Seth (his parents too) arrived last Thursday, November 20th! The last time I saw Seth, he looked like this:
He talks and coos and squeals and chews on his fists and blows bubbles!!! 
We can't decide which is cuter, his mohawk hairdo or fat thighs...
BYU is rated #1 for being stone-cold sober - so what do BYU students do instead??? Marah will demonstrate...
You get a gallon of milk:
When you're sick of plain milk, add flavoring:
Continue drinking until sick... Sound fun??? Kenna was the only sister excited to move to Arizona. Why? More lizards! Twelve years later, I'm not sure she'd still chase a lizard, but she certainly prefers to be out in their habitat! 
She even got to play in muddy water! 
It must be a Mikesell trait - because it sure didn't come from my side of the family. Outdoors adventure for us was a KOA campground in our camper - with stove & toilet...
After telling us that she did nothing to celebrate Halloween except going to a scary movie and getting free food at Chiptole for wearing a piece of tinfoil, I found these photos on her facebook (thank you Bethany's password!)
She didn't let down her father - carved a pumpkin. (Both she and Kenna carved spiders - great minds???)
The tinfoil costumes were more extensive than her explanation. I was thinking a small square...
Still compared to past years, we were lazy - except baby Seth - the chubby fox!
My last blog may have left the impression that Megan and Bethany were my only scowlers. True, they were the only two who scowled their entire 13th year, but Kenna scowled from birth, while Marah saved her scowls for her final years of high school.
Kenna could suck her thumb while scowling - a true talent! She did have something to scowl about this time - a broken leg...
Isn't that a happy Kenna ready for Christmas service... Yep, every Christmas picture that year has the same happy face!
Kenna's a happy girl now - especially if she's outside climbing mountains. 
This is also close, but it was really heat and boredom!
Marah is NOT a morning person so if you are the lucky one assigned or even asked by her to wake her - you may see the scowl.
This was my "Happy Mother's Day" smile... Actually, it was her favorite facial expression for much of high school. Marah's eyes change colors with her mood (and her clothing). If they are 'steely gray', BEWARE!
Why did Marah wait to scowl until sixteen? She was too soft-hearted. She cried instead. We called them "Marah meltdowns" when she was young. On her baptism day, her eyes weren't blue, green or gray - they were red. Why? Her dad was trying to take a picture of her, and she wasn't cooperating . (Hmmm, foreshadowing of things to come.) No scowls. She smiled through tears. Her "no more tears" resolution came at sixteen. Tough, scowling Marah emerged to survive those last years of high school (unless she was in trouble with her dad - that still bought tears!) 
High School is over - Marah is a very HAPPY college student!
Washington DC this summer or Grand Canyon a decade ago. What do they have in common? A 13-year-old scowling in all the family photos. 
We can excuse Bethany for not smiling after the Holocaust museum.
But did she find anything in DC smile worthy - nope!
Nor did Meg find anything worth smiling about on our 1998 AZ tour...
We love scowling 13-year-olds!!!!
For all our avid blog followers, here is the infamous photo removed from the wall each time her friends came over.
Not quite as cute - she wouldn't pull the face!
Not last weekend! She had to be across town and ready to sing by 8 am.
It was worth it - they earned superior ratings in every category!
In case you don't recognize her - she still has black hair. The temporary dye from Halloween isn't proving to be very temporary. I still struggle to recognize her in a crowd - especially from behind.Am I the only one with a younger sibling that shined at everything they did? Not only did she get the blonde hair and non-freckling skin, but also a photographic memory, great coordination, good fashion sense, outgoing personality - you get the idea. She was the cheerleader/dancer. I was the shy, book nerd...
She did sent some very cute pictures so I could see what I was missing!
Now she has this cute one who makes getting a shower quite impossible!
The first weeks of fall semester found the sisters together more than not,
but as the semester progressed, Marah stayed home practicing her 2am jumping skills.
While Kenna found herself hiking Timp in an unexpected snowstorm.
while Kenna tended to dine out with the 'boys'.
and call their father with frequent score updates,
We are most fortunate parents!
and pull the cutest faces!
