Colts Christmas

Christmas Eve Dinner

Christmas Eve Kate and Scott put out quite a spread. Scott made two pumpkin pies and Kate made a turkey, sausage, sage and Apple stuffing with old hot dog buns, home made cranberry-apple sauce, mashed potatoes, dinner rolls again home made, and a sweet potato dish that never made it to the table. The turkey was golden brown and beautiful and the food tasted so good. We had McGrail Sparkle to drink and all sat around the big table for the first time. It was a good time with really good food. All three boys had their Colts gear on from Grammie and Tom Tom and the outfits now have that lived in look that little boys are want to give their clothes. More pictures on Flickr.

Cousins at the Temple

We went to the Mormon church in Leiei to look at their Christmas tree setup and get out of the house. We headed up the Kamehameha past a cow watching the surf, past the horses in the ruins, and past the Polynesian McDonalds. We wandered around the visitors center undisturbed by the missionaries and enjoyed our nuggets. We got this picture of the boys infront of the fountain and had a good ride back. It was the best trip that we have taken with all three boys in the car.

Grammy and Tom Tom sent Christmas

Earlier this week we got a box from Tom, Kris, and Heather full of presents. It made a huge difference to Kate's Christmas spirit and got all of the boys really excited. Finn is sure that every wrapped present holds trucks of all kinds and sometimes just stands and stares at the tree. Jake likes to pound on the boxes until we tell him no and then comes to us shaking his head no. Henry crawls over and tries to get under the tree with the presents. Your cookie buddy Jen brought some tasty sugar cookies over so now we have the full Mcgrail Christmas Package, well almost full, we are short a number of McGrails to finish it off.

Decorations

Didn't Scott do great posting things while we were gone, do you think he will get a chance to post now that we are back? He has some great pictures of Jake bluffing some suckers out of a great pot but you might never get to see those Mandy, sorry. On another note we put up moredecorations today and I thought you might want to see what we did. Here is your house at Christmas time.

Jingle Bell Dance

The Christmas Elf

Last night we got out the Christmas gear and got started on decorating the house. We had some Dean Martin Christmas tunes going and the Little elf helped out a bunch. By helped out I mean he pulled down boxes, ran away with ornaments and tried to get under Kate's feet whenever he could. He is a mischievous elf!