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    <updated>2009-12-17T00:14:43-06:00</updated>
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        <title>Georgia's Pre-K School Picture - 2009</title>
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        <published>2009-12-17T00:14:43-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-17T00:14:43-06:00</updated>
        <summary />
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
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        <title>Gavin's 1st Grade School Picture 2009</title>
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        <published>2009-12-17T00:04:02-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-17T00:04:02-06:00</updated>
        <summary />
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Gavin" />
        
        
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        <title>Santa rides through Clive - 2009</title>
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        <published>2009-12-13T19:12:22-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-13T19:12:22-06:00</updated>
        <summary>We heard sirens, I thought "wonder what is going on"...then I remembered..."quick get your jackets on Gavin and Georgia, Santa is coming!!" He rides through the neighborhoods every year. The kids are always so excited!</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Family Business" />
        
        
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        <title>Fun in the snow...</title>
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        <published>2009-12-13T19:01:40-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-13T19:01:40-06:00</updated>
        <summary />
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Family Business" />
        
        
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    <entry>
        <title>0 - 15+ inches in 24 hours....</title>
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        <published>2009-12-13T18:30:38-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-13T17:55:30-06:00</updated>
        <summary>We survived our first BLIZZARD!! Most snow Iowa has got from one storm in over 30 years! It started Tuesday (12/8). School got out early, businesses were closing, news was saying get home and stay put!! School was cancelled Wednesday...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Family Business" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.iowamitchells.com/">&lt;div&gt;We survived our first BLIZZARD!!  Most snow Iowa has got from one storm in over 30 years!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;It started Tuesday (12/8).  School got out early, businesses were closing, news was saying get home and stay put!!  School was cancelled Wednesday and everything was closed!  The kids wanted to go outside so bad to play in the snow...the temp was -18 with wind chill and the wind was blowing at 40 mph...WHAT?  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;The storm was done by Thursday, but it was not pretty out there!  School was cancelled again.  The kids were very excited!  We were not sure how long it was going to take to shovel out!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are some pictures of what we woke up too.... &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;The back door...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c2b9b970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3573" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c2b9b970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c2b9b970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The deck...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c2fcf970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3576" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c2fcf970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c2fcf970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;The garage...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3771970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3583" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3771970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3771970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mitch is standing at the bottom of our drive way at the street...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3953970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3591" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3953970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3953970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;We were so excited to see Jason pull up with his snow blower loaded in his Tahoe!!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3b4e970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3597" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3b4e970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3b4e970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3ff9970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3602" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3ff9970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128764f3ff9970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c39e8970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3599" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c39e8970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c39e8970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;TADA!!!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c3b95970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3605" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c3b95970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a74c3b95970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Gavin's Tonsilectomy....</title>
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        <published>2009-11-30T11:32:00-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-30T11:32:00-06:00</updated>
        <summary>After having strep throat times since summer (one time being in October and one time being 3 weeks later in November) and missing 10 out of the first 55 days of school, we asked the doctor about the next step....</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Gavin" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.iowamitchells.com/">&lt;div&gt;After having strep throat times since summer (one time being in October and one time being 3 weeks later in November) and missing 10 out of the first 55 days of school, we asked the doctor about the next step.  Since Mitch and I had both battled with our tonsils our entire childhood and finally both had Tonsillectomies in our 20's...we didn't want Gavin to go through what we went through.  We went to see an ENT on November 16th.  He took one look, asked some questions, and said Gavin would be better off without them!  On November 30th the nasty things were removed and Gavin was on his way to recovery!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was so brave.  He didn't cry when they took him from us.  We had checked out a book from the library about having your tonsils out.  We read it and talked about what was going to happen.  There were no surprises for him.  He made us very proud!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;Once we got home, he got get well cards (even got a card from his bus driver!), gifts of ice cream and popsicles, everyone called to check in on him and see if there was anything that he needed or that we needed as a family.  I feel very blessed and loved by all of my friends and family.  Thank you very much for being there for us, I can't tell you how much it has meant to me!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a7190970970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3539" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a7190970970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a7190970970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a7190e7e970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3544" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a7190e7e970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a7190e7e970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b6ef0970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3546" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b6ef0970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b6ef0970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;All ready to go....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b6f7a970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo-24" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b6f7a970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b6f7a970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;After, waiting to go home....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a7190be2970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photo-26" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a7190be2970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a7190be2970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?a=YxSiCJAX7wk:V9ROz3ENop4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?a=YxSiCJAX7wk:V9ROz3ENop4:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</content>


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Enjoying our Anniversary Present...</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b6543970c</id>
        <published>2009-11-27T11:06:00-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-27T11:06:00-06:00</updated>
        <summary>For our 12th Anniversary, Mitch's parents gave us a 12 pound PRIME Rib. Now I know that Mitch is really happy to have spent the last 12 years married to me, but he was even happier to cook and eat...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Family Business" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.iowamitchells.com/">&lt;div&gt;For our 12th Anniversary, Mitch's parents gave us a 12 pound PRIME Rib.  Now I know that Mitch is really happy to have spent the last 12 years married to me, but he was even happier to cook and eat this beautiful piece of meat!  =]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b5956970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3521" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b5956970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b5956970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718ed83970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3520" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a718ed83970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718ed83970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sculley just hoping something will drop....&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718f902970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3530" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a718f902970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718f902970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jaeger waiting patiently...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b5e73970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3533" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b5e73970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b5e73970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?a=YoRyj8INqTA:c7raByDQBU4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?a=YoRyj8INqTA:c7raByDQBU4:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</content>


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Turkey Prep - Happy Thanksgiving!!</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b4da3970c</id>
        <published>2009-11-26T10:52:00-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-26T10:52:00-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Every time I am in the kitchen making something Gavin and Georgia want to help. It was fun to have them involved with the turkey prep this year. Georgia loved every minute of it. She even helped stuffing it and...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Family Business" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.iowamitchells.com/">&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Every time I am in the kitchen making something Gavin and Georgia want to help.  It was fun to have them involved with the turkey prep this year.  Georgia loved every minute of it.  She even helped stuffing it and covering it with seasoning.  After these pictures were taken, Gavin says "I am done".  It weirded him out a bit to be rubbing butter all over the turkey.  =].  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b43b0970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3511" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b43b0970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b43b0970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b45c1970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3513" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b45c1970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b45c1970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b472c970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3517" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b472c970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b472c970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b49a7970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3514" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b49a7970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b49a7970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?a=Ak9b1BZHOSg:th1djcfQEaA:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?a=Ak9b1BZHOSg:th1djcfQEaA:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</content>


    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Cozy on the Couch</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b3f28970c</id>
        <published>2009-11-20T10:46:00-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-05T10:54:28-06:00</updated>
        <summary />
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Family Business" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.iowamitchells.com/">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718d87e970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3507" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a718d87e970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718d87e970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718db38970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3509" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a718db38970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718db38970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?a=NOpksPmZWWA:PGxTcZUTqSs:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?a=NOpksPmZWWA:PGxTcZUTqSs:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMitchellFamilyBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>B.I.P. = Beary Important Person.</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.iowamitchells.com/2009/11/bip-beary-important-person.html" />
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b3805970c</id>
        <published>2009-11-20T10:28:00-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-20T10:28:00-06:00</updated>
        <summary>In Gavin's first grade class, everyone gets a week to be B.I.P.. It is where they get to fill out a poster, bring their favorite stuff and tell the class about themselves. Here are pictures from Gavin's B.I.P. day. MItch...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Steph Mitchell</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Gavin" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.iowamitchells.com/">&lt;div&gt;In Gavin's first grade class, everyone gets a week to be B.I.P..  It is where they get to fill out a poster, bring their favorite stuff and tell the class about themselves.  Here are pictures from Gavin's B.I.P. day.  MItch and I went to lunch with him that day and then stayed for his presentation.  He did an awesome job!  We are so proud!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b2d5a970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3500" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b2d5a970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b2d5a970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718cb39970b-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3499" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20120a718cb39970b " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20120a718cb39970b-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b30ce970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="IMG_3505" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d834524d1469e20128761b30ce970c " src="http://mitchgroup.blogs.com/.a/6a00d834524d1469e20128761b30ce970c-320wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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