Gaga's Condo was hit hard.

This shows the water line at her condo in Bellevue. The west side of town was hit extremely hard.

Water was still standing on Monday when she and Taylor got to go inside.

They found cd's in the fridge and a drawer from the fridge in the living room. There was mud everywhere and of course, any fabric furniture was ruined.

The Flood in Franklin...oh my!

Wow, what a weekend! Saturday started out like any other rainy Saturday. We just hung out and enjoyed being lazy. It did rain sideways for most of the morning, but we didn't think much about it. We were supposed to go to a Derby Party in Hermitage and were still consider going until about 1pm. That is when we had the tornado sirens go off again and the rain was continuing to pour down by the buckets full and we decided to stay put. We had the TV on, but now some images of the rest of Nashville starting coming into the stations. We sat in awe as we heard of interstates closing, people being evacuated and saw cars literally being consumed by water. It was strange watching on live TV as the water continued to rise on I-24 and people were jumping out of their cars and over the median to the other side. Then we saw the portable classroom floating down the interstate and knew that we were all in trouble. We have a rain gauge at our house and we got at least 10 inches of water on Sat and another 6 or so inches on Sunday. 16 inches of rain in less than 48 hours. We were in our bubble and our home was not damaged. The rest of Franklin and Middle TN was not so lucky.







Our neighborhood playground on Saturday.

















One of our picnic tables at the neighborhood playground.

This was a tiny creek that is barely a trickle on a normal day.







Up to Jackson's knees!!!















Yes, Taylor let Jackson play in the rushing water.













Wow, that is deep! This is normally just a field.

A mudslide in a Park in Brentwood.

Downtown Franklin on Tues, 2 days after the rain stopped.

The Harpeth River 2 days after the rain stopped. The river is normally about 1/3 this width.

This car was completely under water and then floated down to this building off the square in Franklin. The Sonic across the street had water up past the menus where you drive up to order.

Princess Ainsleigh

She loves her dress up clothes!

What is so funny Princess?

Smelling her rose. Those pink feathers were EVERYWHERE when she got done playing.

Country Music Kids Marathon

Jackson is only 7 and has completed his first Marathon! He walked at school and at home to complete 26 miles and then walked the last half mile at the marathon on Friday night. They divided the kids by grade and sex. So there was a group starting every 15 minutes from 5pm until 7:15pm. There were over 4,000 kids that participated and it was full by February 9th! It was an insanely crazy place but we all had fun and were very proud of our runner.

The starting line of the marathon.

Daddy and Jackson waiting to cheer on our friend Elli and other Winstead students.

Look at all of the people that lined the race path.















Jackson and Cooper being silly.

Jackson, Cooper, Ainsleigh, Mimi and Popsy waiting for some runners.

The crazy Riggs kids!

Ainsleigh and Cooper watching for Jackson. They were very good cheerleaders for their big brother.

Here comes Jackson. This is the only picture I got of him running.

At the finish line, Tennessee Titan football players gave each child a medal. Jackson didn't know which one gave him his medal. The parents couldn't see the finish line.

The proud parents and our marathon runner.

Look at that cool medal. It is his first!

Spring time fun

Cooper had a run-in with the pavement at Jackson's ballgame. Poor thing fell and his face slide across the pavement. OUCH! He was a trooper and only cried a little.

Playing in the sandbox.








Ainsleigh really likes sitting in the back of the big dump truck!


















Sweet little kids.

Wonder what Cooper said that was so funny?!

Cool Cooper.

Silly Ainsleigh

We were cleaning out the van and took the carseats out. Before we knew it, Ainsleigh was sitting in hers relaxing.

They love each other very much!

Cooper playing in the little house in our back yard.

Just relaxing....

We borrowed a trailer from our friend Tim. It fits on a bike so Taylor can pull the babes. They LOVED it!

Riding on our street.

Daddy and the kids getting ready to go on a ride. I tried to get on the bike, but it is too tall. I could barely reach the pedals.

Jackson and Ainsleigh being silly.

Easter Egg Dying and Hunting

We spent Easter weekend in Murray. The kids had lots of fun and were very happy that the Easter Bunny found them!





Popsy used to make Michael and I a bunny cake at Easter. He made one for Jackson, Ainsleigh and Cooper this year. They loved it.












Cooper coloring eggs.

Ainsleigh made lots of pink eggs, but she did use other colors too.



Wow, that is bright yellow!

Popsy trying to clean up Ainsleigh's mess.

Cool egg Jackson!

Cooper watching his blue egg.

The Easter bunny hides the kids baskets every year and leaves them clues in order to find them. This year Jackson could read most of the clues which was extra fun!

Reading another clue. That bunny had them running all over Mimi and Popsy's house.

Looking for Easter eggs.

Ainsleigh playing in the grass.

Cooper looking for eggs in Mimi and Popsy's front yard.

Looking for eggs!

Jackson, Cooper and Ainsleigh with their baskets.

Cooper doesn't always get his glasses on straight.