Mitchell

(Belated) Tribute to Jenna for her birthday!

2010-09-29T10:54:00.001-07:00

JENNA MAY MITCHELL

Born August 31, 2002 at 1:52 am!!!

She is such a sweetheart! So sensitive and always willing to help Mommy!! She's a GREAT big sister and a great friend! Very considerate and always sharing! We love her tons!

This is my FAVORITE picture ever! See the sheer joy on Daddy's face! I tear up every time! Then notice how pale Jenna is. Also the very proud Great Auntie Besty in the background!

I just found this picture. Not sure when it was taken but she is obviously in Grandma Holly's car and by her hair you can tell she was pampered by Grandma Holly with curly hair!This picture was taken by Aunt Melissa on Sept 24, 2006. This is the haircut given by Grandma Holly cause a certain cousin cut Jenna's hair! I didn't like the haircut at the time but when I look back I love it!

This is Jenna, Papa Seng and cousin Adelle in Montana. Great Grandma Dolly in the background. The fun thing about this picture is it is the day Jenna's little sister was born!

And then here is Jenna all grown up and 8 years old!!! This is the picture we used for her baptism! And a few more that Mommy liked!Her baptism day, September 4, 2010! I forgot to take a picture in their baptismal clothes!
And I had to throw this one in! I took it the other day. She was sad cause she had accidently broken her bracelet and snuggled up with Cricket the cat to fall asleep! How cute!

Jenna! We love you! You mean SO much to us and we don't even want to think about how life would be without you!!! Happy 8th birthday!!!

Updates!

2010-07-14T10:52:00.000-07:00

Camping!
Zoo!

4th of July! New baby Orion!

New puppies too!

Boutique?

2010-03-27T20:52:00.000-07:00

I am conducting a survey to help with my decision on whether to start a Boutique/Consignment shop. It will accept boutque/craft items, gently used clothing and possibly gently used furniture! Please finish this survey and let all your family and friends know to take it also! I would greatly appreciate anyone's opinion! Thanks!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5GQF7XV

OUCH!!!

2010-02-26T08:27:00.001-08:00

I know ya'll probably don't want to see my ugly feet but here they are! February 5th we're pretty sure I broke my toe. While I was cleaning someones tub...

Then the next day, Saturday the 6th, this big lug of a dog jumped the fence and got stuck. It ripped a big hole in his flank where his leg meets his body. All you can really see is where they shaved him but you can tell it's huge. Andy took him to the Emergency Vet that night and it was expensive! (I mean, of course, did I think it would be cheap?) We found out he weighs 120 lbs! And I am now considering going to school to be vet tech. (Maybe our little farm of animals and us can get a discount! :)

Then this morning, February 26th, Hannah tripped over a humidifier that I had taken apart to clean and put away. This was her owie on her right side.
So, needless to say I'm really glad February is almost over!!!

Fun Pictures!

2009-12-07T15:55:00.000-08:00

These are not in the order they should be but...just be glad I put them up!!! Jenna waiting to see Santa Clause on Main Street in Payson at the Christmas Celebration! (After Santa came on a fire engine Jenna started to wonder if Santa was real...she asked me...I told her to ask Dad!)

Cricket the cat usually sits on the side of the tub to watch the girls in the tub...this day I ran upstairs to get the camera and when I came back he was sulking because Hannah had tried to pull him in!

This awesome contraption was put together by Grandma Holly, Aunt...oops I mean Uncle Aaron and me! We needed something to put the gravy in for Thanksgiving, Grandma found the container. I said it would be hot and we should put a coozie around it...Aaron only had this fish! We decided it was definately a red neck Thanksgiving!

This is silly Hannah driving her car in the kitchen with major heels on! (These are the ones I got for my witch costume and decided it would be dangerous if I wore them! The girls like playing in them! Maybe if they continue practicing they will be able to walk graciously in some when they're my age!!! :)

Daddy shoots a red fox with curly brown hair!

2009-11-22T20:21:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Aunt Ashley!

2009-11-03T16:27:00.000-08:00

FALL CARNIVAL!

2009-10-17T18:49:00.000-07:00

FALL CARNIVAL!!!

Jenna, Encopresis and Support Group

2009-09-22T17:23:00.000-07:00

I would like to start a support group for Encopresis. (To see a definition click here) Jenna, we have discovered(thanks Mom for finding it), has this problem. It is SO frustrating but I want everyone to know that it is VERY common. I googled a support group and found A LOT of information that other people have posted. PLEASE EVERYONE send this link to anyone you know so if they know anyone with this problem they can participate and know they are not the only one dealing with this! This is the Support Group I found through Google so you can read other people's suggestions! Please help me with this to make a support group and help others! And parents please notice that the definition link talks about eating habits and having a better diet. That is one thing that really needs changed around at my house!

Kamryn Price Fundraiser!

2009-07-30T17:35:00.000-07:00

Many of you may have gone to the SF parade and gotten a flyer for the Scentsy. I happened across that flyer and have decided to do the same with my Mary Kay!

This beautiful little girl is Kamryn Price, daughter of Travis and Bobbi Lynn Price. (I need to get a picture! Sorry!) She is such a sweet little angel with an infectious personality and a smile that will melt your heart. Kamryn was born profoundly deaf, but that doesn’t stop her from loving life and brightening the lives of those around her. Her parents love her and everything about who she is. It’s been wonderful to be able to use sign language to communicate in her family, but her parents want to open the whole world to her and give her the gift of sound. She will be receiving a cochlear implant on October 2nd. Their insurance company refuses to pay for the implant, which is a very expensive procedure. To help cover the costs, we have decided to hold a fundraiser and donate all commissions made so this little girl can hear.

Scentsy offers a wide range of product that include beautiful warmers that use a 25 watt bulb to melt scented bars, room sprays,car candles and plug-ins. There are over 80 scents available and several warmers to fit any décor. A catalog can be seen online by going to:
www.scentsy.com/smellysisters
(scroll down to ‘my events’ and click on Kamryn Price fundraiser.)

OR by calling one of the 2 consultants hosting the fundraiser:

Marci Brown: 801-592-7048 OR Shannon Bunce: 801-420-1292

Orders for Scentsy will be from July 24th –August 7th. Please allow approximately 2 weeks after for delivery.

A consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics (that's me!) will also be in this fundraiser! Travis (Kamryn's dad) has been a part of Kenny Seng Construction for many years. He is a hard working, very nice man! All profit from my sales between now and the surgery date of October 2nd will go to Kamryn. You can check out my website by going to www.marykay.com/nmitchell24 or by calling:
Natalie Mitchell: 801-735-7361

This is a great way to get awesome products and help this sweet child at the same time! Think ahead for Christmas, birthdays, etc. Every little bit helps!
Please help give Kamryn the gift of sound!

SUEY!!!

2009-06-11T16:47:00.000-07:00

Well this picture is us making cookies!

This is the piggies at Grandpa and Grandma Abraham's! I realized just how ugly pigs are!

I thought this might be the last time I ever got a picture of the girls riding in the back with Grandma Joann while Grandpa Keith was driving! And of course Pepper, Maggie's hubby! Grandpa Keith showed us the new piglets and even let Jenna & Hannah help gather eggs!!

Hannah's 2nd Birthday!

2009-04-16T14:13:00.000-07:00

Pictures!! Currently Hannah is standing on the same chair as me and putting the cell phone down the back of my shirt and then retrieving it! Oh the joy of childhood!!

TIME FOR A CHANGE!

2009-03-15T22:20:00.000-07:00

I finally got myself a piano! Well, Andy and two of his younger brothers helped too! It's lots of fun! Andy is enjoying it a lot also! He's trying to teach himself to play! I need to get Jenna a piano teacher. We had someone come tune it and he said that we got a really good deal and that it was a really good piano!

This is the piano next to my AWESOME window between my kitchen and living room. Then we got some nice spiral iron work to put in the corners and it looks awesome!

These are close ups of the corner pieces!

So! I have been wanting to donate my hair to Locks of Love and ran out of patience for it to grow anymore! So we chopped it off at the minimum length (10 inches) and this is how it looked!!!

JENNA DAY!

2009-01-31T11:41:00.000-08:00

So! We came up with a new idea to help Jenna not have any accidents. If she can go Saturday till the next Friday without having accidents (give or take a couple) then we go do something just for her and without Hannah. She gets to pick. She does very well, although there were two weeks she didn't do so well. One Friday we went and saw the movie "Bolt", then the next week we went to Jumpin Jacks in Springville. Jenna decided it was ok if Hannah came. We had SO much fun! Lots of exercise too!

Then the next time we saw the movie "Hotel for Dogs". We really enjoyed that movie! Then yesterday we went ICE SKATING! Andy and I haven't been on ice skates since we were about 10 or so! Jenna was so unhappy the whole time and we all fell at least once. When we were taking off our skates to leave, Jenna says "I love ice skating!" She sure didn't act like it when we were on the ice!

Our new friend!

2009-01-19T15:22:00.000-08:00

So we got a hamster! Imagine that! I know, some of you are probably thinking, "Another pet?" Well, yes. Jenna wanted to name him Sarah, but I said no. So we named him Homer and Jenna calls him Homie! Hannah is actually afraid of him! Crazy!

Children Say the DARNDEST things!

2008-12-26T19:24:00.000-08:00

So, Christmas Eve Jenna says, "Tomorrow is Jesus' birthday! How old is He?"
Mom: "2009 years old!"
"Wow, He's OLD! He's a Grandpa!"
"Yup! He's a Grandpa A LOT!"
"How come He doesn't have wrinkles?"

Then today at Wal-Mart Jenna says, "Does every kiss really begin with K?"
I laughed SO hard! I thought that she meant the commercial for Kay Jewelers!
She laughed and says, "No, really. Does kiss begin with K?" Then I understood what she was asking!

Then just now I was getting something out of the fridge (can't remember what) and Jenna says, "Provo! Provo!" "What?" I said. You mean, "Bravo! Bravo!"

TOO FUNNY!

COOKIES! TREE! SANTA!

2008-12-15T18:58:00.000-08:00

Hannah & Mommy made cookies the other day! Of course Hannah was mostly helpful when it came to licking the beaters!

Then the tree got decorated by lots of children! It was funny because they kept putting the ornaments up high and none were down low. You would think it would be the other way around!

Then we had a ward Christmas party and SANTA came!

He was the skinniest Santa I've ever seen!

G.E.D

2008-11-23T08:06:00.001-08:00

I'm so excited! Natalie took the GED on Tuesday and passed! I should've just done it right the first time, but I feel like maybe I'm still smart! (After two kids and some brain loss probably!) Now I just need to get my husband there and some of his siblings! FYI if you need to take the GED google "ged math" and it will give you a practice test, you can send in your answers and get feedback! We didn't notice this until late the night before I took mine. I'm sure you could get practice tests for the other subjects also!

The Backyardigans

2008-11-10T09:15:00.000-08:00

So Jessica wondered what Wubbzy was. Now I want to know what the characters on Backyardigans are. Is Tasha a Hippo? Obviously Tyrone is a moose. Pablo is a penquin. What is Uniqua? And what is Austin?

Halloween!!!

2008-11-05T07:41:00.000-08:00

Jenna was Batgirl and Hannah was a kitty! Daddy was supposed to be Batman and I was me with a batman shirt and a bow! Hannah's costume left fuzzys all over where she sweated. So it looked like she had armpit hair!

PUMPKIN FUN!!!

2008-10-29T20:05:00.000-07:00

We decided to carve pumpkins! We haven't done it in a LONG time!

I think that Daddy was getting tired! He said he thought we would get carpal tunnel from carving that cat!

I went the easy route and carved a bat!!!

Then a week or so later (after the bat and cat shriveled up)
we carved a flower and SCOOBY DOO!

I've been tagged!

2008-10-26T15:43:00.000-07:00

My 8 obsessions rights now:

Getting Jenna totally toilet trained.
Keeping up on my church calling.
Keeping up on housework!
Trying to remodel what we can NOW
Get my GED
Keep weight off so I won't have to buy a new wardrobe this winter
Exercise

8 words or phrases that I use often:

AAAGGGHHH!!!! (Ha Ha! Andy just yelled this at Hannah!)
Not again!
Do you need to go potty?
NO! (AND this!)
What is Hannah doing?
What should we have for dinner?
You don't always have to be playing with someone, Jenna!
Calm down!

8 things I want to do before I die...

Have a cute house
Have a clean house with nice carpet
Get my GED
See my grandchildren
Go on a mission with Andy
Have enough $ that I don't have to worry about $
Have a son
Have my children potty trained

8 things I want or need right now...

A clean driveway
My neighbors move away
My GED
Jenna potty trained
Hannah to not be qualified to be nicknamed Hurricane Hannah
My husband and I to lose weight
Andy to have work this winter
New carpet

8 people I tag...

Heidi
Becky
Holly
Anyone else

Jenna's 6th Birthday!

2008-10-07T06:41:00.000-07:00

Jenna's birthday cake was Tinkerbell! She wanted Wall E but they were out of the decor kit.

We had a pinata! I feel kind of bad because I don't think that all the children got a turn to swing at it! It's so funny how fast they run once it pops open!
Hannah LOVES the new baby boy cousins in this family! She always wanted to hold baby Kalem!
As much as Papa swears he doesn't want to watch the cartoon movies that we always end up watching at the end of Jenna's birthday(to calm the children down), he sure looks involved! This time they're watching Veggie Tales.

Hannah's first steps!

2008-10-06T20:34:00.001-07:00

This is kind of old but it's cute! Hopefully the video will be able to be watched!

I've been tagged!

2008-09-02T22:01:00.001-07:00

So I've actually been tagged by someone else too but I haven't done that one yet. I can't think of any strange quirks that I have. (Some of you are probably thinking that's not so) You google each of the questions and click on Images. You can choose from one of the pictures that shows up on the first results page.

Name(I love her!)

Degree

Favorite Food

Grandma's Name ANITA (There was only a creepy picture of some lady!)

First Job

Where I was born

Where I want to go

What I'm doing now

Where I live

Favorite Animal My kitty Duck

Favorite Place

Past Love

Favorite Object

Nickname NAUGHTY NATTY (Nothing good can come out of that with Google!)

Bad Habit

Favorite Color

Age

So I also tag anyone that thinks this looks like interesting fun!

Hannah's new bangs!

2008-08-30T11:11:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday I was SO irritated with Hannah's hair falling into her eyes. She won't keep anything in her hair either. So Daddy held her and I chopped off her bangs! She looks cute but it grew her up a lot! I'm sad!

End of the summer! Let's go to the park!

2008-08-29T21:10:00.000-07:00

We went to the park Thursday night with the neighbors. These are some cute pictures!

These are some of Heidi (Abby & Natalie's Mom), Sarah Steele and me at a Relief Society Activity! We look evil!

Jenna's new skills!

2008-08-29T20:55:00.000-07:00

On July 9th (I only know that's what day it was cause of the camera!) Jenna's training wheels went bye bye. She had trouble at first and quickly mastered it! Now we go on bike rides in the evening with the big dogs.

Then sometime in these last few weeks she's learned how to whistle and LOVES it! Daddy says that's why we need to eat our crust.

The next things she's learned to do is blow bubbles! I was able to get a good picture of the big one! Then just now we were watching "How It's Made" and it was featuring bubble gum. Did you know that the stuff inside to make it chewy is made out of plastic? Gross! No wonder we shouldn't swallow it!

Girls' new favorite!

2008-08-14T14:43:00.000-07:00

So we have discovered that our entire family loves Sugarland! The new song, "All I Want to Do" is definitely Jenna's favorite! As soon as we get in the car she says, "I want to hear the 'Ooh Ooh' song! Hannah also tries to sing along. If I move my hands up and down palms up (try it and you'll know what I mean) Hannah does it too! It's too cute!

Also Andy and I were watching Great American Country(music videos) and saw this new one by Brad Paisley. You should all watch it! I was going to put it on here but I'm afraid I'll get in trouble. Here's the link to it on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvKgnkIN8C8

Swimming at the Payson Pool

2008-08-05T14:20:00.000-07:00

The girls LOVE the new Payson pool! Hannah especially loves the slide! She can't go down by herself so I have to put her on the top and hold her hand as she goes down. There is a great big bucket that fills up and then dings before it dumps and Jenna always runs to get in it. There is also a lazy river that is fun. Jenna was scared to put her face in the water earlier this summer and now she swims under the water all the time!

There was one day that Me, Jenna, Hannah and the neighbor girls Abby and Natty were going to go to the pool but it wasn't open. We had our suits and sunscreen already on and I didn't want to go home. I called up Nana and we went to her neighbor's pool! It was fun! Abby and Jenna were so brave and went off the diving board. I went also-3 times! The second time I belly flopped though and it hurt really bad!

New living room!

2008-08-05T14:01:00.000-07:00

Here is our new living room! Anyway, Andy and his awesome brother Adam worked like 5 or 6 nights after work to make a window for me between the living room and the kitchen. It makes both rooms SO much more spacious. Then we tore out that terrible green carpet and painted one wall brown. The carpet is brown also and looks SO nice! It makes the rest of the house look even worse! Look at all the gross stuff and dirt that was under the green carpet!

Sad sad sad!

2008-08-05T11:04:00.000-07:00

So I had a traumatic experience last night. Nana & Papa had watched the girls while Andy and I worked. I picked them up around midnight and proceeded on my way home. In between Salem and Payson I noticed something funny looking moving along side the ride. It looked like a tiny animal with some kind of wrapper in it's mouth. I had to turn around to see what it was and called Andy laughing. As I was telling him the story I pulled off the side of the road and this 'thing'was in the middle of the lane. I was still debating on whether it was alive or just something blowing in the wind. I waited as two vehicles passed. The first went over the top of this 'thing' and the second one smashed it. It sounded like it was maybe a drink cup somewhat full. I got out of the car and walked over to it. It was a little kitten that must have stuck its head in a wrapper for some food. I'm guessing it couldn't get the wrapper off of its head and was wandering aimlessly in the road. Of course it had been smashed and I was stuck with this sad picture in my head. I should've saved the little kitten while I had the chance but I was afraid it was an animal that might hurt me.

PAYSON FIRE!!!

2008-08-01T23:55:00.000-07:00

Wow! This is a scary one! Jessica it's a good thing you don't still live in your house here!

The fire is just East of Main Street and they've evacuated 14 houses! I was really worried

that it had already gotten some! I drove up there to get a better look and the majority of Main Street is blocked off. Scout camp up in the Canyon had to be evacuated, KSL.com said there were about 400 scouts! Lot's of smoke! The little neighbor girls and Jenna were very

worried about the deer and 'squirlies'. I think I am also!

2008-07-15T20:52:00.000-07:00

Dad, Auntie Besty & Andy did cattle work on Monday night! Too bad I wasn't able to get a
picture of Auntie getting knocked over! Thank goodness she was okay!

2008-07-14T13:32:00.000-07:00

Jenna wanted to send a picture to Daddy at work. So I told her to go put her head next to Hannah. I don't know what got Hannah so happy, but it made a cute picture and a happy Daddy!

2008-07-11T12:37:00.000-07:00

Jenna lost her first tooth on Monday June 30th! Daddy tried to pull it out the night before and it didn't work! It was SO sad and she cried and cried! Mom and Dad were in Heber and Aj's girlfriend Melissa was watching the girls so she helped Jenna write a letter to the tooth fairy! The AWESOME tooth fairy came even though Mom wasn't there! She left Jenna "one fifty dollars!" Or so Jenna said; it was actually $1.50. What a generous amount especially because the tooth is still lost somewhere in the living room!!!

2008-07-11T12:34:00.000-07:00

Hannah while cleaning at the office!!!!