Easter 2012

The kids were able to babysit the chicks our friend, Jouvy let us borrow for the Easter egg hunt at church. The kids had a great time playing with them. They also decided they did not want to own chicks..they were loud and messy! 

Chicks!!

We decorated eggs Saturday night. It was Micah's first time and he kept asking to eat them! I am glad he likes hard boiled eggs as no one else in our family ever eats them and we usually end up throwing them out. 

Micah coloring his first egg

My Girls!

Sweet Sarah Faith with a egg marshmallow

Nate's turn to color eggs

Sunday Morning we had sunrise service at 7AM, so Greg woke the kids up at 6AM to check out their Easter baskets. We then went to Sunrise service and had a yummy breakfast at church afterwards. 

Puffs in a basket

Abby and her Peeps!

Esther and he new duckie, Tulip

My kids all are such good sports about the amount of pictures I make them pose for...especially on Easter. I look at these photos and am overwhelmed with how God has blessed our family with each one of these precious kids. I love them all so much! 

Sarah Faith   18 months

Nathan  almost 12 ( In just 4 more days)

Micah 11 years old

Esther    10 years old

Abigail   14 years old

Happy Easter from The Mullis Family

Good Friday and Saturday's Egg Hunt

We had such a great Easter weekend. Good Friday was a beautiful day and the kids spent a lot of it outside playing. The girls and I did make some Easter cookies. Greg built a fire outside after dinner and we had some yummy Smore's.

Our spring cookies

Smores!

Esther is the best marshmallow cooker of us all

Mac...waiting on a smore to get dropped!

Saturday was the church egg hunt. It was again really sunny even a little cool. The kids had a blast playing with the baby chicks and hunting for eggs.

Love this picture of Greg and his girl 

Nate holding a baby chick 

Esther and her friend Addie

Sarah wasnt real sure about egg hunting. She kept calling them balls.

Sweet Essie hunting eggs

Micah's first egg hunt ever!

Great group of kids!

Weekend in Virginia

My sister and her boyfriend Bob were in from Colorado this weekend visiting with my parents and so Thursday after Co-op we loaded the van and headed to Virginia. The weather was great and the kids had so much fun playing at the park and riding the 4 wheeler. It was, of course great to see Aunt Jodi too! We miss her so much! 

Sarah Faith in the swing at the Park. She LOVED it!

My sister Jodi and her boyfriend, Bob

Gramps and Nana and a picnic lunch! A fun way to spend a Friday

Big sis, little sis

My soccer boy. He had me kick and he played goalie at the park

Brothers..."working together " to help Gramps

Crazy kids!

We love you Aunt Jodi!! 

20 Random thoughts in my head...

20 Random things in my head...

I want a VW convertible. Maybe a rabbit or cabrio. I love the Yeti, but she is killing me on gas and I don't need all that space when I am only hauling a kid or two around. I had a yellow convertible in high school and I have had a sensible vehicle since 1997. I am ready for a fun little zippy car.

I kinda want to dye my hair red for summer. I am still mulling on this..This gray has got to go

I go into sports mourning after the Big Dance. Baseball and pro basketball is all that is left. Boring.

I always think I love summer in April - June. Then I am totally over it. Cant we just skip July and August?

Summer reruns are depressing. All there is to watch is reality tv. Parenthood...why can't you be year round?

I can't believe my Ethiopians have been home 10 months. Man, it has went by fast. and been so great.

No, I don't think we will adopt again. The inn is full.

Happiness is spending the night for two nights with my BFF since forever. and laughing in bed at midnight like we were 15.

New school curriculum catalogs makes me happier than a fat kid with cake.

My hubs and 14 year old are leaving for Ethiopia in 19 days and I have yet to panic about the ten days I am home alone with the other 4. Maybe I am growing up. Maybe the panic is delayed.

Larry Bird is gonna be on the Late show with David Letterman on April 11th. I am ridiculously excited. I love #33.

I am doing the Read the Bible in 90 days challenge. I am on Day 61. I waited this long to talk about it because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to do it. Challenge is a good word for it, but it has been amazing. I have loved reading such huge chunks of the Word. It has been a life changing 60 days.

I have learned this month that saying I am a Christian means I am to forgive others and show them the love of Christ even when I don't feel that love and this is phenomenally harder to do than to say. It is what Jesus did. So just do it.

I am excited more than I should about VBS this year. I am such a VBS dork. Thankfully my co-director is too. It makes the planning fun.

If I hafta hear Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith one more time. I may rip my clothes and scream in despair. Someone write that man a decent song please.

I am slightly addicted to my Keurig still. I just today discovered Sweet Southern ice tea blend. I'm gonna move onto iced coffee K cups next.

Is it bad that my main motivation for watching Micah play soccer on Saturdays is I can get some sun on my ghostly white legs? That and he looks adorable in his uniform. I still don't understand the game. What the heck is Off Sides??

Listening to Nathan play his guitar and sing about Jesus makes my heart melt. I pray his wife is kind because he has about the sweetest heart of any boy I know.

Letting go of a few responsibilities no matter how good they are can be amazingly liberating. I found that out this week. Sometimes just say no is the answer.

Taking Spring Break in February sounds great in January, but not so much by April. School is flying by though. Hoping to be finished by Memorial day.

Thats all folks...night night