House O' Sullivans

Once or twice a year, I take the kids on the UTA and we ride downtown for an adventure.  Finally feeling up for it, and wanting to see the flowers in their full spring glory on temple square, I surprised the kids with an all-day outing last Wednesday.  We started with a self-tour of the Cathedral of the Madeline, rode the elevator in the church office building up to the observation deck and did some classic elevator jumping on our descent, marvelled at the amazing gardens everywhere, touched the Salt lake Temple (another tradition), played in the children's exhibit in the Church Museum of History and Art, and then met Casey for lunch at Brigham Young Park.  It was a lovely day.  A bit chilly in the morning, but gorgeous.  After lunch, Casey took us to the Heber C. Kimball Cemetery, tucked up between apartment buildings just north of the Conference Center and then to see the Kensington Apartments where his company is working on a big project.  After Casey w...

Yesterday was a work day at the Sullivan house.  Casey cleaned off the patio and then moved onto the garage--two absolute disaster zones.  I was cleaning up the house and making food--we'd invited some friends over for dinner--something that hasn't happened in a couple of months.  Thankfully I am feeling lots better (although I still throw up often), hence the advent of dinner guests.  While Casey and I were consumed in our labors, the kids spent much of the day watching the spectacle that is Best Avenue when the Colors Festival is on at the Krishna Temple a couple of blocks from our house.  People come and park on our street, leave looking fairly normal to the festival, then return to their cars covered in colored chalk.  The chalk chucking is a tradition in India to welcome spring.  The kids were fascinated.  I promised to take them next year when I had more time.  Around 4:30, Karen showed up with her kids and her friend, Lydia and asked...