Collin and Emma are an amazing blessing! I can't imagine our family without them. Collin is a ball of energy. I think everyone would like him to share some! He has the funniest personality and is so lovable. He wants everyone to be excited about life like he is. Collin can't wait to be around people and is alway eager to share his exciting days with others. Recently he is excited about riding his bike. He is in about 10o places at once! But he always takes time to show that he loves his sister and even though he sometimes is a bit too rough and steals her bun....I know he loves her to peices! They even enjoy causing trouble for mommy at nap time and crawl into the same crib. Collin loves to tell everyone that Emma is his sister because he is so happy to be a big brother. Emma loves Collin and already looks up to him. They have grown so quickly and we are so happy that Shanna and Brian have been here so share!! Everyday we are blessed by their existence here on this earth. These two are a daily testimony to me that we come from a loving Heavenly Father and we are all his children!

Happy Birthday J!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!! I can't believe that Justin is already 17! It seems like just yesterday that Mom and Dad were showing us a video and Shanna thought they were telling her she was adopted, but in reality they were telling us about you! I will never forget how excited I was to have a baby around! We were all sure you were a girl....but we are so happy you weren't :) I know all the sisters treasure the cricket throwing and beatings we received almost daily! Thanks for being such a great brother! We love you and hope you had an amazing birthday! P.S. we are so excited that you bought Rock Band and I can't wait to post video of the family trying it!

WOW!! This is amazing

Hi everyone,
I saw this link on one of my friends walls and it was so amazing I had to post it so you could watch it. We are incredible blessed to be here. If you have a minute and watch the link.....it is AMAZING!!

http://www.eastvalleyproductions.com/blog.cfm?postID=31

More Exciting News

Apparently news doesn't travel through the family as quickly as I thought. So by way of announcement it has FINALLY happened. After a quarter of my life...I am engaged to be married. I am VERY excited and happy! I can't wait to be sealed to him for time and all eternity. I am engaged to Timothy Daniel Stone. As a quick side note, he goes by Daniel not Timothy. He is a Tucson native and is 26 years old. He attends the U of A where he plans on graduating with a degree in business in the next few years. He recently returned from his mission to Nashville Tennessee Spanish speaking in December. He works everyday to make sure I am happy. He even puts up with me when I am grouchy and orange!! Don't ask about the orange comment. I think everyone got a laugh out of it and that is what matters. :) Anyhow, I love him and am so thankful for him.

This weekend we were able have our engagement pictures taken in Mesa. It was SOOO much fun! My Aunt Jill took our pictures and did a wonderful job. We feel so blessed to have such wonderful memories with her!! We love the pictures! I want to thank Jill for putting up with my Orange tint and for working so hard to fix it! I love all of my family and want to thank them for their support at this exciting time in my life! Well, hopefully I can keep up with this blog from now on. I promise I will try!

I Know...I Know

Well you are all probably thinking it is about time! The Larimore family has had WAY too much fun lately. We have been back in real life for a week. The Cruise was AMAZING!! We were able to go para sailing, snorkeling, to the San Diego Zoo, and Exploring in Ensanada.

There are a million pictures from the cruise and hopefully with any luck I will be able to create and post a movie summary to music soon. Collin loved the cruise. He had a special connection to our waiter at dinner and they had dialogue nightly about the placement of the ketchup on the plate. The food was great!! Collin didn't understand why we couldn't ride the boat home to Tucson. He was very sad when we had to come home. We had a blast! Thanks mom and dad! We love you!!

Cooper and Justin

Well we gave Cooper his second bath tonight....and he discovered a new way to dry off. I am not sure that mom is a fan but he likes it a lot better than the blow drier! He is growing quickly and is starting to get into a little bit of trouble. This week he chewed up Shanna's shoe and decided that Emma's bottle tasted pretty good! Anyhow, we wanted to post some video and pictures from bath time.

In other news....Justin gave a talk in church this week and did a great job. He also took a girl on her first date. Justin had to write his name on a bullet before they left. We all thought it was great! Below is the picture of the family watching as he signed the bullet.

Finally

Well I have not been very good at updating this blog since school started. Things have been a little crazy! Well here is the latest! 2008 has been great so far. Emma is growing quickly! Here is a picture with Daddy ringing in the new year!

Cooper is growing quickly! He knows how to ring the bell to get outside. He will sit if you catch him at the right time. His very favorite thing to do is play with Collin and build big forts with the scraps of wood in the backyard! His least favorite thing to do is take a bath and get his hair blowdried!

In other news we are celebrating the retirement of Collin's BUNS....aka...pacifiers. He finally took one of the many bribs offered to him and he threw them away to get a scooter. Mom and dad decided it was a worthwhile investment. He loves his new scooter and for the most part is not missing his BUN too much!

I have been very busy at work this week. I taught a class on technology in the classroom Friday. The flu bug also invaded my classroom!! We had the first stain on the carpet this week as a result! I was almost in tears because the carpet is brand new!!! I called my mom and begged her to bring out her carpet cleaning machine and of course she did! Thanks mom, you saved the day!! I decided to put up a picture of my class! I love these kids!! They are an awesome bunch! The day this picture was taken was PJ and stuffed animal day!

Finally, thanks to all those who supported our family last weekend at Grandpa Larimore's funeral! We are happy we had him around for 102 years! He was an amazing part of our family!

Also look for future post including Justin, who fills left out. If you have any good pictures of him please email them to me. Thanks!