General Update

Thanks to life, morning sickness, and the hectic summer, I have fallen very behind on documenting what has been happening with our family. The last thing I posted was a catch-up for March, so, you're in for a whirlwind of a catch-up.

April
Garrison and Gabi got married in St. Louis. Abigail and I flew out for the event and had a wonderful time. I was only able to get phone pictures because adding the camera to the luggage felt like punishment. I guess I also missed getting pictures of the couple on my phone, but I did get some of the travelling.  FYI: It's a little claustrophobic getting to the top of the arch. My sister about had a panic attack.

May
Mr. Mitchell and I celebrated our sixth anniversary with a date night and temple sealings. No photographic evidence available.

We do, however, have evidence of our trip to Zoo Boise with Grandma and Grandpa Holdaway. Sprout was king in his wagon, and Little Lady loved the ocelots.

June
In June we had a visit from Grammy and Grandpa Earls who picked up mommy's morning-sickness slack and made up for daddy being gone so much with the start of fire season. They got us all caught up on yardwork and planted our garden for us.

During the summer we spent one afternoon a week at the lake. This tradition started in June with the warmer weather. Both of the kids LOVE digging in the sand. (Little Lady usually preferred to be sitting in the water up to her armpits to do this.)

July
We spent the 4th of July at home. We went to the parade and festival in Buhl, made fun treats and crafts, and enjoyed fireworks at home.

We spent a day driving the Thousand Springs Scenic route and stopped in to dig up some fossils in the middle of nowhere.

We spent the 24th of July in Mendon so Caleb could experience the holiday. It's a great small-town experience.

August
Mr. Mitchell was gone on a long assignment in August, but he was only a couple of hours away, so we were able to visit him for a day. We played in the river, rode a gondola, saw where Daddy is working, 'flew' the helicopter, played in a fountain/mini-splash pad, ate lots of food, and had a great time with Dad in Ketchup (as Caleb called it).

September
This month we finally got to celebrate the newly weds on our side of the country with a cute open house.

Our Sprout turned 4 years old! We celebrated with a little birthday party with family after the open house, and on his actual birthday we opened presents. He was very insistent for a few hours that he wasn't four years old yet because he still didn't reach the '4' on the measuring stick. We were finally able to convince him that height and years are different and rarely the same.

Hopefully I do better in the future of keeping our long-distance family updated with our doings.

Our Wedding - 4 1/2 Years Late

This is completely out of the blue, but I've had our wedding on my mind. My brother-in-law is getting married in a month (Mr. Mitchell will be attending, but unfortunately I cannot), and my mother-in-law requested one of our wedding pictures for her birthday gift. It's definitely put wedding on the mind, and I realized that I never blogged about ours.

Today we have been married for 4 1/2 years, and so I figured maybe I would share a handful of pictures. It would probably be more appropriate to do this on our actual anniversary, but, as I said, wedding on the mind.

Pregame (as Mr. Mitchell calls it):

I flew out to Portland the day before the wedding with one of my bridesmaids and her sister. the rest of my family drove. I got there in time to make sure I knew where everything was located for wedding day prep.

Temple:

We got married in the Portland, OR temple on May 14, 2010. Absolutely beautiful.

Mr. Mitchell's candid-ish family shots:

My family candid shots.( There a LOT more of them, and I think it's because the photographer was drawn to the children.):

Enter Bride & Groom:

Family and Couple pictures (I'm sharing a small bit so that I can share more on our actual anniversary):

(This was the one my mother-in-law ended up selecting for her birthday.)

Portland reception (I gave Mr. Mitchell full reins on this one, and he settled on a very casual steak luncheon):

Boise reception (we hauled our cute little bums over to Boise the very next day):

With hindsight there are a handful of things I would change, but I feel my wedding came together beautifully. I'm definitely sharing more temple pictures on my anniversary: I'm in the groove now.