Random Thoughts from Home!

Thought I'd put this picture up of the cutie-patooties in dresses Grandma Mitchell bought. No, I did not make them! But are'nt they adorable? Having these girls in our home was such fun and could only have been improved if they had been joined by Nolan and Gerret! We missed you boys but we know you had a great New York Christmas.

This is our second Christmas where we took all the Christmas money we were given and added Christmas bonuses and any other cash we could come up with and got a big gift. Last year we bought the laptop which has been wonderful to use. This year we bought a 42-inch plasma TV. And yes it's great! Dad and I watched the last Indiana Jones movie Friday night and we loved it. We also watched football playoffs on Saturday and I was overwhelmed with joy. (shedding of tears will commence shortly!) Dad researched plasma vs lcd and size and everything else one should know. So when we were at Costco he was impressed with their models, sizes and the two year warranty. I don't like movie theatres anyway so now I have absolutely no reason to go to one now!

Not much is currently going on at home. I still love teaching seminary, Dad still loves being Young Mens president and Brady loves being a junior. He did drop yearbook and entered a regular AP English class and will be a teacher's assistant for Mr. Schatz. He also got a 32 on his first try of the ACT. He will be taking it again in order to qualify for a full ride scholarship at BYU-Provo. He needs a 34 for that and he also knows that Zach's 35 set the bar high.

We are leaving for church now so have a great Sabbath and week. Love you all.

Mom

Random Thoughts from Home

I've put these two cutie-patooties up because as you all know (check family calendar) they are celebrating birthdays in january! Both are way too cute and I love them to pieces. Happy birthday guys!!!

If you haven't checked family blogs be sure to check Lindsays year of pictures and Maran's very, very creative sled for her beautiful daughter. Great job Maran and Lindsay!

So the holidays are over and now begins the new year 2010. I thought when I was younger that we'd all be using jetpacks for transportation by now! But I look forward to so many things this year. I hope for continued health for each family member. Aren't we blessed when it comes right down to it? I hope that Jordan, Devin, Maran and Zach will continue to find success in their schooling. I hope that Patrick, Becky and Dad continue to have employment! And I hope that our grandchildren stay as absolutely adorable as they are now. I hope that we all stay close to the Lord and that in times of trials and tests that He is the first one we turn to. I am looking forward to getting together with the other Mitchell's this summer as we gather on the west side of Washington. I'll let you know details when we get them. I hope that we can pay off our van and get closer to being debt-free. Yay, Dave Ramsey!(thanks Jordan and Ginanne for the new book) I hope that each of us appreciates what a gift our family is and that we never take one another for granted. I hope that my mom continues to get better and that my sister Patty gets better. I have so much to be thankful for!

In regards to my last post when I was trying a new recipe, it was the oreo bonbons but they weren't as good as they looked. I think they were too rich. It was just cream cheese and a package of oreos mixed in the mixer and then rolled into one inch balls. They were then put in the freezer for about an hour and then dipped in white chocolate. Good but not great!

So for those of you who have my no-fail bread recipe I made it yesterday and learned something new. I had to go to work after I had put them into the bread pans so instead of rising for one hour they rose for almost two hours and they were beautiful! I just set them on the stove and without additional heat just the regular temperature, they were perfect looking loaves of bread.

So I hope each of you have a great day, week, month!

Love you all

Mom