Such cutie pies in polka dots !!

How many tries does it take to get one shot of 4 little girls in polka dot dressses?!

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Mike and Jess are Married!

Saturday April 11, 2009 was a cold and blustery day in San Diego but there was a warmth beyond the cold as Mike and Jess opened a new chapter in their life together. They were surrounded by friends and family despite the distance and the cold. The sweet, tender feelings of love were present throughout the day. 

 Our joy is full as we celebrate the union of these two and welcome Michael into our family.   

Two precious nieces

He's really married!

Love these girls!

The grandparents traveled long distances to support these two. THANKS!

I can't express the joy  I felt having all my children and their spouses in the temple together,  add a father and a brother and it really did feel a bit like heaven.

My Beautiful girls!

HOW BLESSED!!!

This weekend the family traveled from near and far to gather for the blessings of baby Briggs and baby Maddison. Two babies born twelve days apart gave us a great opportunity to get together and have some good food in honor of these special little guests. Bryce and Sarah weathered a blizzard while traveling from CO and spent the first night of their trip in a hotel in  Wyoming. Eric and Sam left Sacramento after work and traveled into the night arriving early Saturday morning.  Jess left Rexburg Friday after class and dropped Mike off at the airport in SLC after visiting his sister's new baby. Mike was on his way to say farewell to his brother who is off on a mission on Wed.  I hustled the last little one out the door from preschool and jumped into Tom's car and we raced to LAX only to have my normal DELAY!!  JD and Adrie were wonderful hosts of all the chaos and we had a fast and furious fun filled weekend. 

 Have you ever seen a more angelic face?

Baby Briggs was just figuring out the binky.

With the babies getting all the attention. Daddy never forgot his girls.

Two little cousins. Sugar and spice and everything nice. Snips and snails and puppy dog tails. 

Briggs was blessed first in Sarah's parent's ward in Draper, Utah.

Then baby Maddison was blessed in Pleasant Grove. Her Papa loved kissing her. 

Kamryn was the sweetest big cousin. She loved the babies and was so sweet and careful with them.

Kamryn wanted to hold the babies and all of a sudden the paparazzi cameras started flashing. Maddison was not impressed.

So we tried another pose. Guess what? Baby Briggs was done with pictures

One pensive moment for both of the little stars of the day. 

Princess for a day!

Prince for a day!

You two little ones may have been blessed on this special Sunday in March but we are the ones truly blessed to have you in our families.

Love this Girl!!!  Sammy surprised me last week and just got in her car and drove all the way from Sac to see me. She knew I'd be going through Grandma withdrawls and would need a Kami fix.  Love you more than you know!!

We didn't get to do much 'cause grandma was sooo busy, but boy did I love the little bits of this.

We went to papa's basketball game and had to bring some friends.

These are pics of Kami's friends. Can you guess who they are?

A rare moment, Father and son playing BASKETBALL together?!!

Kamryn enjoying the game.

Papa is so tall!! Even Kami can make a basket.

Sweaty Papa who loves the little princess.

M.Cunningham working for the perfect shot.

Here are a few of the cool engagement pictures Jess and Mike got on Feb. 16 just hours before they were on a plane back to SLC then on to Rexburg. It rained and poured all day and we were sure the photo shoot would be a bust. But for two short hours the sun came out and you can see what Mike Cunningham captured. They must have a little leprechan hidden away for all the lucky breaks they keep having.  

Baby Briggs