Mullen Christmas Party Continues...

After all the games and fun, we headed to our house had ate a delicious dinner of Smoked Goose and Jalapeno, Crab Cocktail, Chile Verde and so much more.  It was delicious!  Thanks everyone for all of the food.  Then it was on to the fun part... PRESENTS!!!  The kids all got their presents from Grandma and Grandpa, plus the presents from their cousins.  It was a ton of fun!  Thanks again to everyone for such a great family event.  Merry Christmas!

All the Grand kids excited for present time!

Pillow Pets!!!

Mullen Christmas Party

Our annual Mullen Christmas Party was a fun filled day here in Cache Valley.  We started out the day with some bowling...

Back Row: Parker, Audrey, James and Spencer
Front Row: Isabelle, Claire, Madilyn, Myles and Lillian

Unfortunately, Todd and Mick weren't able to make it up in time to go bowling.  We missed having them there, however at least our scores were a bit more competitive without Todd there beating us all.  And you will notice in the picture above, Myles had a great time, even fell asleep with all the noise.

After the bowling we headed to our local church house and Lynn and I hosted the first ever Mullen Family Minute-To-Win-It Competition.  We had some great games and laughs the whole time through.

Parker playing Separation Anxiety

Lynn doing This Blows

Grandma also doing This Blows

The youngest team members playing Defying Gravity

All the women - Me, Kris, Candace, Mick and Grandma all playing Hanky Panky

Parker the Dahle family champion apple stacker

Me playing Stack Attack

Kevin and Jim looking ridiculous doing the Elephant March

Lynn just finished the Elephant March

And for the Grand Finale, the men had an caramel apple eating contest,
however the majority of them were caramel onions. Ha! Ha!

The whole family!

Christmas Dance Review

Madi's dance class had a quick dance recital right before Christmas.  They performed 3 songs and it was adorable.  Madi did an excellent job!

I don't know the names of the girls in her class, but Madi and Annie are in the middle on the back row.

Madi and her best buddy, Annie

Striking a Pose

Gingerbread Houses

Somehow we have turned this into an annual tradition, and we love it! Every year the kids decorate gingerbread houses and eat tons of candy.  We usually use leftover Halloween candy so it turns out great.  Myles even had a great time this year and was a terrific taste tester.  The kids did a great job and their houses turned out fantastic!  Parker's had a fish pond in the back and Madi's was stuffed full with candy just in case she needed a treat later.  Bring on the Holidays!

One last lick before we threw them away!

My My & Keely

Val and Lannis' little girl, Keely, loves Myles.  She calls him My My and loves it when they are able to play.  The other day I was tending Keely, and her and Myles were having fun sharing some crackers.  Keely would hand Myles a cracker and he would laugh and clap his hands then proceed to eat it.  They were acting so stinkin' cute, I had to take some pictures.

Myles was pretty good at leaving the tree alone and then one day I
find him backing his way into the tree as far as he could go and
then he just stood there like he was the coolest thing ever.

This kid cracks me up!

Santa & the Grinch!

Home Depot had Santa and the Grinch come visit.  The kids were so excited to go see them so we headed off to the store.  Once we were there, however they immediately froze.  None of them wanted to talk to Santa, Parker was fine standing by him, but Myles and Madi didn't want to have anything to do with him.  Then they weren't too thrilled with the Grinch either.  He was a great Grinch, but none of the kids would go near him so I didn't get a picture.  Hopefully Santa can read minds so that he will know what to get them for Christmas!

Chess!

Lately Lynn has been teaching Parker how to play Chess.  He is picking up on it quickly and it has become one of his favorite games to play.  Madi humors him and tries to play, but it seems to frustrate Parker more because she doesn't know how all of the pieces move.  Thank goodness he is patient.  It's a great game and I'm glad Parker is learning how to play. 

Grandma & Grandpa were here for one night and Parker had to
immediately challenge the Chess Master.

Cute little bugger!

Grandma loves to walk the kids to school when she is here, and the kids love it as well.