The Mullis Kids: Highlights from Texas!

The kids loved our time in Texas. Here are a few of their highlights...

Emma quickly named Cracker Barrel as her new favorite restaurant - she loved the idea of pancakes for dinner! Glad for special times with her Mimi, great grandmother and aunt.

Emma loved helping with the adoption fundraiser. The only problem was she wanted to shop rather than sell!

The State Fair was a huge highlight for the kids. Emma loved everything - riding rides, petting animals, played games, and, of course, eating her way across the Fair grounds!! Both Emma and Owen were happy to share these memories with MiMi.

Emma and Owen had the chance to spend some time with an aunt and some cousins from Tricia's dad's side of the family. Thankful they were able to drive up to spend time with us!

The kids LOVED Boo at the Zoo for Halloween! Zoos are always a hit anyway but throw in dressing up, Trick or Treat Booths, and Halloween games and you have an instant hit. Even now (a year later), Emma STILL talks about Boo at the Zoo.

Our cute little puppy dog!

Who wouldn't love a princess fairy?

Mi Mi and cousin Michelle and Christian met us there. Emma and Owen love their cousins!!

Emma really enjoyed the costume parade.

Emma LOVES crafts - especially ones with glue!

This was the first time Emma and Owen got to experience fall. Neither one of them have ever seen fall leaves, cooling temperatures, pumpkin farms, or worn cool weather clothes. We enjoyed exposing them to all the "American" things they typically miss.

"I don't like pumpkins..."

"oh, maybe they aren't that bad."

With Fall comes Thanksgiving. We were so excited to actually share a holiday with our family! Our cousins Chris and Michelle hosted the family's get together.

Together preparing lunch!

Emma LOVES her cousin Brooke! She stuck to her like glue. If the two of them weren't in the closet playing with babies, they were giving a talent show for the family.

Emma wanted to pose with our Christmas tree.

While in Texas, we got to celebrate a big milestone with Owen - his FIRST birthday! We were excited to be able to share at least one of his birthdays with family members.

Oddly enough, Owen didn't really like the cake. All he wanted to do was play with it! So, there aren't any great "smash cake" pictures. This was as messy as he got! :)

This began Owen's love relationship with cars and trucks!

Not only did the kids get to experience Fall, they got to play in the snow on multiple occasions! Daddy was such a trooper because he went out over and over again with Emma. She could not get enough of it!