I am AWESOME!! Survey :: Natalie and Andrew Eldredge's Family (7 in one!)

Your name and age:

            Natalie (36),
Andrew (34),
Martin (10),
Mary (9),
James  (6 and 3/4),
Luke (3),
Sally (2 months)

Your parents names:
            Natalie:  Neal and Christine Clark
            Andrew:  David Arthur and Mary Alice Eldredge
    
If you have children, how many? Names and ages.
            Natalie and Andrew:  see above.

Mary: I want to have a kid names Richie (I love that name).

            Martin:  None.
            James:  (wants to have) 1,000,000, 000,111,111, 222,111,111,222,333, 999,999,999.

If you’re married, what is your spouses name and how did you meet?

Natalie: Andrew had the hots for my roommate and was trying to date her.

Mary:  Are you SERIOUS?  I’m a kid!

If you’re in school what grade are you in, what is your favorite thing about school, what is your least favorite thing about school?
            Natalie:  I graduated from college, but I want to take a Chinese class this summer.
            Andrew: Not in school—yeah!, aww…
            Martin: 4^th, lunch, math homework
            Mary: 3^rd grade, I love Mrs. Bee, I hate homework
            James: 1^st grade

Where did you go to college? What did you major in?
            Natalie:  BYU; Family Science with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy
            Andrew: BYU; Mechanical Engineering

If you went on a mission, where?
            Natalie:  Arkansas and Tennessee
            Andrew:  Germany, got sick, and ended up in Iowa. 
           
Where were you born and raised? Where do you live now?

Natalie:  Murray, UT; South Jordan, UT then Cameron Park, CA.  Provo.

            Andrew:  Denver, CO; Wheatridge, CO.  Provo.

Martin, Mary and James:  Orem, UT.  Provo.

Luke:  Tucson, AZ.  Provo.

Sally:  Orem, UT.  Provo.
 
What is your favorite place you have visited - or place you would like to visit?

Natalie:  Rio Secreto, near Cozumel, Mexico.  I want to visit Mount Rushmore.

Andrew: I’d like to visit the Great Wall of China.

Martin: Lagoon

Mary:  Lagoon or camping in Zions.

What is your favorite food?

Natalie:  Lasagna

Andrew: Pineapple curry, five star spicy.

Martin: Spaghetti

Mary: Brownies/ Doritoes

James:  Macaroni and ketchup

Luke: Ramen Noodles

Sally:  Milk

What is your favorite book, movie or both.

Natalie: Books- Little House on the Prairie books, Anne of Green Gables.  Movie- The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Andrew: Movie-The Right Stuff.

Martin: Harry Potter

Mary: Book- The Tale of Despereaux.  Movie- The Croods

James: Books-Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Luke: Books by Dr. Seuss or Pat Hutchins.  Movies-Wreck It Ralph and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Sally:  Anything as long as mom is holding me.

What is your occupation? What would your dream job be? Or what do you want to be when you grow up?

            Natalie:  Domestic Engineer.  I am what I wanted to be when I grew up.

            Andrew: Engineer.  I want to be a teacher.

            Martin: Miner, Author, Engineer, Pilot, Artist.

            Mary: I want to be a baker, Artist or Zoo Keeper.

What are some things that you enjoy doing?
            Natalie: Sewing, reading, singing, playing piano, writing, hiking.
            Andrew: Flying, Ham radio, Scuba diving.
            Martin: Gymnastics, Rubik’s cube.
            Mary: Art, baking, yoga, gymnastics.
            James:  Creating things out of random stuff.

Luke:  Playing airplanes.

Sally:  Smiling, eating.

What is a goal you have?
            Natalie: Get another college degree.
            Andrew: Earn my instrument rating.
            Martin: Finish the Harry Potter series.
            Mary: Keep up reading.

James:  to get $1,000,200

Luke:  Not break my leg.

Sally:  make it to my 1^st birthday.

What is your pet peeve?
            Natalie:  Looking for shoes when it is time to leave.
            Andrew: Commies trying to take over the world.
            Martin: People getting angry at me.
            Mary: Waiting.
            James: Siblings mocking me.
            Luke: I have to eat my dinner before I can jump on the trampoline.
            Sally:  Mom putting me down.

What was your most funny or embarrassing moment?

Natalie: If you really must know… Back in college I went on a five mile run on a very hot day.  I was dehydrated and there were no bathrooms around and, well, I had a #2 accident in my running shorts.

Andrew: I ran a red light this morning.

Martin: When I tried to (I can’t read this word on Martin’s survey.  Some trick on the trampoline, I think)  on my back but did a back flip.

Mary: This survey.  Farting or someone telling something I said that should be private.

James:  (I don’t think James gets embarrassed.)

Luke:  (Luke, either.)

Sally:  (Has no shame)

What is your best quality?

Natalie:  I am a good listener.

Andrew: My wife says I am a good lover.  There’s more to me than that.  So much more; I can also solve a rubik’s cube.

Martin: Smart.

Mary: I’m Smart.

James:  I’m a type 1 (energy profile.  A hobby of mom’s lately.).

Luke: Is very fun.

Sally:  Is adorable!

Share an interesting fact that we don’t know about you.

Natalie:  I have never had braces, and I don’t have any cavity fillings.

Andrew: I don’t know who you are or what you don’t know.

Martin: I made my own language.

Mary:  I have a freckle on my bottom lip.

James: Speaks Chinese

Luke: Says “please”, “thank you” and “sorry” without being told!

Sally:  Just learned to say “goo”.

Share something you would like to do or see some day, or a dream that you have already fulfilled.

Natalie: After being on anti-depressants for ten years, I have been healed from depression.

Andrew: I have a family.  I’d like to see my kids become super-kind super-geniuses.

Martin: Rubik’s tournament.

Mary: Be the nicest mom ever.

James:  Get a robot.

Luke:  Ride in a helicopter.

Sally:  I was born!  I want to run around with the other kids.

What do you love to do most with your family? 

Natalie:  Read stories.

Andrew:  Throw a ball.

Martin: Go on the trampoline.

Mary: Jump on the trampoline.

Do you have anything else to add about yourself or interesting facts or stories from your life?
            Natalie:  I can’t believe I found enough time to type all this!

Andrew:  I swam with a shark.  The shark could swim faster than me.  I like morse code.

            Martin: None!

Mary: I have lots of friends:  Paige, Lizzy, Zoe, Kaitlyn, Alison, Grace, Kiersten, Breianna, Zidia, Jaylen, Siena, Addie, Sally, Lily, Hannah, Cami, Lindsey, Mrs. Bee.

James:  When James was two years old, he developed a kidney disease as a result of an untreated Strep infection.  That’s when we discovered James catches strep without showing any symptoms.  Luckily his body healed from the kidney disease on its own.

Luke: When Luke was almost two, he shoved a metal rod through his soft pallet and had to have emergency surgery.