Elves hibernate until parents read the book "The Elf on the Shelf," name the elf and register its adoption online. Why is it that these tiny spies often indulge in their own naughty, mischevous antics that turn your home into an episode of "Elves Behaving Badly?" Amy and Billy Goley, branch manager of a Flowood employment agency and an employee of L-3 Vertex, respectively, adopted an Elf on the Shelf for their children, Baylee, 16; Shelbee, 14; Audree, 10, and Braedyn, 6.