Mikelle and her husband, Chris, live at 696 Mare Dr. Their house is the blue rambler with white trim that faces West. She and her husband have been married for 1 ½ years. They have a darling little boy named Beckett. He has an incredibly sweet nature and smiles most of the time. She is a stay-at-home mom. Her husband does programming for a direct sales company.
Mikelle was raised in Bountiful Utah. She attended , Oak Hills Elementary, Millcreek Jr. High School and Bountiful High. Her mom is her best friend. She has 3 brothers and no sisters. She is the 3rd child in their family.
Mikelle graduated from Bountiful High in 2003 then headed off to school to Utah Valley University in Orem. She went away to school and loved it. She received her degree in paralegal studies. She was drawn to the legal field because she loved watching law shows like Dateline on TV. Unfortunately, once she got the degree she realized that as a paralegal she would be doing most of the work and have most of the stress dumped on her without the credit or the money an attorney receives.
With this in mind she decided the best course of action would be to continue working for her dad's insurance company. She worked their for about 13 years off and on until the birth of her son. Continuing to work for the insurance company however, proved to be a stroke of inspiration in meeting her husband.
Her family, the Hills, went to a meeting to learn about her future father-in-law's business. While at the meeting her future sister-in-law, Paige, was there to promote her part of the business called Shine Brite which promoted good morals for children using apps. When the Hill's entered the room Paige was in she had the strongest feeling to turn around and look at them and approach them. Mikelle felt very drawn to Paige and began volunteering to help her in her business.
Apparently, her brother Matt also felt very drawn toward Paige, but for a very different reason. After talking Matt and Paige set up a blind date for Mikelle and Chris. This put Mikelle in a very difficult position. She didn't want to go on the date, but refusing would make it awkward to work with Paige, however if the date didn't work out it would be equally awkward to continue working there. She was so mad at Matt. It was the only time she was ever really mad at him, but because of the situation she sucked it up and went on the date hoping for the best, or at least, not the worst.
It worked out great! The started dating in February, were engaged in June, married in August and pregnant in September. For many years Mikelle had dated people where it didn't feel right that when it did, she plunged right in. (Interestingly enough and as a side note. Chris's grandparents immigrated to the US from South Africa. They had joined the church in South Africa and met Mikelle's grandpa who was serving as a missionary there.)
During her years of being single she had the opportunity to travel a lot. She has been to England, Scotland, Mexico, Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Belize, and most of the Caribean. Her favorite place she has visited was Haiti. She also really loved Scotland and England because she loves history and it was wonderful to see so much of it in real life.
Mikelle also loves to read. She enjoys reading on any genre that catches her interest, but she especially loves to read biographies and memoirs of people who have overcome or lived through difficult things. She also loves hanging out with her mom and watching movies.
Mikelle is a very easy person to talk to. She is open and accepting. I hope everyone will enjoy getting to know her as much as I did interviewing her.
