So I have to brag on my brothers for a moment. They recently build a rather large snowman in their front yard in Orem, Utah. It has become a local celebrity and dominated the discussions at Church and apparently in ward PEC meeting. When my brothers arrived at Church two Sundays ago the Elder's Quorum President approached them and asked them how tall the snowman was. He told them that the height of the snowman had been the dominating conversation in PEC that morning! So how tall was it exactly? Here is a picture. . . what do you think? (hint: my brother on the right is 6'4").
I am sure my brothers would want everyone to know that they did in fact wear appropriate clothing when building this snowman. The shorts and sandals were just for the photo.
The monster snowman was about 11 feet in this picture. Then they heard about snowzilla a huge snowman in Alaska. So when the next snowstorm came through they added to the height of their snowman, pushing it to 14.5 feet.
My family says that it has drawn a lot of attention as people come from all over to take picture of it and with it. They even have had a few cars nearly crash as they were distracted by it as they drove by.
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Proverbs 22:6 says that "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
We have gotten an early start on this thanks to my brother and Suzy's brother who gave Baby Girl Sullivan these for Christmas . . .
We are already off on a good start in training her up to be a Jazz Fan!!!
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Lastly, for Christmas I received a fun toy, the Nike + iPod. For someone like me who suffers from slight OCD coupled with my strange fascination with numbers and statistics, multiplied by my competitive nature, this little device is wonderfully cool. It actually makes running fun, because while I am running I can know exactly how far I have gone, how long I have run and what my current pace is. And even better when I get home I can upload my run onto my computer and compare it against my other runs and thousands of other people.
One quick complaint about the area we live in . . . Sunday night it rained ever so slightly, which in most places would not be a big deal. But here in the land of "we don't believe in plowing our roads or putting salt on them," it was a big deal. The rain coupled with the freezing cold, was just enough to turn the road from a drivable road into an ice skating rink. The road was completely covered in a layer of ice mixed with the snow that they city did not plow. So not only was it dangerous for drivers, it was difficult for me to complete my run. The uphill parts were not too bad as long as I baby stepped my way to the top of the hill, but the downhill part was scary. The entire way down all I could think about was, "What if I fall and get a concussion or break my leg, will anyone even see me or help me," followed by "I wonder if they could pull my personal information off my iPod because that is all I have to identify myself?" I finally finished my run without falling, and as I finished a voice came over the iPod and congratulated me on my longest run yet! So fun, can't wait until the next run!
p.s. The Nike Plus programing is what created the little guy in the right column that tracks my progress.
