Briggs turns 5

Don't know why I didn't post something about this earlier. Briggs turned 5 and was way excited about everything. We had his favs for supper (chicken nuggets) and then cupcakes and ice cream. All during Christmas he would say, "I want that," regarding just about everything he saw. I went a around the week before the birthday and got a bunch of the less expensive stuff. Greg and Kristen also came through with a second Nerf shooter. Shoo-weet.

While Greg and Kristen and Faye were here we made an excursion to the Swannanoa fire station, Station 6. We see these guys out a lot at various events, so Briggs knew exactly what he wanted to see when we got to the station. We had a very nice tour led by Firefighter Aaron Harwood. We got to poke around all the apparatus and see lots of gear. Near the end when we were listening to sirens and horns, FF Harwood offered us a trip around the block in one of the trucks! Awe-some!! Briggs was a little nervous so Kristen actually rode as Captain. But the Barker boys were smitten with the cruise! Briggs got his first station patch and Eli got another to add to his collection. Here are a bunch of pictures.