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It's March, but I am almost all caught up on the blogging break I was forced into. Here are some pictures of Phoebe's first Christmas.Christmas EveWaiting for SantaThe girls in their new princess PJ's at Nanna's Christmas Eve birthday party.Dax's number request this year was for a Spiderman Web Shooter. Thanks, Santa!Piper's biggest wish this year was for a Kit doll from the American Girl Company

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On December 13, 2009, Matt blessed our baby girl. She was given the name Phoebe Ann Marie Mitchell and then her Daddy gave her the sweetest and most tender blessing to carry with her in this life. He blessed her to always know the love of her family and Father in Heaven and that as she goes through this life that she will be a peacemaker. It was so sweet and I was so happy to share that day with

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Our first few weeks with our precious girl.painting with Daddyfirst bath at homeThe sweetest spirit settles into a home when a new baby is there. I loved watching Piper and Dax fall in love with this tiny baby girl. I loved seeing Matt tenderly hold his sweet baby girl. I was so pampered and loved as I recovered. A special time, one last time.

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Note: I wrote this when Phoebe was 10 days old. As time has passed and I have recovered physically from my c section, I am finding that in many ways I am still working through the emotional recovery of her birth. Hers was a birth that I planned for and worked hard for and to have it all change so quickly was difficult to say the least. I am so glad that she is here and she is healthy and I know

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October brought two sweet baby girls into our lives. On October 18th, our closest friends had their baby girl, Nora. She is so sweet and we feel so blessed to share this special time in with them as we raise our baby girls side by side. Nora and Phoebe are sure to be the best of friends like their big brothers, Finn and Dax. Matt was asked to take Nora's newborn pictures just a few days before

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On October 17th Dax turned five! A whole hand!! We celebrated by going to see Where The Wild Things Are on his birthday. It was wonderful and we all loved it. We then headed home to have dinner with Nanna, Uncle Brian, Auntie Brittan and the cousins. Dax requested that Daddy make his alfredo sauce and it was so good! We love our sweet buggy boy and have cherished every moment of the 5 years he

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Matt took beautiful pictures of me about a month before Phoebe was born. I am so grateful to have these photos. I look at them and feel so beautiful knowing that my sweet girl is inside growing and preparing to join us. I am so thankful to be a mom and to have the ability to carry my children. I had a wonderful baby shower thrown for me by my two wonderful friends, Amanda and Devon. It was so

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I really thought I would be able to overcome the black hole in the middle of my screen and continue to blog, but I couldn't. Not being able to see what I wrote without having to do acrobatics with the window screen made blogging a chore instead of fun. This is what my beloved MacBook looked like the day I sent it in for repairs.Sad, hu?I wanted to share with everyone the wonderful happenings here

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Matt was gone for a week this month. He was here...He left us behind with a heavy heart and headed for West Virginia. Here is the trip in his words...The first death in my family happened on February 7, 2010. My grandfather, Harry Mitchell, died at the age of 92. Leaving my grandmother all alone on the side of a mountain in West Virginia. I never really took the time to really get to know him,

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It's official! Phoebe Ann Marie Mitchell made her debut on October 30th and 12:38 pm. She weighed 7 pounds and measured 20 1/2 inches at birth. She kept us on our toes in the last few weeks before her arrival and decided an emergency c section was the best way to make her grand entrance. It was a scary turn of events, but both Mom and baby are healthy.Phoebe is absolutely adored by her older

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Piper's school has a special breakfast for students and grandparents. This was the third year in a row that Grandma and Grandad picked up Piper and had breakfast with her at school and then got to see her classroom and meet her teacher. She was so excited and looked forward to this day since the first day of school. Next year Grandma and Grandad will play double duty and have breakfast with both

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I know, I know! I have been a bad blogger friend. I didn't intend for this to happen and I have missed all of you, but alas I have been a bad blogger friend. I have had many wonderful and exciting things to tell you about, sprinkled in with a few mundane things as well, just to keep it interesting. See the thing is my Macbook has suffered an injury. It is a fixable injury and purely cosmetic, but

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I can't believe that both of my babies are at school right now. We all woke up bright and early ready for the exciting day ahead. Piper had a hard night and came running in our room at 10:15 convinced that it was time to get ready for school. She was crying and complaining of an upset tummy. I figured it was night before school nerves and we put her back to bed with a throw up bucket just in

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Today is the last day of Summer vacation. It has been a long summer here at chez Mitchell. It was a fun summer, a stressful summer and a happy summer, but most of all it was a long summer. Tomorrow we will send Piper off to second grade and the thought brings a few tears to my eyes. I am so proud of her and the strides she is making. I am excited to see her grow up and into the person she is to

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Here is our picture with David Archuleta. Excuse Matt's expression...haha! Can you see the absolute joy on Piper's face?

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We did a photo shoot on Saturday evening at the beach and took the kids along since it was for close friends. After pictures were done we released all the kids to play in the water. The water was super shallow but Maddax was still hesitant about going out by himself. Along came Piper who said, "Come with me, little brother." And with that she took his hand and kept him safe. These are the moments

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Some days are lazy and some days are so full I collapse at the end of the day from sheer exhaustion. We are having a good summer despite our current unemployment status. There are no new updates there...we are looking into options for Matt to go back to school and hoping that we can get Matt Mitchell Photography off the ground. We are eternally grateful for the amazing friends and family in our

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Piper lost her first tooth tonight. This tooth has been pretty wiggly for a while now and we have been long awaiting this day. We had some friends (Hi Ostrom Family!) over for dinner and the night started with Piper being super excited about the super wiggly of her tooth. She got her little treasure box with a mirror attached out and sat in front of it and wiggled and wiggled. Matt suggested she

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The economy got you down? It has hit us here at chez Mitchell in a big way. Some of you already know but others may not, Matt was laid off unexpectedly last Friday. We were totally caught off guard! With a baby on the way the timing is pretty awful, but there is never really a good time to lose your job. Matt came up with a brilliant idea to offer discounted photo sessions and pictures while he

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We are currently driving home from a wonderful 4th of July and birthday weekend. We headed up to Inverness on Friday afternoon to spend the night at B&B's. We arrived, dropped off all of our stuff, fed the goats (and Barrett) and piled back in the van to head to the Inverness 4th of July celebration in the town square.Granddad and Barrett share a snackFeeding time for the goats!How cute is this

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We had our big ultrasound on Friday and found out that Piper and Dax are having a baby sister!!We are all really excited and can't wait to meet Ansley Claire this Fall. Piper cried when she heard the tech tell us it's a girl and the moment was so precious to me. Piper has prayed for a baby sister all her own since she was about 4 years old. She can't wait to have Ansley here to play with and

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It's official, Piper will be a second grader next year and we are super proud of her. I am warning you now that this post will be full of praise from a gushing mother and I will not hold back.When Piper started the first grade she was coming off of a kindergarten year that had been full of fun, but also issues. She asserted her independence all year and struggled to realize that at school she was

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I've been an absentee blogger, but I am ready to get back into the swing of things. I miss blogging and feeling like I am connecting with people, although after my long break I will be surprised if anyone is still around reading about chez Mitchell.Here is a quick update- I am now 18.5 weeks pregnant and feeling better each day. The baby is moving and kicking all the time and I love it! The kids

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Our sweet baby girl turned 7 on April 25th. We celebrated the day by taking her to see the Hannah Montana movie and then out to lunch at Mimi's Cafe. Of course before any of that could happen we had to open presents! Dax struggled to keep quiet and not give away what was wrapped up inside the pretty paper, he did much better this year that last year. On the top of her list this year was an ugly

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So we left West Virginia and started our drive to Virginia where a burrito fete awaited us. When we planned the trip I realized that Matt's friends, Sarah and Tom, lived pretty close to my aunt and suggested we make an effort to see them at some point. The last time Matt saw either one of them was when he was serving his mission in France. He was really excited to see them and I was excited to

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We woke up on Monday morning to a chilly and rainy day. We had a nice breakfast and then we set about getting all of our gear together and loaded into the van. We were sad to be leaving, but looked forward to seeing more family and friends. The most important part of Monday was making sure that we got a good family picture and a four generation Mitchell men picture. The weather was not

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Spring Break 2009- Chapter 2We woke up Sunday morning to the sounds of Piper and Dax happily watching Disney in the sitting room of their Great-Grandparents house and we decided it was time to get up and join the family. We were treated to a huge breakfa6st of eggs, bacon, sausage, fresh fruit salad and toast with ample amounts of West Virginia apple butter. Piper told us it felt like Christmas

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I have been an absentee blogger. There are so many things I want to blog about- the rest of our wonderful and amazing trip, the funny things Dax says to me on a daily basis, etc., but this pregnancy is kicking my rear. I had really hoped that I was going to escape the horrific sickness that has been the norm for me in the past, but alas, it has come to stay. I am now 12 weeks pregnant and look

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March 30th was my birthday and it was one of the best I have had in recent memory. I had originally planned to spend the day at the Magic Kingdom (you get in free on your birthday this year!), but the morning sickness is kicking my butt a bit and the idea of walking around the park all day with Dax sounded like more than I had in me. So we went with the next best thing- Downtown Disney. Dax

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Spring break 2009We set off for our grandest family adventure yet, we drove from Florida to West Virginia and then from there onto the DC area. I am currently writing all about it as we head home from a wonderful week full of family, friends and new faces and places. We left early (5 am) on Saturday, April 4th with Matt's parents in tow and headed for West Virginia where grandparents awaited us.

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We have had many requests for our nacho recipe and because we want you all to enjoy the yumminess we are willing to share. I must say the idea was genius- everyone loves a platter of nachos, but once you eat the top layer you are left with the dud chips. So what happens when the platter is set on the table?! Chaos ensues as everyone tries to get the loaded nachos. We have found the solution!

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Today is Elder Pearson's birthday so we decided to treat the boys to dinner at chez Mitchell. Matt made his now famous nachos (they seem to get better each time!) and I made an oreo pie for dessert. Elder Pearson and his companion, Elder Cropper are great guys and the kids love them. It helps that they are always willing to swing the kids in the air and listen to their concert performances- hey

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Enjoy!

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There will be a new little Mitchell to love this Fall.

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My little bug is not feeling well. He woke up this morning with a stuffy head and a headache. As I was tucking him into bed he told me that his monkey and his Piglet were also sick. He then proceeded to give them blessings. It was really one of the sweetest things I have ever seen. He put his little hands on his stuffed animals heads and said, "Dear Jesus, please make my friends feel better and

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Last Wednesday was my father-in-law's birthday. Let me tell you a little bit about Dad. He is an amazing father and grandfather. He loves his boys (4 sons) so much and has gone above and beyond for them many times. He is caring and sensitive and full of pride for his sons. I love seeing him with Matt and realizing exactly how Matt turned out to be such a great Dad to our kids. Dad is always there

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We have discovered the perfect nacho. You know how when you order nachos at a restaurant you get some that are loaded with all the good stuff and then there are the dud chips that missed out on all the good stuff? Well, Matt has found a solution to this age old problem. Friday night was nacho night and it started with throwing some chicken in the crock pot and starting a pot of Matt's famous

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This one is past due. Our Finn turned 4 at the beginning of the month and I am just now getting around to his birthday blog spotlight. Let me tell you all a little about Finn. Finn in my best friends son, he is also Dax's best friend. Amanda (Finn's mommy) and I met through our old play group when the boys were still under a year old. I remember being instantly drawn because we had considered

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Over the last 6 months or so we have worked really hard on fixing up the house. We have painted just about every room in the house and we are now ready to tackle the kitchen. I love the color red in kitchens, but wasn't sure I could pull it off since the kitchen morphs into the brown hallway and green dining room. Matt put up a big sample of the red I picked out in various parts of the kitchen

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My boys needed haircuts- like a month ago! Today was as good a day as any and off to the barber they went, er, or the kids bathroom. Remember when I mentioned that Matt is good at everything he does? Did I also mention he cuts hair? Wonders never cease with this guy of mine. Dax was up first and was not too excited about having his haircut.Don't take my picture, Mommy!Roxy kept a watchful eye on

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Piper is all better and heading back to school tomorrow. She was very sick and we were pretty worried about our little girl, but she is fully recovered albeit a few pounds thinner. This is the first time the flu has hit one of the kids and it was a doozy. Piper ran high fevers for 6 days- SIX DAYS! When she got sick she weighed in at a whopping 35 pounds and is now down to 33. We are working on

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Make a Smilebox postcardHope you all had a wonderful day full of hugs and kisses and a healthy does of chocolate as well.

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My little Pi is home sick today. She complained of a headache last night and then woke up around 11 with a 101 degree fever. Poor little sweetpea! She was so upset when I told her she would have to stay home today. She has tried so hard to get perfect attendance every 9 weeks this year and so far she has missed it each time. The other two days she was absent this year were because she was

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Piper had a Valentine concert at school last week. Imagine a cafeteria full of 1st graders singing songs about love...cute, hu? Piper was so excited about the concert and that Grandma and Grandad were coming to see her perform. They sang a song called "Viva Valentine" and it was adorable! There were some pretty snazzy dance moves as well. Several of the kids had speaking parts and Piper was one

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Last night Dax was having a hard time falling asleep, which is unusual for him. Matt spent some extra cuddle time in his room with him in an effort to help him fall asleep. This was after I had already sang Too Rah Loo (irish lullaby) several times!So Matt laid with him and held him close, but after a while it was time for him to get up. This is the conversation that followed--Dax- You're leaving

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Over the weekend we had a quick visit from our good friend Heather! We were sad that Neal and the girls weren't able to come with her, but it was still great to see Heather. The visit was last minute and she was only in Tampa for like 30 hours. She came down for a baby shower for one of her close friends (good luck Jackie!!). The kids and I went up to the gym to see her and then we went to Babies

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On Saturday night we went on a double date with Dad and Kelly. Kelly called to invite all of us over for dinner, but we had just scored a babysitter for the evening. Not wanting to miss out on the yummy dinner (homemade nachos!) we decided we would come over and have dinner without the kids and then go to a movie. Dinner was wonderful...it always is when we are over there! Originally we planned

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Yesterday in Primary they were talking about all the things that Daddy's provide for the family. Someone mentioned food and clothes and the Dax pipped up with....and car insurance! Where did that come from?! HAHA.I just want to point out that Mommy's can and do provide these things as well ;)

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Last Saturday was our niece's 7th birthday. So we loaded up Yolanda (the Honda) with all the grandparents and headed to Inverness for a roller skating party. Piper absolutely loves her cousin, but she was less than excited at the prospect of putting roller skates on again. We got skates for Pi and Dax, but Dax refused to even put his on. He preferred watching from the sidelines. Anna Mae who is

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The kids all woke up bright and early on the first day of 2009. Brittan made a wonderful breakfast and we hung out and relaxed and ate. Perfect day if you ask me. The kids loved playing outside with the baby goats. There were two little babies that were born in the middle of December and they were so much fun to cuddle. Piper was really hoping to ride one of the horses from Brittan's parents

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I know, I know...it has been the new year for 7 whole days now and I am only just now getting to blog about it. If you read my previous post you will know why. We are feeling much better here at chez Mitchell now and I am taking the opportunity to finish blogging about the holidays.We spent New Years with Brian, Brittan, Campbell, Anna Mae and Barrett. Grandma and Grandad headed up as well and

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Poor Piper. Friday found her not feeling very well at all. The day started with Dax throwing up. Don't you just love days like that? Poor little bugger felt so bad because he didn't even have time to make it to the bathroom. He kept apologizing to me for making a mess. What a sweetheart, hu?Piper seemed to be feeling fine, although she complained of an upset stomach in the morning. I figured she

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I promised the kids we would make gingerbread houses this year, but before I knew it Christmas was over and we still hadn't made them. I had to run into CVS the day after Christmas and they had 2 gingerbread kits marked down 75%. I got them both and let the kids decorate their own houses this year. They had so much fun!BeforeDuringWe had just as much fun eating all the candy as we did decorating

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We had a wonderful Christmas this year. The kids woke up and rushed out to find their stockings. Stockings were my favorite part of Christmas morning and I love to see the kids discover their treasures in theirs, but this year they were too quick for me. Before too long Matt and I were up, kinda, and the kids were ready to tear in.Piper bought gifts for all of this year at the Christmas store at

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After having a wonderful party for Nanna we set about getting ready for Santa's visit. We let the kids open their traditional Christmas Eve gift of pajamas. This year they got p.j.'s and a robe. And best of all....their robes light up! How cool!Sitting in front of the tree in their new jammiesThen we let Piper put the baby Jesus in the manger. We alternate years so each child has a chance to

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What a wonderful holiday season we have had. I have been having so much fun playing with the kids, visiting with friends and family, eating yummy treats and watching LOST that I have neglected chez mitchell. I am going to try to blog about all the fun we have had today while I snuggle my two kiddos and watch our holiday favorites one more time before erasing them from our DVR.

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Christmas Eve is Nanna's (Matt's mom) birthday and every year we have a big dinner for her. This year Brian, Brittan and the cousins were able to come down and join us. I made a roast, mashed potatoes, rice, corn, rolls and salad. Dinner was delicious, if I do say so myself. After we finished eating the kids made a mad dash to the presents. There was much oohing and ahhing over the gifts and hugs

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We were a little late getting a tree this year, but once we met "George" we knew we found the right one. On Monday night we headed out with Miss Eg (my mom) to look for a tree and surprise Daddy. We needed a few essentials at Target first so we looked there to see if they had any trees and we lucked out. Not only did they have our tree but it was only $35! Last year we paid $130 for our tree!!

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We got all dressed up in our Christmas finest on Sunday for church and I wanted a few pictures to prove it. No problem, right? Wrong! As soon as we walked in the door Dax started shedding clothes. A coat here, shoes there. We had to promise him snowballs (Nanna's speciality) after pictures in order for him to put everything back on. Then we decided we should have Roxy in our pictures. Do you have

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Thursday night Piper's school had a choir concert at my high school. It was quite the flashback to walk into the school. We had to sit in the nosebleed seats in the auditorium to watch the second graders perform the holiday musical. Piper knew most of the songs and happily sang along. After the concert was over I took Piper into the band room where I spent most of my high school days and I have

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Piper had a spirit night at the Skateland for school this week. Skateland was the place to be when I was a kid. I spent many Saturdays there for Soc Hops and all night skates. Ah, the memories. Since this event was free I decided I would take Piper skating for her first time. She was so excited to go until she put the skates on. She was TERRIFIED! She clung to me like she was about to fall into a

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You all remember this bathroom...I tried to do a good thing and surprise Matt with a newly painted bathroom. It didn't turn out so great and as a result I am no longer allowed to paint anything. When we pained a couple of months ago we tested out a few colors in the blue bathroom. So it has looked like this for the last 2 months or so.Nice, right?! Well, the day came to finally make a change.

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Last Friday night we headed over to he Darby's and had a bonfire with friends. My dear friend Liz and her sweet little boy were home visiting from Vegas, as well as her sister, Carmen and her husband. The Darby's are very near and dear to my heart and it was so nice for us all to be together again. This was the first time in 10 years that we have all been in the same place at the same time. It

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Last Wednesday we headed up to Inverness to visit Auntie Brittan, Uncle Brian and the cousins. I didn't tell the kids where we were going, but Piper was able to guess it out of me before we were on the interstate. She is a smart cookie! I was a bit anxious about the drive, but it wasn't that bad. I love having our van, it makes me feel a bit more confident on the interstate. The drive was long,

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I have been a lazy blogger, please forgive me. Truth is I am building log cabins out of Lincoln logs, drinking lots of hot chocolate, watching christmas shows all cuddled up under the blankets. Who have I been doing all these fun things with? My little boyfriend, of course. So you see, I have been abandoning all of you, but spending time with my little boy. I am going to catch you guys up on the

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What a wonderful, fantastic, full day we had this year. We were so happy to be invited to Ian and Amanda's house for Thanksgiving this year. The house looked beautiful and the food was divine, but even better than all of that was the people we were with. We are indeed blessed to not only have the best friends in the world, but also their families who have loved us and taken our family into their

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Dax's Thankful ListMom, Dad, Piper and Miss Egmy cousins my best friend Finnymy unclesZo-Zo "my girlfriend"NannaGrandma and GrandadPiper's Thankful Listmy familymy friendsmy clothesmy housemy foodmy own roommy schoolmy teacher my countryclean watermy dogmy electricitymy booksthe holidaysfor everythingMatt's Thankful Listmy wifemy kidsmy talents and abilitiesFor the movie Elfthat Copeland and The

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We went to Grandma and Grandad's house on Saturday for dinner and s'mores. Dinner was amazing! We feasted on ka-bobs made with the best filet I have had in a long time, steak fries and of course "cob on the corn". After we were stuffed to our gills we bundled up (it was like 50 degrees!!) and sat on the deck in front of the mexican fireplace. The plan was to make s'mores, but we quickly realized

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We had such a wonderful weekend! We started it out on Friday night with Miss Kelly and Copeland at the State Theater in St. Pete. We picked Kelly up at her office and then we stopped at Chipotle for dinner. Dinner was fantastic and made me wish for the 10,000th time that we had one here closer to home. Probably good that we don't though because I would be there all the time!Anyway- once fed we

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I am a big fan of the Twilight series and have been eagerly awaiting the movie. I was excited when they changed the release date from December to November, but bummed when I saw that opening night was the same night that one of our favorite bands was playing a show. As much as I love Twilight, there was no way I would pass up seeing Copeland at State Theater. So I figured I would just have to

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Piper and I were approached about being in a Steak and Shake commercial yesterday as we were walking into Target. A nice girl came up to us and asked if we liked S&S and if we wanted to be in a commercial. Well, you know Piper was all over that! After we finished shopping we headed over there and she was so excited to see the hair and makeup and wardrobe. I swear this reaction was better than any

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Piper had the day off from school on Tuesday for Veteran's Day. I thought it would be nice to get out of the house and do something fun, so I surprised the kids and took them to see Madagascar 2. The movie was pretty cute and the kids enjoyed dancing and singing along...we like to move it, move it! When we got home I asked them to clean their rooms since it looked like tornadoes had ripped

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Matt worked on a new painting this weekend for our friends new baby girl. Sweet baby Maggie was born on October 27th to her adoring parents. Like all babies she is loved beyond measure by all that know her and that includes her big sister, Jolie. Jolie was born premature in on July 7, 2007. She was too little to stay in this world, but she is in heaven watching over her mommy and daddy and her

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On Sunday night I saw the New Kids on the Block with Amanda and they were AWESOME!! I was a huge NKOTB fan back in the day, but was never able to see them in concert...until now! Our seats were great! I was so excited when the lights went down and we saw this on the huge screens on the stage...Oh.My.Gosh! I was beside myself with excitement. Forget the fact that I am a 27 year old married woman

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In the month of October Disney has a Halloween party on certain nights at the Magic Kingdom. You buy a separate ticket and from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. you get to trick-or-treat throughout the park. People come in costume and the characters are also dressed up in costume. It sounds like a lot of fun and something we will probably do with the kids when they are older. Anyway, the day we went the park was

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I have so much to blog about, but I need to blog about Disney since it has been a week since we went!We had such a great weekend. We left on Friday night and checked into the resort around 10:30. Check-in went smoothly and we headed up to our room to get the boys to bed. After we got the boys to bed the adults stayed up for a while but before too long we were all asleep.We woke up Saturday and

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Kassi tagged me and since it is raining and Matt is napping I thought this would be a good time to respond.8 Favorite TV ShowsI really, really like T.V.*Grey's Anatomy*Chuck*Gossip Girl*90210*Without a Trace*Dexter*How I Met Your Mother*The Big Bang Theory8 Favorite Restaurants*Moe's*Shell's*Estella's*P.F. Chang's*Longhorn*Ruby Tuesday's*Chic-Fil-A*Jaymer's BBQ8 Things that happened yesterday* I

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We had a great halloween yesterday. Dax and I headed over to Finn's house while Piper was in school so we could make cupcakes for later. After that we picked Pi up from school and went to Target to get the supplies to make our mummy dogs for dinner. We battled traffic and headed home to pick up Daddy and go to Ian and Amanda's house. Amanda had goody bags for all the kids complete with silly

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Caci and Jace came over today and we made haunted houses and roasted our pumpkin seeds. We had so much fun! The idea was we could do this with the kids, but by the end Caci and I were at the table surrounded by candy and frosting and the kids were blissfully playing outside. Thanks so much for the fun idea Caci!!Here is Piper's candy land. Sweet and sparkly just like her...I was going for a

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We had the best FHE last night!! We headed over to the Chapman's for pumpkin shaped pizza's and a pumpkin carving contest, it gets better though because the Thayn's came too! We came prepared with two of the best looking pumpkins the patch had to offer. We were ready for a great evening with our friends and eating some good food too. We were only there for about maybe 5 minutes when the jerky

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We are heading to Disney World this weekend with I, A and F! We are super excited and look forward to seeing Captain Jack and going on our favorite ride, BUZZ LIGHT YEAR!A huge thank you to Auntie Carole who gifted us her timeshare in Orlando for tonight and tomorrow. Going to Disney is so much more fun if you get to stay in Orlando. We are going here. We went several years ago when it first

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Matt finished the painting yesterday. It is beautiful. Truly the pictures do not do it justice. I am pretty impressed that in less than a week he was able to complete a painting, especially with everything we had going on. Here it is...

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After the house was cleared of party guest we put our kiddos to bed and headed out to see the boys perform in St. Pete. Don't worry my Mom stayed here and watched the kids. We are all about seeing a great show, but we are still responsible parents...if my mom had not been able to stay here we would have just taken the kids with us. See, I told you we were responsible parents!The show was great,

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We eventually woke up on Saturday,we had a late night of painting and scrabble the night before. After walking Roxy, feeding the kids and starting my home made marinara sauce ( just call me Martha), I got really ambitious and decided to hit the Y for a quick workout (I am going to look fantastic soon, just in time to get pregnant all over again.) When I cam home everyone was awake and there was a

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We had a very full weekend so I am going to break it into pieces for everyone. Let's start with Friday, Dax's 4th birthday. We started the day with yummy cinnamon rolls from Ana and Angela. Thanks guys!! After we ate we went to the YMCA to play in the super fun kid pool with Miss Egg. The water was pretty chilly but the kids didn't seem to mind. They went down the slides and in the fountains for

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It's a process...This is Matt when he wants me to stop taking his pictureAmazing, hu?

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Happy birthday to our little boy. Four years ago you were born into our family and we have loved every moment since. You make us laugh all the time and have brought such joy to our lives. We love the little person that you are growing into. You are sweet and gentle and everyone around you instantly falls in love with you. You are so loved!!Maddax and Piper meeting for the first time.Little "

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Wow, just wow

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Hours 3 and 4. This time I was home and sound asleep while Matt painted. I have been asleep before midnight more nights than not. For those of you that know me you know what a HUGE deal this is! I love sleep, I just never manage to get it.We have trees. I wish you could all see this in person. The amount of detail he puts into his paintings is amazing. I look at and think, sure I could paint a

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Matt' sister Sheri was in town last week from Alaska. The last time we saw her was 3 years ago! Dax instantly fell on love with his Titi Sheri and the feeling was mutual from Sheri. She tried to sneak off with him her last night here. In true Mitchell style we ate lots of great food during our short visit, including a trip to our favorite japanese steak house, Joto's! Matt made his famous fried

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Dax has not had the greatest luck the past month or two. Just as he is recovered from one injury a new one appears. This one is pretty gruesome. Poor Dax was clothes lined by Roxy's leash when she chased after her ball. She lunged for her ball and Dax was in the way. I feel sick everytime I look at his neck and think about how much worse it could have been. The pictures below were taken the next

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Matt is doing a painting for Miss Kelly (aka Grandma) and he wanted me to post the beginning stages. He did all of this last night while Sarah and I were having a movie night at her house. Not bad for about 2 hours worth of painting. Stay tuned for more...

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Sorry it has taken so long to post the pictures of the completed paint job. I went with complimentary greens for the foyer and dining room. We plan to use the light green in the kitchen and accent with the darker green. Stay tuned for those pictures, we'll probably start in November since the rest of October is booked. So what do you think? Entryway

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We are well on our way to a new home! I am loving my new walls and can't wait to finish the rest of the house. It was a long process, especially since Matt and I are both perfectionists. But overall I am very happy with the outcome. What do you think? Piper even helped out a bit, while heavily supervised!And

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We have lived here for almost a year and a half and for that entire time we have said that we wanted to paint the house. Well you know how that goes. We have lived with dirty, white walls for the last year and a half and almost everyday I say that we need to paint this weekend. Well yesterday Amanda and I went to Lowe's and bought the paint. I had to take her along because after the bright blue

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We spent last weekend in Naples with Titi Sette, Uncle Jay, Ellie and Tia. We left Friday night with Grandma and Grandad and had sooo much fun! We stopped at Cracker Barrel on the way down (YUM!) for dinner and Grandad was so excited to find Mallow-Bars. What are Mallow- Bars, you ask?! Goodness wrapped in a little yellow wrapper. They are like Reese's Peanut Butter cups, but they are full of

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Ian called this morning with an offer to good to turn down. He had extra tickets to see the Ray's baseball game today and the seats were right behind home plate. So we skipped out of church early and the boys (Matt, Dax, Ian and Finn) went to the game. The boys had a good time and loved all the yummy treats they gorged themselves on. This was their first baseball game. I love watching them grow

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So I have set some goals for myself. I think it is important to write things down, that gives them power and it is right there in my face as a reminder. That works for me for the most part, but sometimes I need a bit more encouragement. So how do you feel about being my back up singers? I think everyone should have a good set of back up singers in their lives. I have some great, wonderful and

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Cutest kid ever! I am so proud of my little skater boy!!

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Two posts in one day and it is only 9:30 AM!Saturday the stake put on a mother daughter activity. The theme was Luau Legacy and we had so much fun. We took a hula class in some really awesome pseudo hula skirts.President Jensen gave a wonderful talk about legacies and what that means. He also talked about how our children are here on loan from our Heavenly Father and why it is so important that

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