Making our family's Caga Tió

This year we started a new family tradition called Caga Tió. I took a DNA test and found that I have ancestry in the Catalon region of Spain. My wife was looking for new traditions based on our DNA results and this looked like one the kids would love. I grabbed a log off the side of the road, cut it in half and screwed legs on. The kids painted a face and decorated it. It turned out so cute and the kids have been feeding it orange peels in hopes that it will poop treats out for them soon.

“Caga Tió, also known as Tió de Nadal, is a Catalan Christmas tradition where a log is beaten to make it poop presents for children.”

I had to come back and add this video of the kids on Christmas Eve.

Schultz Family

Here are a few highlights from my photoshoot with the Schultz family. We went to the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Downtown Des Moines a couple weeks ago and I got some great family photos, portraits of Raina, and lightsaber battles that I edited.

Happy Thanksgiving

I designed this turkey for my son Ryker. Illustrated with Adobe Illustrator and edited in Snapseed.

Some photos from my family's Thanksgiving.

Happy 4th of July

I had a good 4 day weekend and watched fireworks with the family. My son Ryker loved his first fireworks!

Ryker's First Easter

This Easter we had lunch with Alyssa's family and bought stuff to start our garden on Saturday and today my mom brought Jethro's BBQ over for lunch and we built our garden and planted carrots, watermelon, bell peppers, jalapeños and cilantro. Ryker had 2 easter egg hunts too!

Botanical Garden

Here are some of my photos from my families recent trip to the Des Moines Botanical Garden. Taken with my Sony NEX-5R and edited in Snapseed. Enjoy and subscribe!

Old Briggs Family Photos

I just got a pack of old Briggs family photos from my grandma. I scanned them all and am going to go through and restore some of them.