Kailie's VIP

Elli- Kailie has always been the sister I talk to the most about friend problems etc. she has always lead me back to the path when I go astray. She has great cooking abilities too. She has this chicken that she makes, it is really good. It is her special recipe that she won't tell anyone. The one time I remember her telling someone was, when a missionary came over and wondered what it was. That missionary probably doesn't remember the recipe but she must have felt really close to that missionary. Close enough to tell him her secret recipe that she didn't tell anyone, but oh well. I love you Kailie.

Isaac- Well the first memory that came to mind about Kailie was she made some baller food for me. Sometimes we would come home from school and I would ask her to make me something, and loving Kailie would start making a full meal. It was so nice to have someone who would make me some thing as small as a meal, and not only would she make it, it also tasted great. I am grateful for a wonderful sister and I love you Kailie.

Audrey- Thinking back when Kailie and I were young we often enjoyed doing the same thing. For example we loved watching the movie Fantasia. We would both want to be the same characters, which would often lead to us fighting over them. Sometimes Kailie would win but most of the time I would win. For some strange reason we couldn’t be the same character we had to be different ones, so Kailie would submit to my will and I would be the character that I wanted. Looking back on this experience I realize that Kailie was being the bigger person. She is such a great example of willingness to serve. Throughout her life Kailie has served others and befriended the friendless. I can remember instances when I thought I was too busy to take care of my chores and I would ask Kailie to do them and she would. She has been a continual example of service throughout her life. In recent years she has taken on project of knitting the stockings for the grandchildren. I was asked if I would and I said no because I was being selfish and didn’t want to have to learn then make a million. Kailie on the other hand took the job and was really excited about it. She has already made two beautiful stockings. And these stockings are not an easy task. She is a wonderful, loving, kind, sister who is not afraid to try new things.

Another thing I’ve always admired about Kailie is the fact that she liked acting and singing even though most of us liked sports. As we got older I kinda thought that maybe acting would be fun, I mean Kailie really enjoyed it and how hard could it be. Well I tried out for a church play and during my audition my voice was shaky the whole time and I tripped up on all my lines. I obviously didn’t get the part but I came away with a greater appreciation for what Kailie did all the time.

Kailie is also a carefree outgoing girl. When I was working at Curves in high school one time this lady was dancing while on the recovery stations and was just rocking out. She wanted me to join her but I was to embarrassed to so I made some excuse. She then said something along the lines of “I wish Kailie were here she would dance with me.” Even now when I work at curves women will ask me “what’s your sister’s name the tall one?” I tell them “Kailie” then they say “ oh yeah, she is funny I really enjoyed talking to her.”

So to wrap it up I am so grateful to have a sister like Kailie because she brings so much diversity to the table and really completes our family. She is so good at finding the good in people and helping them to see it. I am so grateful to have her example in my life. I love you Kailie.

Larkie- Kailie is very special to me, she is so kind and so helpful. She might not have been that helpful growing up but she is now. I have been able to see Kailie blossom and become an adult. We have had very wonderful talks and become closer. She is so willing to give to others. One thing Kailie and I share is the love for dancing. I love dancing with Kailie. I think she is such a good dancer I always look to her to pick up some cool moves. Kailie you are such a sweet, kind, generous, beautiful, amazing daughter of god. I love you and the person you have become. Keep on going to school, keep on dancing and be the amazing person u are. I love you xoxo Larkie

Luke- My relationship with Kailie is a very interesting one because if you observe it closely you can see my understanding and knowledge in linguistics surfacing at a very young age. I can remember very clearly a time when Kailie was at the early stages of acquiring her native tongue and her vocabulary had yet to flower. It was at this point that I decided to perform an experiment, it was of course purely in the name of science and if you want to get an insight into the inner circles of the Shillig family culture you can look at the manner in which I conducted my experiment. Sadly name calling has always taken an embarrassing lead role in the Shillig family. Aaron the Ahole Nate the nigger, Kurt the crap, Jacob the Jockitch, Luke the Puke, are we getting the point yet? Anyway, I hypothesized that the morphosyntactic structure of my speech had little to do with whether or not an individual perceived a segment of language as an insult. I further postulated that it was the tone that portrayed the feeling of aggression in speech and not the word structure. So I decided to test this theory by making up a nonsense word and yelling it at Kailie as a direct insult. The word was izzabaa, and surprisingly it was realized in the lexicon as a verb, along with all the other extremely foul insults in the English language that are quite malicious. Whenever Kailie would do something that was not to my approval I would give a good shout at her face "izzabaa" and sometimes, just for good measure, I would shout the word at her for no reason just so that it would sink in. Before long we got into "izzabaa" shout offs where both parties were involved and could be heard repeatedly using the phrase, "izzabaa you, 'No izzabaa you.'" I feel really horrible, but now that I am looking back on this I realize that the bulk of my relationship with Kailie was spent in doing things to get a dramatic reaction from her. The only thing that I can liken it to is the relationship Joseph Donnelley had with his older brothers in Far and Away. I remember a specific seen where Jacob and Kaulum are out with Joseph in the potato field and the older brothers are looking for some way to pass the time and amuse themselves, so they turn to Joseph because they can always get a rise out of him. Joseph tries to resist yielding to the temptation but after they ask for a nose bleed, he goes crazy and starts hauling off on Kaulum and Jacob. With Kailie it was similar, Jake and I were Colum and Jacob, and we would do all we could to get Kailie into a frenzy so we could have a good laugh. It was amusing at the time but I now see the error of my ways, and I wanted to take this opportunity to apologize to Kailie, for all the years of hurt that were directly attributable to my conduct. Sorry Kailie I love you. P.S. Reggin Freggin.

Jake- I always saw Kailie as the female version of myself. Some of our family might not know that my eyesight in my left eye is poor, Kailie seemed to have gotten a double dose of HCT's bad eyesight(I just recently found out from mom that like me HCT had poor eyesight in his left eye). Kailie surpassed Audrey in reading capability the way for a short time I was faster than Kurt. Kailie was renowned throughout the family for her intelligence as was I and Kailie and I were both a little heavier than our siblings and we both thought we were fat. When you look at pictures of us we certainly weren't fat, we were just a little thicker than our siblings and so we thought we were fat. Thinking you are fat is a major problem in America. I remember making up excuses for why I couldn't go to pool parties because I didn't want people to see my love handles. I remember when I was a sophomore in high school Natalia Mastrocinque grabbed one of my love handles and then surprised by what she discovered said, "wow you're kind of chunky." I was so embarrassed! I can't say I remember Kailie having to go through similar things but I am pretty confident with what I know about American youth, that she had to deal with her fair share of embarrassing moments because of her build. Kailie and I were both very active in sports and other activities that helped us build self confidence despite our hidden misgivings about our weight. In addition to the physical awkwardness of our bodies, we were both very awkward socially. I said pretty much whatever I wanted including things like, "I hate redheads they're so frikin ugly." (Right as Cynthia and Angela Moselle walked by, of course I didn't know they were close by but regardless I shouldn't have been publicly spouting out comments like that), and Kailie for a while had an issue where she would interrupt the flow of a good group conversation to insert a personal story or perspective that didn't really build on the conversation as much as it obstructed the flow to the point where people would kind of wait until she was done talking, pretty much disregard what she had to say and try to get back to the flow they were in before she interrupted. Kailie and I also enjoyed the privilege of getting special treatment from Dad thanks to his special efforts to make sure none of his children ever got screwed like his brother Vance. Why do I bring up all of these painful difficult memories? Well because I feel that sometimes to truly appreciate how magnificent a person really is it helps to know a little about their background. If our family had a most improved player award I think Kailie or eye would win the trophy. Speaking of trophies Kailie and I are also similar in that the sibling right above us broke all records as to high school trophies won. Kurt's shrine in dad's room was only surpassed by Audrey's, we know what it is like to live in someone else's shadow. Several months ago I was reading Kailie's blog and I pointed out to my wife that Kailie was really becoming more and more attractive and that she was evolving socially to the point that she's probably the cool one in her group of friends. I was so overjoyed to see she had fought through all of the adversity she was handed to become such a fine young woman. I love that Kailie is working and going to school and is doing well in both areas. She is totally off on her own like I was when I left for college, and unlike some people may have thought she is more than capable of doing extremely well on her own! Because Kailie is still young I know her development towards becoming the female version of Lanik Mueller(guy that was dealt a tough hand and ended up being the bomb diggity from the book Treason my favorite book and also my favorite character from any story) is still under way and I love reading her blog and being able to see that development first hand. I love you Kailie against all odds you are showing our family what it means to be truly great and I know you will continue to surprise all of us in a very positive life changing way!!!

Kurt- What stands out to me when I think of Kailie is her intensity. She has very intense feelings and will react in accordance to those feelings. As a result I believe Kailies relationships are also more intense. I think the challenge of being such an intense individual is dealing with the other side of it. Someone who feels more intense love will feel more intense pain. To some when asked to clean the room might respond with a sigh or a groan as they begin to work at the task assigned to them. But to little miss intensity it's a little more dramatic "OHHHH WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE ONE WHO CLEANS EVERYTHING" But you know what her intensity makes her stand out from mediocrity. I think Kailie brings much more life to life. Her love is more loving, Her sorrows more sorrowful and her thrills are much more thrilling. How many of us will forever have joy in reminiscing about how thrilling it was to blanket launch Kailie into orbit from the tramp. What an exciting girl. Love Kurt

Nate- Few things:
1st.) apology cuz i was roughest slamming her into chair and yelling cuz 2 close to tv i still feel bad about that

2nd.) two favorite stories: 1.) hairy man speedo, hi dad. 2.) story about her name how i remembered it is not even close.

3rd.) favorite memory(ongoing), Kailie helped my agency mostly by helping at my house and a little at my office, but because she listened to my advice and stayed with me till the end, she now has qualified herself for the 2nd best job (based on pay, flexibility & length of time opportunity will be there for her) during college out of all the brothers and sisters besides my opportunity. It is so cool to have a family member in the same Industry as me, and even cooler that it's the same company. This similarity that we share enhances the connection that we already have!

I know we should not be a proud people, but i am proud of you Kailie for what you are doing in life at such a young age, maybe by the time you are 25 you will have a masters degree and we will call you Master Kailie! Love ya Sis!

Aaron- First of all I want kailie to know how much I love her. I am proud of the woman she has become. I have 2 awesome memories about Kailie. The first was the day she was born. I had the chance to be at home and Linda had brought Nate up so it was nice to have a friend to play with that I hadn't seen in a bit. Well while mom was delivering Kailie Nate and I were outside wrestling on the tramp. When Kailie was birthed dad let me come in and see her and hold her. She was so cute and I was glad to be able to hold her. I really enjoyed watching her grow up. The other memory I have is a recent one. As we all know since grandma died the shilligs have been without when it came to having stockings made for the new babies at christmas time. In fact mandi and I have spent these last six years taking a stocking to the various women of the ward to see if they had the talent to reproduce the masterpiece that was the grandma Neville stocking. We failed time and time again. We felt bad for our last two babies because at Christmas they didn't have a beautiful stocking to hang by the chimney with care. So imagine the overwhelming joy we felt when Kailie calls up and says "Aaron I have cracked the code on grandmas' stocking and I would like to make some stockings for your kids". Well there have been few moments in my life when I have been so overjoyed by what someone has done for me or my family, this one left them all in the dust. Kailie I will be forever grateful to you for providing my kids with a gift that truly does last a life time. I love you #8, love #1

Kailie loves to sing and I love to hear her sing. One of my fondest memories is when she sang in the High School Talent show a number from The Phantom of the Opera. Then Dad got up and sang the part that the young suitor recalls and it was so great to hear and watch and be apart of. Also having her sing in the choir is sweet because she is another Shillig and their is strength in numbers. I do love to sing with her. She also inspired me to start writing a book. Now she is on her adventure and I miss her a lot. Love Dad