Just a few more photos :)

My brother and I with my pet Bunny named "Bun- Bun" very original I know :)> We had him for a few years until his head gotten eaten off by a racoon or something. He is buried in out backyard. This photo was taken in our backyard.

At the "Petrified Forrest" with Grandpa Duffy and Ryan... I am guessing we were either coming or going from Cour De' Lane, Idaho and had decided to stop.

Who is going to the ball first from the same team? haha. I played on a team called "The Lightnings" The girl running for the ball with me in brown hair is Rachel Steward.

My Aunt Carol Ann's Wedding. I am the young girl in the white dress farthest to the left.

I did Ballet until I was about ten. For this recital I was dancing to the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" can you tell? :) We danced to the version sung by the Muppet Miss. Piggy.

Me with my barney stuffed animal in our living room at The Guptill Bothell home

My Brother Ryan's graduation in 2005. At Hec Ed Pavilion at UW

Collaboration Plan for Family History

My plan to further my family history and my family history page is to dedicate at least one hour every Sunday to working on it. I know I will also have a lot more time over the next 5 months while I am home getting ready to go to Ecuador and work on it then.

Goals

life goals sheet/future plans

1. right now one of main goals is going to Cuenca, Ecuador December 31^st , 2009 to work in Orphanages for 2 ½ months. I have already been accepted to the program now it is a matter of getting the money together to do so. I also need to prepare my body for going to another country health wise. It is also important that I prepare myself physically as I aill be on my feet 50 hours a week with toddlers and special needs children.

2. another goal of mine is to Graduate from BYU- Idaho with my degree in Elementry Education in order to do this I will need to get the appropriate grades to graduate.

3. married. I would like to get married. Not right now, but a few years down the road would be nice once I feel more ready individually to handle it and also spiritually to handle such a commitment.

4. start a family. I would also like to have a family. Being a mom is what I have always wanted to be. I know I am not ready yet, but I am so excited for when I will be.

5. work on family history. This is a pretty broad goal but I would like to work more on my family history through out the years.

Basic Pedigree

Great great grandmother and her family (pre marriage) census record

Paper I wrote in 6th Grade about some vacations i went on...

First trip to California

2nd trip to California/ Disneyland

Another trip to Disneyland

Experiences in Travel

Probably the first trip I ever went on is to Disneyland. I was only about two when I went but I remember having a very fun time. When I was there I got a Minnie Mouse hat but I always seemed to want to wear my brother’s hat which was a captain hook hat with my brother’s name on it. I also went to Disneyland in 4^th grade. That was also fun. The thing I remember the most about this trip is when I went to the Disneyland Hotel and we went to a restaurant there. There were Disney Characters from the Disney movies and shows. The Genie from Aladdin was there and he was so funny. He got in a fight with Donald Duck and pretended to drink from our cups.

Another place I have gone is Hawaii. I have gone to Hawaii two times. Once I went in the second grade on the Big Island and then a second time in the 5^th grade on Maui. Out of the two my favorite was probably the first one to the Big Island. It seemed that we did more. We were able to swim with the dolphins and go scuba diving. I loved having my extended family come. When we went to Maui I got to see some friends from school. I saw Sean Weldon and Steven Hill from school and our neighbors from across the street. We went whale watching but we all got sick.

Another trip I went on was to Iona. I went with my Aunt and Uncle. It was so fun. We went down a canal in a tube. That was a lot of un. All my trips were fun!

A note about my birth from my dad

My dad and I

A Note from Dad

Emily, when you were born as a girl it came as a complete surprise to me. I never expected to have a beautiful little baby girl. Your mother was blessed to know that you were a little girl before you were born, I had to be surprised!! What a joyful surprise!!

I have always wanted to have a little girl; the pretty little dresses and the sweet blessing of having a daughter.

The day of your blessing means a great deal to me. Again like your brother’s blessing the spirit was felt in a strong way. I remember being prompted to say that the greatest blessing of this life are to have a common testimony of Jesus Christ and to share that testimony with others.

Your sweet little personality demonstrates so much love. I love it when I come home from work and how you try to get my attention by your great big smiles.