All Finished With First Grade

A little before school got out, Lexi's school had an art show.

Lexi didn't have much on display because she was new

but she was so excited to show me her writing book.

 

 

 

 



 May 21st was Lexi's last day of first grade.

This tradition schedule rocks!

Lexi's last day of school at her last school which was year round would have been July 3rd.

So she still wouldn't be out of school!

Here is Lexi on her last day with Mrs. Day.

I LOVED this teacher! She was so great with Lexi.

I'm so proud of how well Lexi did with the transition to her new school.

She amazed me!

And I'm so excited that she gets to go to the same school again next year.

I love her school and her principle.

 



To celebrate the start of Lexi's summer break and Sean's four day Labor Day weekend,

we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows with the fire pit Sean got for his birthday.

(Our unfinished backyard almost looks like the wilderness.)

 



 

 I can't believe that almost a month has gone by since Lexi finished school.

I'm glad we still have lots of summer to enjoy!

 



Avery's Preschool Field Trip - Discovery Gateway

 Avery's last preschool field trip was to the children's museum in Salt Lake City.

She and Eli had fun running around exploring and playing.

I had my work cut out for me watching them both at the same time.

I tried to capture them having fun on camera but they had no interest in getting their picture taken.

Luckily, Ruby was an angel baby and just napped in her stroller.

My pictures are all out of order but you get the idea they had fun.

I'll let the pictures do the talking...

 

Now I just need to blog about Avery's preschool graduation

and then we'll just be waiting for her to start kindergarten!



New Callings

On Sunday, May 17th, Sean and I each got new callings.

...

Sean is now a teacher of one of the CTR 4 classes. He teaches Avery's class.

Sean is an awesome teacher. The kids love him!

He brought his ukulele last week and serenaded the kids.

And this week he was asked to help out with Sharing Time.

He is loving his calling. And Avery loves have Sean be her teacher.

...

I was called to be the First Counselor in the Young Women's Presidency.

I had never even met the Young Women's President when I got called.

I absolutely love the Mia Maid Advisor I get to work.

There are about 12 girls in my class. I'm so excited to go to know them.

On Sunday, June 7th, I was released from my calling as First Counselor

and called to be the First Counselor to a new Young Women's President.

Our new President, Wendy, is amazing!!! I just adore her.

She and I are going to have so much fun together!!!

I'm so excited about my calling. I think it's going to be a lot of work but so rewarding.

I hope and pray that I'll be able to connect with the girls and make a positive influence in their lives like my Young Women's leaders did in mine.

Sean's 30th Birthday

 On May 19th, Sean turned 30 years old.
I'm married to a 30 year old!

Sean worked a half day at the office and then picked up his birthday suits on the way home.

I wanted to take pictures of him in one of his birthday suits.

He had so much fun calling them his birthday suits.

 



 

I made Sean a book for his birthday.

I asked our family and closest friends to write things they like and admire about Sean.

Then I put those things into a book with lots of pictures of Sean.

It turned out really great and he loved it.

Thank you to everyone who contributed.

 

Sean isn't a cake guy so we had ice cream.

 



 

And to finish this post I'm going to share 30 things I love about Sean...

 

1. His smile.

2. He plays ukulele.

3. He can talk with anyone.

4. Sean isn't a big spender.

5. All kids love Sean.

6. Sean is witty.

7. Sean comes up with the best activities to do.

8. He's low maintance.

9. Sean is laid back.

10. Sean is a great cook.

11. I love going on drives with Sean.

12. Our children love Sean.

13. Sean loves taking our kids on outings.

14. Sean has a strong testimony.

15. Sean lets me do pretty much all of the decorating and helps me with it.

16. Sean is social.

17. He supports me in whatever I do.

18. Sean is diligent and faithful in all of his church callings.

19. Sean and I agree on politics and religion and all the important things in life.

20. He loves his family more than anything.

21. Sean is very affectionate.

22. He loves learning.

23. Sean loves his parents and his family.

24. Sean is always making me laugh.

25. I love Sean's hugs.

26. His blue eyes.

27. Sean is so smart.

28. He loves reading.

29. Sean gives great sacrament meeting talks and church lessons.

30. Sean is my best friend!

 



Grandma's Surprise Visit

 On Thursday, May 14th, my mom left a voicemail on my phone saying

that her uncle Jean had passed away.

The next day, she called and told me that she was coming with her dad and stepmom to the funeral.

They were going to be arriving in Utah, Saturday the 16th, the next day.

And my mom wanted to know if she could stay with us.

So with just a days noticed we created a little guest bedroom in our basement

with some furniture that we got from Grammy. It turned out pretty nicely.

(I'll have to post a picture sometime.)

My mom got her late, late Saturday night.

We didn't tell the kids that she was coming.

Sunday morning all the kids were sitting at the table when my mom came upstairs from the basement.

The kids were all so surprised and then excited.

It was hilarious!

My mom spend all of Sunday and Monday with us.

(Her dad and his wife, Bertha, stayed in Bountiful with Bertha's sister.)

Tuesday was the funeral. So my mom was gone all day

but she and my grandparents came back that night for dinner and to hang out

and celebrate Sean's birthday with us.

Then they all headed to Bountiful and then left for Washington the next day, Wednesday morning.

 

My mom showed the kids her county side and taught them to chew on weeds.

I remember doing that as a kid with my grandpa on his farm.

 



Grandma bought all the kids new outfits.

 



Matching outfits for all three girls!

It was so good to see Bertha and my Grandpa again.

 



Eli is named after my grandpa Calvin Eli.

 



Four generations of Briggs!

 



Lexi and Bertha spent a long time together reading.

I was so impressed how entertaining and engaging Lexi was with Bertha

considering she didn't even remember her.

 



 

I was so happy that my mom got to come see our new house and be our first guest.

I wish my dad could have come and that they could have stayed longer.

But we made the most of our short time together and made some fun memories!

 



Avery's Preschool Field Trip - Wheeler Farms

 Avery's final preschool field trip was to Wheeler Farms.

Eli was so excited seeing all the animals.

He had no desire to stay with Avery's class.

He just wanted to run to each new animal as quick as he could.

Luckily, the field trip wasn't too structured.

The weather was a bit windy but we all had fun.

Ruby just slept in her stroller most of the time.

 

I was impressed with the Blacksmith.

It's amazing how to molded and formed that metal to make links In a chain.

 



Surprisingly, Eli didn't love the hay ride.

He freaked out a little when we started moving and just wanted to be held.