Celebrating a blessing for 26 yrs now....Happy Birthday Mary Kate

Mary Kate always loves brownies , ice cream and chocolate syrup for her b-day treat. We made shish kabobs for dinner at her request also.

Dancing fools later in the evening.

She got a pedicure from Leah and Abby wanted mommy to do her toe nails too.

Little Milo is a doll...and he sleeps the best nestled next to mommy for naps. Both of the new ones are doing so well...and the transition with the other 3 has also been smooth.

More dancing - one of there favorite things to do.

Judah is the craziest one about dancing...makes me smile to watch his all out effort at moving his body to the music.

Group picture with the little ones. Happy birthday to my youngest bio. daughter who also happens to be my best friend. We have a close relationship built thru many shared experiences and loves in our lives. It has been a blessing to me to have you as my daughter and friend...Happy birthday Mary Kate we all love you !

A window into our Easter celebration

In the am after finding their buckets

Mary Kate and Keith's first family picture

Ava and Mady

Ava and Abby

Mya

Sari

Selah

Lila

Isaiah- Yep I made a mistake it is Judah...my photos on my "apple" computer come up so small I have a hard time seeing the pics sometimes...The photo part of the apple is my least favorite part of my computer...thanks for noticing Mary :)

Lily

Luke

Milo in his daddy's arms 

Milo fell asleep in momma's arms

Ben and Ana

Sorry for the amount of pics but when you have this many children you take lots of pictures. We hid 346 eggs for the younger ones to find. The weather was warm so we spent lots of time outside enjoying each other. Next year there will be 2 more Briggs :)

It all started with this and grew to that......

 Having fun on Easter ...celebrating the risen Jesus and watching all the life the Lord has blessed us with...no greater joy for this momma and daddy or Nana and PawPaw. From our original 5 bio. children to now 30 children, 12 grand babies and still growing... our hearts are full with love and joy when we count the blessings the Lord has done.

It was the day before our Easter and all the eggs were getting colored...

Since I was in Ghana last weekend over Easter we are celebrating Easter tomorrow. So the weather was delightful this afternoon and we colored eggs outside . It was the first time for Sari , Jesse and Judah....I think they enjoyed it.