Since there was a scheduling conflict this year between the storytelling festival and our ward youth conference, the majority of us were only able to attend Laughin' Night on Saturday night. Always a favorite, this gives each of us the chance to sit back and laugh for a few hours. Griffin typically falls asleep or loses interest, but this year he sat captivated through the majority of the stories. And it ended with him laughing so hard I thought he was going to cry.
As I was double checking the schedule this year, I noticed a storyteller on the front page of their web site that the kids and I attended last year.
There we are on the front row! I'm hoping that next year our schedule's won't clash and we're able to attend the whole festival again.
For the past three years, our family has attended Laughin' Night, part of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. (James Christensen designed the logo which you may have seen.) This year, I decided to go to the entire three-day event. I couldn't go Thursday night because of pack meeting, but I went without my family Friday (the kids were in school so I didn't feel too guilty), then with Ellie and one of her friends Friday night to My Favorite Stories. Ian, Mags and Ellie went with me all day Saturday, then John and Griffin joined us for closing night, better known as Laughin' Night. One of the storytellers, Rex Ellis, had Griffin laughing harder than we've seen in a long time. It was worth it just for that. My kids just loved Kevin Kling, Carmen Deedy, Antonio Rocha (a mime, no less!), and Bill Harley. This is such a great event and we're so lucky to have it in our backyard at Mt. Timpanogos Park just at the start of Provo Canyon. It gives my kids a chance to "unplug" from the computer, songs, video games, etc., until they get home and listen to their CDs. 
