THE FIRST POST!

On Melissa's recommendation, I started a blog.  Crazy, right?

A little about myself:
I was born in the fall of 1988 to Brent and Maxine Mitchell in rural Washington State.  I was raised on the family farm where I learned the true meaning of work.  I'm sure that I complained about it at the time, but the experiences that I had will always be cherished.  At the age of 5 was when I first drove by myself.  Dad took all the kids into the hay field in his old GMC pickup and we took turns pushing the gas pedal and steering.  Since then  driving has been one of my passions.  The other is guns.  I LOVE guns.  Anyways, I went to Hiawatha elementary where I quickly grew to be one of the tallest people in school.  Next came McFarland junior high then on to Othello High School.  After graduation, I quickly left home to start my education at Brigham Young University.  I went on more dates during those two months than in my entire life beforehand! Next, I served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for two years in Bahia Blanca, Argentina.  The mission had its ups and downs.  Overall, I grew to love the people that I served and have many fond memories.  I returned home and began my education again at BYU which is where I met my beautiful wife and best friend, Melissa Rollins.  I'm sure I'll get to that story later.  We got married later that year on 23 October 2010.  Since then we have both been in school full time while working on the side.  Last year a little bundle of cuteness entered our lives.  Our daughter Kaelyn will be 1 year old in March.  My best description of her is freaking adorable.  Right now Melissa is working at graduating this semester in Fine Arts Illustration while taking care of Kaelyn.  I spend my time studying Manufacturing Engineering Technology, taking care of Kaelyn, working as a Security Officer at the LDS Motion Picture Studio, and doing all sorts of projects on the side.

That just about sums up my life.  I'll have Melissa add her own life story later.

Hopefully I can think of some good, entertaining stuff to write about next time.  Until then, chaocito.