It's Not Easy Being Big - or should I say small?!

This is one of my all time favorite books. I have enjoyed reading it to all the kids. Plus, it is such a wonderful beginning book for the kids as they are learning to read.

I also like it because I can relate to Elmo. (No, I'm not a small red furry monster, although some days my kids might tell you otherwise.) While being small can be great - sometimes it's not so easy. For example: Check out these next couple pictures.

I always knew this day would come. In fact, I hoped it would. But did it have to happen so soon? J1 wins the prize for being the first one to grow taller than me.

General Young Women's Meeting

Instead of attending a satelite broadcast of the General Young Women's Meeting last Saturday, L, J1 and I decided to get tickets to attend at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. It was an amazing meeting.

So many things to post ... so little time.

I am so far behind on our blog. I have been trying to change the look of the blog and just make it look a little more exciting, but I just keep coming back to the same template and look. Maybe this change just wasn't meant to be.

Anyway, I'm going to try to catch things up a bit.

Sweet Little One

I know "Where the Wild Things Are" ... and I just love this sweet little wild thing.

Lights at Temple Square

We went to Temple Square on Saturday night to see the Chrsitmas lights with my sister and her family. At times like this, I wish I was a better photographer and had a better camera!

I'm thankful for ...

a sleeping baby!

Family Night in a Tipi!!

Brother and Sister Smith invited us to their tipi for family night on Monday. (Not everyone as a real Indian tipi in their back yard!) Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of the Smith's or their tipi, but we enjoyed a fun evening with them, roasting marshmallows over a fire in the tipi and getting to know them. Sister Smith used to be a gymnast prior to an accident that broke her neck and put her in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. She is such a wonderful example of humility and enduring to the end. I'm not sure what Brother Smith does, but he used to be a clown and has won multiple awards for his balloon creations. He shared some of them with us.

Check these out:

A poodle ...

A flower ...A butterfly ...A flying mouse ... (you hold the mouse in your hand and pull the tail to make it fly)A rhinoceros ...A horse ...
And my personal favorite, a teddy bear riding a unicycle ...