Briggs Extravaganza

This memorial day we were lucky enough to have Grandpa and Grandma Briggs and all my siblings come to visit!

Saturday Morning the kids went to the park together.

Gavin cracks me up

Love this picture of Wesley

Grandpa watching the kids

The 'old men' going for a spin :)

my silly family... ya, I come by it honestly ;)

Me and my daddy

Saturday afternoon we went to Jungle Jim's and the kids had a blast.
Nora loved the carousel

Going for a spin with Nora

JaNae and her little man

Ains and Wes

love the silly looks on these girls

Rox and the 'twins'

Grandpa and all his Grandsons

Grandma Briggs and Baby Gaige

Ainsley Art Cuteness

If you ask Ainsley what she wants to be when she grows up, she will tell you 'An Artist!' without hesitation. I'm continually impressed when she comes to show me what she's drawn recently.

She loves giraffes

And Elephants :)

She's getting good at writing her name.

Ainsley made this puppet show all by herself.

She drew and cut out the people by herself, and put the blanket over the chair.
She makes me smile. Enjoy the show!

Easter

Easter this year was really fun! Ainsley is old enough to know whats going on and really get excited.
Saturday we went to a couple Easter Egg Hunts :)

The first one we hit was just crazy! This tiny circle of way too many kids just grabbing as much candy off the ground as they could. Tom and one of our friends, Mark, could not stop talking about how this was NOT a 'hunt'. So we decided to make our way to a second hunt.

This one had a much bigger space, but still just had the eggs laid out where anyone could see. The men folk have decided to do their own egg hunt next year. Tho the kids enjoyed themselves!

that afternoon Aunt Roxanne came over to help us paint eggs!

One of the eggs was cracked so we gave it an appropriate face.

Sunday the Easter Bunny came!

Aunt Roxanne spent the night and so the bunny brought her a basket too.
Any Dr. Who fans out there might appreciate one of her eggs.

Spring Stuff

Wow, am I getting behind again... here's some of the things we've been up to this spring.

Caterpillars! Tom saw a commercial online for caterpillars you could order and take care of until they became butterflies. Ainsley has been obsessed with caterpillars for a while now, (I blame the very hungry caterpillar myself) so she was THRILLED to see them. It really was amazing to see how tiny they start and how big they grew each day.. almost doubling in size. You weren't supposed to get them out of the container, but Tom's wrapped around his little girl's finger.. so she talked him into it. :) We had a lot of fun setting them free after they became butterflies.. so much fun, we forgot to take pictures.. so, here's some caterpillar pics to keep you happy.

Swinging Sisters!

This is Nora's first time on a swing

She is definitely a fan!

And of course Ainsley needed a try.

and here's my fuzzy pink animal!
It was a little chilly outside.. that is my reasoning here.
The video of her crawling in that thing cracks me up!

Stealing away to St. George

Ainsley had spring break from preschool in April, so we decided to sneak away and go visit my Grandparents and Sister in St. George.

Love my Grandma Gae.
She's one of the coolest people I know.

and Candice is so much fun. One of my best friends AND my sister.
Now that's lucky :)

and of course we've already decided that our daughters (who are only one month apart) will be best friends too. :) And so far it looks like they agree with us.

It was promising to be a smashing weekend anyway, but then we talked my mom into coming to visit too, and it became a blast!

I always stay with my grandparents when I'm in St. George. They built their house with visitors in mind, and are always so welcoming. There are few places I like going as much as my Grandparents. I caught this picture of my grandpa and Ainsley that cracks me up.

The look of his face is classic Grandpa. (He was trying to teach Ains how to hug, and he didn't think she was squeezing tight enough, lol) He just turned 80 yesterday!
Happy Birthday Grandpa!
Nora and Ainsley love staying there too :)

It had not been warm enough in Utah to really play outside, and definitely not to get wet, so we had to take advantage of the awesome water play area.
Ainsley had a great time getting wet.

and Eleanor had a blast hanging out with Grandma Cinda in the shade. :)

I LOVE this picture. Grandma Cinda and Eleanor.. cracking each other up. :)

Feel so blessed to be able to spend this time with my wonderful family.
Love you guys! Hope to see you again soon!!