizzard of 1993. Pam and I shared a t-shirt that read, "I survived the Blizzard of '93." We thought we were so cool when we wore it!
89. I don't like animals.
90. When I was little I collected stickers, stationary, pens and pencils, and erasers.
91. I have collected Mickey Mouse stuff forever!
92. I want to go back to Disney World soon!
93. I also collect Charlie Brown stuff. When I was in high school I read a story about Charles Schultz and the basis of Charlie Brown in a Chicken Soup for the Soul book. It reminded me of Joseph and ever since then I give Joseph Charlie Brown stuff. Now I think Xander looks like Charlie Brown.
94. I wish I didn't nag/boss/yell at Pam and Joseph so much when we were growing up...
95. ...Or back talk my parents.
96. I love my family! :)
97. Jared was/is my only love!
98. I love being silly with Jared!
99. I love the way Jared looks at me, it makes my heart melt!
100. My favorite place in all the world is in Jared's arms!
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