We visited Temple Square after Christmas this year. It was a pretty snowy, cold day but that didn't stop us from having a total blast!

Here's my favorite picture- our cute family!

Ally was all smiles at the Church History Museum and

pretty mischievous too.

Take a look at her in this pic. trying to be part of the exhibit, if she could sit still for a minute she might just fit in....

Seany loved going up the escalators, he felt like such a big boy going up all by himself, he was a little hesitant--- his expression says it all.

They loved climbing into the bunks and pretending they were traveling across the ocean to the Americas, like most of their ancestors did to North and South America decades agao....

Andy enjoyed learning about the prophet Joseph Smith and Jesus.

He wanted to show his daddy all the cool antique guns.

These boys truly love eachother.... makes me happy to know that they are such good buds!

Our 3 monkeys..... only one smile,
but hey these days I'm just happy to get a picture of the 3 of them together.

Once we were done looking around we decided to take a stroll on Temple Square 

and look at the lights and the Nativity.

Here's Andy posing in front of the Nativity.

Seany loved splashing in the snow.

Mom and his boy

Mom and Andy & Sean snuggling up in the cold.

I love Temple Square,
there's just a very special feeling in the air.
 I love my Savior and I am very grateful to live so close to places where his
Spirit can be felt so strongly and where we can learn about Him and come closer to Him.
Christmas would not be the same without the knowledge that He lives and that He is our redeemer!

This is Christmas!

We had a feast at the Cohen's Christmas Eve.

Here's all of us getting ready to eat:

 once again I'm speechless, everything was soooooo yummy!

Mommy and her girl.

Seany was really tired from all the excitement

and decided to skip out on dinner,

 in hopes that this would make Santa come to our house faster.

Daddy giving his little princess some love.

The kids were super excited to have a sleepover at 'buelo and 'buelas,
so we conceded and spent the night.
Christmas morning we could hear the squeals of laughter and giggles
comming from the living from.

"Mom, dad, look at all the presents--- Santa came!
Come on everybody get up."

Laura and the kids in their matching PBK pj's!

Ally loved Broderick's present a Chicken dance Elmo.

Andy and his Iron man helmet that he really really wanted!

Ally thought all the gifts were for her, she just wanted to open them all,
I guess she just wanted to be a good little helper

So excited!!

Broderick

Patty and her baby boy on his first Christmas experience.

My dad got new wireless headphones so he can watch his movies as loud as he wants at night and not bother mom---- good choice Patty & Mike, mom is going to be one happy sleeper.

Tommy and his new Sony Digital Camera, he was so happy can you tell?
(perfect gift, now we each have our own)

Our baby, trying to make a path through all the mess.

Aunt Patty made the kids sock monkeys, that are totally adorable,
here's them opening it up.

Ally showing off her new bedtime friend a PBK Owl,
to acompany her at night, thanks 'buela!

If you haven't taken your little ones to see Tangled- it is a total must!

So cute!

Here's mommy showing Ally how to brush her brand new baby Rapunzel's hair.

The kids thought for sure that Santa made it to our house too.....

and they were right! "Mom, look at all those presents! wow!"

Christmas is our favorite Holiday! I think Santa knows this too, because he always seems to go a little overboard with presents
and this year was no exception!

Our Stockings were filled to the brim with all sorts of goodies and gifts...

Andy and his brand new skateboard

Sean's web slinging and talkin spiderman

Our funny little monkey girl thought presents were for climbing on,

The boys new favorite movie is Toy Story 3. 

Sean wanted Toy Story toys so, he got a Buzz Lightyear Rocket that he can sit in, a woody mega train, a Toy Story target game, (among others), but his favorite for sure is his pal Buzz. Andy and Sean have been taking turns playing with this toy for the last week, so it definitely is a big hit at our house.

All they need now is a real sized Woody....

Buzz!!!

Sean & Andy are both so into drawing and coloring, 
so they each got crayons, colored pencils,
 and coloring books. Here's Sean with his Mickey crayons.

 

Ally got this cute Disney Princess Rocking Horse....

she absolutely loves it! It plays music, gallops,

and the best part is that she can ride on it's back.

 

 

She also got the baby Cinderella Doll and a PBK baby carrier.

and a Disney Princess Stroller so she can take Babies Cinderella & Rapunzel for a stroll.

and my favorite toy is this kid sized Dyson vacuum (from PBK) 
to match mine....

now, she can be my little cleaning buddy

Showing daddy her new baby Cinderella.

I'm sure daddy can't wait to play dolls with Ally.

 

Santa almost forgot the most important present....

so he left it by the back door in a Santa bag

with a letter that read "Oops, I almost forgot..."

The boys were ecstatic.... and yes Andy got what he wanted most---
a Siege Castor Scooter!

the one he's been raving about for months
since he saw a review about it on Youtube.

There was something in the bag for our Seany too... this Radio Flyer scooter perfect for his size!

Let it rip! Bayblades!

here's Andy and Sean opening mom and dad's gift: a little kid house

Here's Andy opening one of his Ben 10 toys.

This was such a fun Christmas.... the cleaning up was a nightmare,
but I think our kids won't need new toys for a while!

Thanks Santa