Who is a boring blogger...

I am! I have been so bad at updating this blog. Sad thing is I have had things to blog about. Summer came and went fast. Here is a short list of things that have happened since my last blog...

• Had a great mother's day!
• Welcome Matt's Parents home from their mission
• May 12th..Happy birthday to my MOM!!!
• May 23rd...Matt's niece (my niece too) go married (I say too young but they are a cute couple and will be very happy)
• May 26th Happy Birthday to my DAD!!
• May 29th I got a new nephew, welcome Zane Mickelson!
• My little Brother graduated from high school...yeah he is catching up to us!
• June 19th Happy Birthday Melissa (girlfriend-in-law)!
• Teaching swimming for the summer and working at BA
• Got a nice little tan
• Enjoyed Utah's beautiful canyons with Friends & Family
• Went to HAWAII!
• Lost 20lbs yeah!! have 20 more to go :(
• some good friends welcomed twin boys into their family! (I am sucker for twins...love them)
• August 23rd...Happy Birthday Matt!!
• August 30th...I have a niece on my side of the family! Welcome Charlyse Pulver!
• August 30th...Matt's cousin passed away from complications from childbirth (this was sad, my heart goes out to her husband and daughter's)
• Went to Swiss day....so fun why I haven't been in years I don't know. It was also fun to run into friends I haven't seen in a while.
• Sept. 3rd. Utah vs. USU football! (thanks for having a birthday Jason this was a great birthday party!)

That sums it up. I need to work on getting pictures uploaded but hey at least if finally have a new post :)

MAY DAY!!

How time goes by to fast....It's May!! We have been up to the usual at our house but we have managed to squeeze in some fun and hang out with friends and family! We have had birthday's, and friends having babies so its been a fun month! I would however like to be on beach relaxing but then again who wouldn't.

Why is it...

That boys can't tell when the house needs to be cleaned?  They make it dirty too.

It's about time....

I update our blog. Time went by way to fast! I don't have any pictures so I will try not to make this very wordy. Here is what we have been up too the last month or so in no particular order.

• Had a great Christmas
• Enjoyed the New Year
• Started a new job
• Celebrated our 5 yr anniversary
• Celebrated Shape Pilates 3 yr anniversary
• Ate at the Paris (yummy!)
• Worked like crazy
• went to St. George
• Celebrated Reese Richards first birthday
• Super Bowl Party
• went to St. George again
• Celebrated Greg's Birthday
• hung out with friends
• Jazz/Laker Game
• Valentine's Day...that came fast
• Danielle Happy Birthday!

I may have missed a thing or two but you get the idea of how crazy the first of the year has been for us. I will be better about my blogging also.

Happy Holidays!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I haven't posted in a while so here are some pictures of what we have been up to. First we spent Thanksgiving in Cancun with my family and had a GREAT time! once we got back it was time to celebrate the start of new decade for me! Not so excited about saying I am 30 but oh well at least I don't look it right? Matt took me to see the Body Worlds and then we met up with Callie and Greg for some shopping, dinner, and a movie. Matt didn't disappoint in my birthday present...he got me laser hair removal! I am so excited...I hate shaving. We also celebrated with friends later that week and they took us to a yummy dinner. Thanks girls I don't know where I would be without you! We have made christmas candy with my mom, Alli, and Shari and had a great time catching up. We have been to the Festivle of Trees, Thanksgiving Point to see the lights, Temple Square, Christmas Street, KKG Christmas parties and much more! Its a winter wonderland and I love it!

I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas and I can't wait to see you most of you over the holiday break! Love the Mickelson -De Paula's

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

I just wanted to whish you all a happy Thanksgiving!
I don't have kids to pick on for little photo shoots so Charlotte let me borrow her adorable little Reese. Isn't she cute! I couldn't resist not posting this picture

A little bit of History

My Grandma on her 89th Birthday & my Uncle Keith
The 1ooo lbs old family safe

Who knew I had some fun family history? A month ago on my grandma's 89th birthday she opened this old family safe. The safe had been locked up for decades because no one had the code. There was a bunch of business documents inside and it was really interesting to see. They dated back to the early 1900's. I had always heard stories about my family and some of the land marks in Heber they owned but this was a fun little hidden treasure. By the way Grandma...Happy Birthday!