Holly Goodrich, Tracy Bonadio, Leslie Harms Tag your IT!
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This was fun! Thanks chelsea! Just don't hold me accountable for some of the things I said!HA HA Cute idea to get to learn some fun things about others.

3 SURPRISING FACTS

1. I repelled off a 300 foot cliff comando! Comando is going facefirst not feetfirst!

2. I kissed Ronnie Vannucchi the drummer from the band The Killers. In High school of course.

3. I can cut and highlight my own hair.

3 OBSESSIONS

1. I'm a neat freak! I've always been told I'm a Perfectionist! Jason says he can't even put a cup down, because I will take it and put it in the dish washer.

2. I must say I am obsessed lately with what I eat. I look at the ingredients of everything I eat. It makes me go crazy sometimes. High fructose corn syrup, bleached flours, hydrogenated oils, and refined sugars are in everything. It's hard to find food that doesn't have those in.

3. OK! You can't repeat this to others. I am a Picker/Popper. I pick anything but noses, and other gross places you may think of. My babies never had baby acne Mom took care of that.

3 FEARS
1. When Lindsay was 2 she fell into a lake at a family reunion. I had to jump out of a 2cd story window to get down into the water to save her. Now since then I am afraid of my kids drowning. I even have night mares about it.

2. I am terrified of needles! I used to be a Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist. I had no problems sticking other people with needles. But I was never the guinea pig when we were getting trained it terrified me. I had all my kids natural because of that fear! They showed me an epidural needle. There was no way I was getting that in my back!

3. I can't help Jason do any electrical work in the house. Electricity scares me. I thinks its because Jason yells loud every time I touch wires to try to tease me.

TAGGED!

I GOT TAGGED!
A friend in my ward Tagged me. To find out more about my secrets!
It was so hard to narrow down all of my joys there are so many! I am so blessed, I am so thankful to know this life has a purpose. How grateful I am to be here on this earth to enjoy the simplicity of life and learn how to limit the complexity's in it.

3 JOYS...
1. My FAMILY! My relationship with my Heavenly Father. My relationship with my
husband Jason. My relationships with my children Katelynd, Lindsay, Jacob,and
Lauren. They all are so different and bring me so much joy. That all of this is
eternal that is joy to me. To know that this is Forever. Together as a Family!

2. Laying on a beach in the Carribean watching the sunset!

3. Bike riding on a country road. On a beautiful fall day. Or just having a quiet
moment to organize my thoughts.

Lauren's Jealous she wants Braces!

This is what I woke up to this morning. Jake and Lauren were playing in the dress up clothes. Lauren decided to use the Billy Bob teeth. At first I thought she was chewing her cud in her mouth. I was wrong this is what I found!

Anyone have a metal detector?

Lindsay was so excited to get braces on! Until she got them. She didn't realize how much they hurt and how many headaches they can give you. Everyone always told her they were so much fun to have. Mom and Dad weren't prepared either. The orthodondist said Lindsay needed braces and a palletal expander ASAP because of her severe overbite. Thanks to a Mikkelson trait. DR said if she doesn't get this fixed now she will have to have oral surgury later in life to break the jaw and reposition the upper jaw. So we went with the less evasive procedure and put her in braces, palletal expander and full front head gear at night to correct the problem. She has been such a good sport. We call her our own little Silvester you know "I tot I taw a putty tat." It's taking her time to learn how to talk differently. She still sings great though! She joined the Choir this year at her school. We love you Linds.

Katelynd's Bakesale

This year Katelynd really wanted to go to 5th grade camp. So we told her she had to earn all the money otherwise she couldn't go. She decided to have a bake sale to earn the money. What a great job she did. It took a lot of time and effort. But she made the money she needed so she will be off to camp this fall. Good job Katelynd we love you!!!

Birthday at Maggiano's

Jason decided to take me to my favorite resturant Maggiano's for my birthday. The food was amazing of course. The only down fall was there wasn't much on the menu to accomidate my new life style change of eating no refined sugars, bleached flours, hydro oils, and high fructose corn syrup. Oh well I took the day off for 1 day! We had lots of fun as a family. All the kids went with and we ate family style. Which included a 4 course meal. We were there for about 2 hours and the kids did great. Only mishap was Lauren hit a knife into her glass and the glass broke all over the table. But we had fun anyways.

Football's Here Again!

Well Football is back for the season. Jake just started his little tacklers league and loves it. Only when it gets cold outside he says he wants to play basketball.

Busy on Break

Well I finally got a hold on Jason and got some new countertops over his school break. When we moved in the counters were all spliced together in funny spots. So these are the new ones we put in on a school budget. Thank goodness for home depot! It cost all of about $170.00 and some good old liquid nails. Thank you Honey! I love them!

PRESHOOLER LIFE

Jake finally made it to preschool with no stitches, bruises or concussions. He loves to go to his new class. I think Mom likes it too. He tell's me everyday now that his teacher told him to read. So now every book he sees he says "My teacher told me to read this book." I hope that sticks with him.

KIDS TRYATHLON 2008

After seeing Mom having so much fun training for her triathlon the Girls wanted to do the YMCA Tryathlon. I think they just wanted an excuse to ride there bikes a whole lot more, go swimming at the pool more, and go running with mom. It was fun to see them finish. They had to swim 100 yards, bike 2 miles, and run a 1/2 mile. They had alot of fun. I think they will do it again next year.

The Girls Enter the Big Cookie Contest!

Our Ward had a Labor Day potluck at the park on Monday. We had lots of fun. It was a really hot day though. The girls entered the well known cookie contest of the ward. They wanted to make Grandma Mikkelson's crinkle cookies. They had a blast making the cookies and eating the dough. And I must say grandma they turned out just like yours. They took 3rd place.

I COMPLETED MY GOAL

On Saturday August 30th I raced in the Lake St Louis Triathlon. I can't believe it is already over with. It took over 3 months to prepare for the race and yet it only took 1 hour and 40 minutes to be over with. I am so glad that I pushed myself to race in a triathlon, it was so much fun. There was several members of our ward and stake that raced that day. It was nice to have friends from the ward to motivate and push you to the finish line. The race started at 8:35am for our Heat. First we swam 1/4 mile, then we biked a 16.9 mile ride, and finished with a 2.6 mile run home. The weather was perfect and the water temp was in the 70's. The race was very organized and well planned, they provided a nice lunch after and all the water and gaterade you could chug. Thank you Cory for the bike. I couldn't have done the race with out your info and gear you gave me. Thank you to all of those who helped me through this expierence I loved every minute of it. From the butt pain from riding my bike so much, to the back pain from running. Thank goodness for Chiropractors! Thank's Ryan! It all pays off in the end when you have your family and friends cheering for you as you cross the finish line. I hope to keep setting new goals and challenge my self in future triathlons and races. All of you who have thought of doing something like this JUST DO IT! It was so worth it. I ended up taking 9 place in my age division. That sounds really good but there was only 11 in my division HA. I took 196 out of 255 short course participants. Give me credit though it was my first race. I hope to beat my time next year. Thank you again for everyone's help to motivate me. It worked!