Baby Colwell: Merry Christmas and Happy 90th Birthday, Great Grandpa!!

A week after Jamaica we headed to North Carolina for Christmas and to celebrate Great Grandpa's 90th birthday! Nana and Papa and Auntie Kristy's family were all there to see the Great Grandparents and Great Great Aunts! There are a ton of pics, so I"ll just jump into them.

Kinsley and Avery at Great Grandma and Grandpa's house our first night there. Kristy's family had to leave before Christmas, so this was their early Christmas with Great Grandma and Grandpa

Aunt Et and Aunt Jean watching the festivities

Helping Bennett check out his new truck!

Great Grandma sat and played a few notes on the piano for Avery, which was great! Great Grandpa even came over to join in!

Avery striking a pose!

Uncle Rick is an amazing trombone player and played some Christmas tunes for us! (you can also see Aunt Barb and Aunt Debbie in the background)

Singing along with the little guys!

Bennett and Great Grandma (and Molly)

And the next morning...Nana with her grand kids in their matching PJs...aren't they so cute!

Kins loved the trampoline that Nana and Papa bought for Avery a few years ago!

We took a quick trip down to the beach on Dec 20th! Kinsley loved running along the water but wasn't too fond of the sand on her hands! :)

Kins and Dada...

...and Mama

And now to the main event! Great Grandpa's 90th birthday party! Such a great party at their country club with lots of family and friends!

Great Grandpa checking out his personalized golf cake, and the poster Nana made with pictures throughout his life, and his purple heart!

Close up of his purple heart!

Aunt Et, Aunt Jean and Aunt Debbie Trolsen

Luckily, next to the room where Great Grandpa's party was, there was an empty dining room/hallway that provided entertainment for the little guys all night long! Kins kicked off her shoes and RAN around that place a million times!

And took some food on the go

With Dada

Posing with a little Christmas decor in the background.

The kiddos on the dance floor. Nana got Kinsley and Avery their matching dresses! They were super cute together!

Shaking it!

Saying happy birthday to Great Grandpa

Papa with his parents! Happy birthday, Great Grandpa! We love you so much!!!

And the next day, the little guys got clean together! Definite blackmail material here! :)

Nana, Auntie Kristy and I took the 3 kiddos to Planet Fun! (sounds amazing, doesn't it?) They actually did have lots of fun on the rides, bouncy slide, and just tearing through the place. Kinsley and Bennett rode this teacup ride first, and both seemed to have a blast!

Mama and Kins on another ride...she liked this one for the first few seconds and then got bored :)

The next day we exchanged gifts with Auntie Kristy's family before they left. One of the gifts they got Kinsley was this adorable coat (which she loves and wants to wear all the time, thanks Auntie Kristy!!)

Little buddy flying with his Mom!

Taking a cruise around the neighborhood on the golf cart, Kinsley loved it!

After our initial cruise, every time we went out in the garage she ran over and climbed up into the golf cart! Molly would join her if she was out! :)

Playing with some toys on the trampoline

One night we all sat down to watch The Polar Express. Kins had never really watched a movie before, so we weren't sure if she would sit still, but she loved it! All cozy on Dada's lap and didn't move a muscle!

And then she passed out...but she made it a good 45 mins into the movie! :)

Christmas Eve!

Posing in front of the tree after church and dinner on Christmas Eve!

And a quick cuddle with Papa before bed

Finally Christmas morning! Since Kins had some practice over the previous few days opening presents, she was a pro! Papa was also very proud that she would hand each piece of torn wrapping paper to Mama or Dada one at a time! No mess here! (Papa is a bit of a neat freak!) :)

Sizing up her present...this was a Little People Barn, which was one of her favorite gifts!!

Double fisted!

Tearing into another

Had to capture her present opening skills on a little video!

Merry Christmas Dada!

Nothing beats being on the beach on Christmas Day!, and it was gorgeous!

Chasing the seagulls

Eating her shovel with Nana, Papa and Molly :)

All smiles with Dada

A quick video from the beach. Hope you can hear her...yelling "aaaahhhh" as she tore across the sand! So funny!

Getting a little ab workout in with Papa before Christmas dinner

Christmas night we had everyone up to Nana and Papa's house for dinner and presents. It was a great evening, but somehow I only seemed to get pictures of Kinsley! Must work on that! :)