SUMMER TIME!

Well it has been a busy summer! We celebrated both Collin and Emma's birthdays. Shanna and Brian worked hard and had really fun parties for both of them. There cakes were super cute and Shanna did a great job on both of them too. Collin is a busy three year old. He has been busy playing YMCA Itty Bitty Sports. They started with basketball and now they are playing tee-ball. Collin was so embarrassed about his little sippy cup that he use to go to the side where no one could see him drinking from it. Now Collin has a big boy water bottle which he is thrilled about.

Emma is a busy 1 year old walking all over the place! She is communicating with her sign language more and more and is growing up fast.

Justin has been busy this summer too. He went to EFY and has been helping around the house and in my classroom. Shelly and Rob are both working and are both studying hard as summer school students :( Mom and Dad are busy taking care of Cooper...he is a big baby!! Mom has taught Cooper how to catch a ball in mid-air! Hooray for MOM...only people who know Cooper can understand what an accomplishment that is!!! He also jumped over the baby gate yesterday but he still doesn't remember that he can get over it so he continues to hang all over it. Maybe someday he will comprehend his size :)

Tomorrow Cooper is going to be shaved because he will be camping with us and since he loves water mom doesn't want to deal with his uncontrollable hair. I will post pictures of our cute dog with his new haircut and hopefully he will still be cute :) Have a wonderful 4th of July from the Larimore Family!

COLLIN IS THREE!!!

That's right! Collin is three years old. Collin has brought a special light and spirit to our family that is irreplaceable. He is so thrilled to be alive! Life as a three year old has been a wonderful experience in which he gets to play sports on a team, go to story time, swimming lessons, gymboree, and much much more. It is so hard to believe he has been here for three years! We all feel very blessed to have such a wonderful nephew, son, and grandson around! Happy Birthday Collin, we love you! Here are so pictures through the years :)!

Thanksgiving 5 months old

April Conference 10 months

Becoming a big brother just after turning 2

Collin is a great big brother!

December 2007- Collin is 2 and 1/2

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!!