Family Christmas

We opened gifts from our Florida Family on Christmas eve. Here we are skyping with Pawpaw, Grandma, Mammy and Aunt Kimmy
Sarah Faith got a phone and new computer from them!
Abby's big gift was an iPhone! She was pretty excited!
Esther got an American girl doll, and a bunch of accessories
The boys got 3DS's. Think they were excited!

My sister flew in from Denver on December 26th, so we had our Christmas with her and my parents on that night. It was pretty cool to spread it all our celebrations
.Everyone opening gifts! Sarah and AbbyI was able ( with help from a friend) to get my Bff Amy and my Sister Jodi Daughtry CD's signed by Chris. They were pretty excited!

My boys
Gramps and Essie
Nana
Jodi with he M&Ms' All the way from CO!

2011 was a great Christmas and to be honest, I am kinda sad to see it over!

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful first Christmas as a family of 7! Micah and Sarah are such added blessings to our already so blessed family! Micah just jumped right in and had the best time with the others. Sarah Faith is still a bit young to know what on earth is going on, but she enjoyed her new toys!Here are my middle three putting out the cookies and milk for Santa. Greg told them if they woke him up before 5:30, they would have to wait until after church to open their gifts. Guess what time they woke us up? 5:31. :)Nate with his Zelda game

Micah and his Beyblade Arena
Abby helping Sarah with her gifts
Esther was still feeling a bit under the weather, but improving by this morning. She was happy to get a horse for her American Girls

Our whole family at Church. Merry Christmas from the Mullis 7!

Christmas Eve EVE in Virginia

We went to Virginia on the 23rd and spent the night. Mom and Dad had some friends over for dinner and we had so much fun. We pulled out mine and my sisters old toys and took a trip down memory lane ( Strawberry Shortcake, Glow bugs and He-mans anyone?) Nana and GrampsGramps and the boys

Abby and Nana
Me, Amy and Carrie with our Strawberry ShortcakeNick and Carrie with He man and Battle Cat :)

Me and Amy, my BFF (Love her)
With her boyfriend, ScottAunt Amy and all the kiddos. She gave them a bag of fun for Christmas! Uno Roboto, The Smurfs Movie, The biggest bag of M&M's I have ever seen and a ton of popcorn and movie candy. They thought it was awesome.

Goodwill Baptist Christmas Program

We had our Children's Program last week at church. I wrote the play that the kids put on back in July and it was so neat to watch the kids finally perform it. They were all candy in the Goodwill Goody Shoppe and did not like Christmas because of how everyone always acted so cranky and stressed. They learned the real meaning of Christmas during the program. They did such a great job with their lines and I loved how the costumes turned out!
My 4 sang as one of the specials before the program. Nathan played the guitar and they all sang Angels we have heard on High. Micah sang the second verse in Amharic which was really cool!.
Poor Essie felt so bad the whole time (We didn't know it last Sunday, but she has Mono) she was such a trooper to sing and do her part even though her throat was swollen and blistered,. :(

Christmas Cookie Making Time

We made Christmas Cookies tonight. Oh MY! My Kitchen may never look the same, but the kids had a BLAST! They were VERY creative with them too.. Abby made a Mac the dog cookie out of a stocking. They also had swamp people and ax murderer gingerbread men ( I guess that is what you get when your kiddos get older!) Here are Micah Moo with his favorite ones he decorated. He was the first to finish so he could eat them!
Sweet Essie and her Christmas tree
Abby with her Mac the dog stocking cookie
Nate was into yellow this year...I think all of his cookies were yellow
Sarah Faith sharing with Mac
Oh My! The icing has KICKED IN!
We had so much fun and hopefully they all made memories that will last forever.

A Kerner Ridge Christmas

Our 4H group, The trailblazers went to Kerner Ridge retirement home today to spread a little Christmas cheer. The kids organized the food and entertainment. The residents seemed to love listening to the kids sing and eating the treats.


The Nativity The boys planning out the Scripture reading.Mary and Joseph with a little angel behind them. ( Esther Hope was suppose to be Mary, but she had to stay home with daddy because she was still running a fever this morning)Abigail was chairman of the food committee and made the cutest little snowman doughnuts!Micah ( the Shepherd) with his buddy Alex (Joseph)Here are my 2 shepherds together. SO cute!

Check out the littlest 4-Her with her big sissie! The residents thought she was so cute, even though she was pretty stingy with her smiles today.

We are so thankful to participate in 4H and especially with such a great group of homeschoolers.

Our Christmas tree

Here are a few shots of our Christmas tree. I am playing around with my new camera, thats why the photos look a little wonky. :)

The Widows/Widowers Luncheon

Every year at Christmas time, the Deacons and Elders of our church host a luncheon for the widows and widowers. It is a nice way to make them feel loved and the men serve them lunch. Our family is always invited to attend and this year, the kids even sang a song as special music.

My 5 all dressed up and ready to sing!

They sang Angels we have heard on high and the second verse Micah sang in Amharic. It was very cool. This is a song/skit that was so crazy/random/funny I am having trouble finding the right words to describe it. :0The men singing We wish you a Merry Christmas.

The Preachers Kids were being slightly rowdy before lunch and so their daddy made them all " sit down and be still". So here they are... in jail. :)

We had 5 Christmas gatherings to go to this weekend! Lets just say I may need to start the New Years diet this week! It was fun though to celebrate the season with each to the different Sunday School classes and groups in our church. I love Christmas!!