House O' Sullivans

Sean, building his weekly spelling words into a crossword puzzle. He comes up with his own words and they are often tricky ones but he's handling it! Sophie does homeschool with Sean on Mondays so that I can get out with friends on a weekly adventure in the mountains. Bless her! Sean likes to write exclusively in capital letters, so we are working on getting the lowercase letters down. Last week we calculated the density of this sample of iron pyrite to determine its purity. Casey and I joined the Sundberg's for dinner at the Dodo Restaurant and then downtown to the Delta Center to see comedian Nate Bargatze. (We had seen Ryan Hamilton at the Wise Guys Comedy club the weekend before so we were on a comedy roll.) It was a blast. The opening comedian played off of several people on the front row, including Lindy's good friend, Sam Skanchy! Lucky for Sam, he knew what the year 1776 was all about! (One teenager and one adult before him did not, incredibly.) Sean and Lindy on a ...

On Saturday, November 1st, Casey took Zeke and joined several Abstract Masonry Restoration employees at the Trinity AME Church on 600 South in downtown Salt Lake to replace 9 window sills. They volunteered their time and Casey donated the materials. The old original sandstone sills were deteriorating and every time that Casey passed the church, he wanted to do something about it. He arranged to do the work with Pastor Jackson and this was the day. The old Trinity AME Church, built in 1909, with her new stone window sills. Casey with Kevin, a member of the Trinity AME Church congregation. Kevin, a member of three choir, helped them all day long. Kevin with Zeke at the AME Church. They have 3 more window sills to replace along with the cornerstone, which Casey will hand carve and install next year. Pastor Jackson invited our family to attend church services and we did in mid-November. We all loved being there with them! Newel and Maya came over on November 1st and we took the kids on a s...