The lights are always amazing. So gorgeous.

Goofy kid.

Little loves. Somewhere on Temple Square is a little sock. Liam can’t stand socks on his feet when we’re outside (of course he is always asking to have them put on when we’re inside). By the time I noticed his little bare feet, both socks were gone. I back tracked and found one sock that he had discarded by the Nauvoo bell–who knows where the other one got tossed…

Santa! In years past, we’ve always visited him down at the Riverwoods in Provo. Now we’re too far away for that location, but we found a wonderful place to visit him at Trolley Square. No professional photographer trying to make you buy a package of photos–just a great visit with Santa.

Whispering about Christmas magic.

Giving Santa a thank you card.

Holiday smiles.

Chefs Easton and Calder hard at work. Easton’s preschool teachers made him the cute little apron.

Two detail-oriented decorators.

Happy about the selection of mini M&Ms!

His finished masterpiece.

I love the little shingles on his roof.

Stockpiling Hershey’s Kisses for winter.

Amelie’s house, complete with a Hershey’s Kiss tree.

Our big gingerbread house this year. The kids were such great helpers!

They love to see the lights glowing through the candy windows. They call them “stained glass.”

View from the back of the house.

All glowing and pretty.

We were first in line to ride Luigi’s tires.

Amelie and Brenda riding Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree and having a lovely time.

Don’t I have a darling daughter?

Easton turned out to be quite the poser during this trip. I call this the “Vanna White”. His little leg is up and everything!

Waiting in line to see Aladdin. Even waiting in line was fun with Grandma and Grandpa!

This was a pretty spectacular Broadway show. Loved it.

Meeting Mickey.

Riding Soarin’ Over California. Mark took this picture–you can see the feet of all the rest of us!

All prepared for Grizzly Rapids.

Meeting Sofia the First. Easton was pretty smitten.

Riding Radiator Springs Racers. Although Easton declared it to be, “too scary” right after riding it, a couple minutes later he said, “actually, it was super fun!”

Here’s us before watching the World of Color water show, a.k.a. “The Great Drenching.” See how we’re smiling and carefree? Little did we know the wind would send the water from the show cascading onto us during the last half of the show, completely drenching all of us! It was hilarious and very very wet. We headed back to the hotel for warm showers and baths after this.

All ready for our first day in the parks!

A very serious young Jedi in training.

Bryce and Brenda, the only ones brave enough for the Tower of Terror.

While Bryce and Brenda did the Tower of Terror, Mark and I took the kids around Bugs’ Land. It has tons of great rides perfect for little ones. Here’s Amelie showing Grandpa a giant leaf she found.

On the Chew Chew Train (yes, I spelled that right).

Eating lunch. It was super delicious which is what makes this picture even more classic. What on earth was on my hand?

On the Nemo Submarines.

Another bug ride with the kids.

Our view of the castle as we waited for rope drop on Wednesday morning.

Waiting in line–Easton was such a trooper the whole trip!

On the spinning tea cups. I was the only adult willing to go on this ride!

After Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.

Taking the wheel on Autopia.

Meeting Anna and Elsa from Frozen. So fun to meet your favorite princesses!

Amelie got to ride a special carousel horse called Jingles. This horse was made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Mary Poppins.

Calder during his Jedi training. He had a great time and took it all very seriously. Sadly, the actor playing Darth Maul wouldn’t leave poor little Easton alone and even scared Amelie at one point, making her cry. Kind of lame. So, great for Calder, not so great for the other two.

On Dumbo. I flew with Easton and he refused to let me fly Dumbo higher than ground level. 

We took a break every day so that we could all rest for a bit. Clearly, Easton’s had an exciting morning!

Entering Small World. The way they change it for the holidays is pretty amazing and delightful.

Small World, or “Tiny World” as Easton calls it, was definitely one of our favorites. We went on it 3 times!

Riding Splash Mountain. I got completely drenched!

Going on it a second time and posing for the camera. Amelie’s in there somewhere…

The view as we left the park. What a fun day! Like I said, these pictures are just the beginning–we did so many fun rides and activities!