Road Trip

We spent our Thanksgiving holidays on a road trip to visit my sister in New Mexico, What a hoot! My family and my brothers family loaded up in his15 passenger van (I wish I took a picture of us all) then my grandma, mom and little brother followed behind in another car. It was so much fun to have the whole fam together. The kids had tons of fun together, thanks Lisa and Jared for letting us all stay with you!!

Old Town

Our little Indians.

Samuel, Darren, Kaitlen, Garrison

Are we home yet???

PLEASE don't go!!

Anthony had to take a group of students to the "city" for a competition over night so me and kids decided to take a day off and go with him. I don't know what it is about hotels but the kids always think it is the greatest. It was a gorgeous day so the kids and I spent hours at the Park just enjoying every last minute of the warm weather. I know that winter will come, that the snow is necessary, but warm weather PLEASE DON'T GO!!!

Number 4

Well most of you already know that we are expecting number 4!! But for those of you who havn't heard my sister and I are both due in April and are so excited to have two more cousins that will be so close together. My ultra sound is scheduled for the 15 of December so I'll keep you all posted on what we are having.

Much Needed Break

This past weekend my sister and I went to New York to stay with one of our best friends from grade school, Cassie, thanks for letting us stay! We had the best time and tried so many new things. Here are a few pictures from our trip. I have to say thanks a million to my husband who wasn't worried in the least about taking care of our 3 kids for 4 days......and his mom cause I'm sure she helped a ton too. :)

We went over to Brooklyn and ate at Grimaldis (greatest pizza!) then walk back across the Bridge.

This is the Manhattan Temple, we did a session Saturday morning, amazing to be inside so peaceful while the city is so crazy just outside.

I'm sure you've all heard of the play Wicked, well to see it on Broadway you have to plan months in advance and tickets are pricey, however they have a "lottery" where you put you name in for a drawing 2 hours before the show and hope that out of 200 people your name gets drawn I am still in shock but they pulled my name out I got two tickets, $25 each, and we sat front row. It was amazing we were so close the actors actually made eye contact with us.

Mani Pedis, this is how out in the dark I am I never even knew it is called a "mani pedi" so fun we also got our eye brows threaded, like waxing but with a piece of thread.....weird but it works great.

Food Food Food!! I thought i might be rolling off the plane after all the good food we ate.
We ate the best New York steak, Italian, cupcakes, ice cream, pizza, I tried Falaflas (vegetarian food), and much more.


Now I'm back to my town of 300, mopping floors, changing diapers, reading stories, making tents, doing laundry.........and I wouldn't trade for anything! Thanks Cassie and Anthony for a great escape!!

Happy Haunting!!

Love - The Mitchells

Day 5

I'm sure all of you have a favorite pair of flip flops, these are mine (they are Tevas that mold to your feet) I am dreading the snow that is just around the corner. I hate putting them away and pulling out the snow boots. They are getting a little worn out and I hope I can find some just like them next spring. (do I put chalk on my feet??? yugh dry skin!)

Fav Things Day 4

I'm not sure why but it has recently occured to me that my MP3 player can be used for much more then just running. It makes doing my dishes, mopping the floor, or straightening the house much more enjoyable. It is my way of checking out for 20 minutes, no more of Kaitlens chatter, or Savannahs whinning. I'm not saying I wear it all day, but one or two songs can make all the difference in the world from happy mom to grumpy mom.