Sneak Peek

Aaron's Baptism Pictures

Invitations will be arriving in your mailbox shortly. 

But I wanted to give you a sneak peek at my handsome little man.

My compliments to my good friend and photographer, Michelle at Mish Photography.

You did a beautiful job!! 

(Of course, it helps that he's such a good lookin' model to shoot.)

Before I know it, we'll be getting his mission pictures taken.  (Sniff-Sniff)

Isn't it Great...

He's finally Eight!  Aaron's Birthday Rock

The Perspective of a Child

Leave it to children to put things into perspective.

Moriah (3)

Little Mo recently received some significant road rash on her arm. She was not too fond of the scab and kept saying, "Get it off! Get it off!" I took each opportunity to remind her that Heavenly Father and Jesus made her body so it would get better all by itself and the scab is how that happens. A few days later, when her arm was feeling better, she excitedly announced to her brother, "Aarno!" (She either calls him Aarno or Aarna.) "Jesus made my arm feel better!"

Rebekah (6)

Bekah offers some of the sweetest prayers I have heard. The other night she gave a thankful prayer. Amongst the many things for which she thanked her Heavenly Father were her heart and heaven. She thanked Him "for my heart, so I can live" and "for heaven, so the dead people can have a place to stay until they live again."

Aaron (8)
Aaron also prays from his heart, and sometimes it catches me off guard. The kids recently saw part of a scary movie with a babysitter and it really got to Aaron. I assured him that he could ask Heavenly Father for help, so he did. "Please help me to not be such a chicken."

Emma (9) Bekah recently did something because her friend, Lydia, wanted to do it. Afterward, Emma and Bekah were having a discussion about making good choices and peer pressure and the like. Out of nowhere, Emma asked, "What are you going to do when Lydia starts drinking?" Gail assured her that Lydia was not going to start drinking, to which Emma retorted, "You don't know that. You don't know the future."

Aaron's 8th Birthday

Beautiful Kids!  (Mo is in her pajamas, well I guess it's better than the diaper she usually runs around in)

 Presents!  Before:

 During:

After:

 Cake:

I can't believe he will be baptized in a few short weeks!  (Invitations will be coming soon)

I know everyone tells you kids grow up fast but I didn't really believe them
until it happened before my very eyes!

Bekah's 6th Birthday

Birthday Rock

 Chuck E. Cheese with her best friend Lydia, (not pictured - she was playing air hockey with Aaron)

 Birthday Presents:

And cake.

She had a wonderful birthday.  I can't believe she's 6 years old!

We Forgot...

Mo's Birthday Rock.

No-Melt Snowman

My kids love making snow men in the winter, but we've only had one really good snow storm so far. 

I saw this idea on a ward members door, (so I copied).  Thanks Tomer's for the cute idea.

Fright Night!

Mike's incredible pumpkin!  Fans of Plants vs. Zombies will appreciate this one.

 Yes, he carved this into the pumpkin skin, awesome huh?

Pumpkin's architects from left to right: Mo, Mom, Aaron, Bekah, Emma...ta-da!

Uncle Wesley & Uncle Phil's Pumpkins.  Nice job boys!

Halloween 2012

A Rimington Halloween Tradition

Mike shows up to the Trunk or Treat

in his traditional gorilla garb!

That's Mike in the gorilla suit & Pete on his back.

Grandpa & Grandma's Ghostly Gala

Thanks Grandpa Ken & Grandma Jan-Jan for throwing such a fun party for the kids. 

They loved it!  Here are some highlights of our spooky good time. 

(my Halloween-isms are so lame, I know...try to grin and bear 'em)

Scary Shadow

Okay, what's really scary about this picture is that even my shadow has gained weight.

 Fantastic Costumes if I do say so myself.

Q:  What do you get when you cross a (homemaid) Mountain Man, a ghost, two witches and two bugs?

A:  Us!

What is a Rimington Party without a super cool craft for the kids? 

The flour game...a classic!

And the moment we we're all waiting for [drum roll please] The Weighing...not me...The PUMPKIN.

334 lbs! Again, not me...the pumpkin

Can you tell my next goal is to lose a few pounds?

That's 367 lbs. with the toddler!

One word  -  Incredible!

Thanks again Mom and Dad...it was a frightening good time



Mo & Co's Birthday Bash

Moriah (Mo) & Colleen (Co) share birthdays two days apart, so we had a combined celebration for the two birthday girls.

Here's a peek at some of the fun:

Jump & Bounce

 Cake

 The best present ever (for Mo): The Backyardigans!

 A Castle for the Little Princess

 Yum...frosting

They're Off! (For Now)

No more braces and just look at that gorgeous straight smile!

Phase one is complete and she got those cursed things off last week.  Hooray!!

 Dr. Bills is super nice and Emma thought he was really cool.  Thank you Dr. Bills, huh-huh "Bills" it makes me chuckle...ya know, because braces are so expensive. 

 Here's Emma getting the glue removed from her teeth...this part hurt a lot, poor girl.  She was in tears.  The assistant described the pain like biting into a cold popcicle.

Emma gettting the impression for her retainer.

 And by this point she was really mad I was still taking pictures.  She wanted to know why I would even consider taking pictures of something so unpleasant.  I compared the experience to childbirth...later you'll want to remember what you went through. 



60!

My father and me, (Gail) when I was a baby.

From left to right: Wes, Colleen, Baby Phillip, and Gail

We didn't really sleep in the same bed.  But it was definitely a cute photo opp of all the kids together.

We love you Dad!

Have a very Happy 60th Birthday!

Here's some more pics for fun:

Family Vacation in Jackson Hole & Bear Lake.

Russ and Kae Canning

Dad & The Boys

1st Family Photo



The kids in 1995