The "String Man"

Today we went to a puppet show at the library. The puppeteer was called "The String Man." He was so good with all of the kids and they were 100% delighted with everything he did. It was so cute. I have never seen a real puppet show like this one before, I loved it as much as the kids did.

I wish this picture was more clear. It is a trapeze artist and he really did do tricks! So great!

Some cute faces.

The puppets were all so wonderful. This bear danced on a ball while balancing a ball on his nose. Serious skills.

This marionette (sp?) played the violin. There was music in the background and he played to it. He also talked. It was funny how the kids begin to think that the puppet is really doing the talking the puppeteer didn't even try to disguise he was talking, but the kids laughed at all the right places. Their faces were so great!

This clown actually blew up a balloon. The kids ate it up, there were all sorts of ooohs and aaahs.

He had this life size cowboy that sang a song and played the guitar.

Look at this great slide that the Chapman City Library has in their "Children's Room." As we left Lincoln made me swear that we would come back.

Lovin' the slide.

This beautiful girl is Ashleigh. I met Ashleigh while serving at Washington State University on my mission. Ashleigh was in high school then and was an amazing enough gal that she actually like to hang out with the missionaries. We didn't have a car, nor did we have a grocery store in the town we were in so Ashleigh would drive us there, she would go on splits, her mom would take care of us as well. I really loved Ashleigh's family. Ashleigh is one of those people that I will love for the rest of my life. One of those people that I can go forever without seeing and as soon as I see them it is as if no time ever passed.

Today I saw Ashleigh for the first time in about 7 years. She is going to grad school at BYU and was in Salt Lake for the day. She met us at the Library and went to the puppet show with us. It was so fun to see her again after all of those years. She is honestly so wonderful!