House O' Sullivans

We got back from Puerto Rico on January 6th and the kids were back to school the very next day and life shifted abruptly back to the regular and ordinary. Tired little Sean after our trip. Sean and I made this cool diorama of the First Vision together and then he taught an FHE lesson on Joseph Smith. Sean, working on his scarf after school. One of the many reasons that I love Wasatch Charter School. All the kids learn to knit there and it's absolutely the coolest thing. Sean, yarn-master extraordinaire.  On January 17th, this chick turned 18! Casey and I, on break in the Albion Grill while skiing up at Alta on Sophie's birthday. The younger kids didn't have school that day and Sophie took the day off. (Only Hallee went to school. Poor thing.) Lindy, loving every minute up at Alta. We went to Escape on 13th and did the "Walk the Plank" escape room with the whole family, dined at Cafe Rio afterwards and then had the extended family over for pie and ice cream back at...

September was the month of cross-country meets. Wasatch Charter had another robust girl's team this year and they all enjoyed running together. Most of the Wasatch Charter Girl's team Hallee at her first meet of the season, obliterating all competition. This girl if fierce! We had Simon with us for a couple of days while Sean and Kim were living in a trailer, awaiting their new home to be ready for move in. Simon is the ultimate cheerleader (he was up in a tree, pumping his fists in the air, cheering on the runners with complete abandon and jubilance) and made friends with everyone as he passed out freshly picked apples that we'd gathered from Shirleen's tree to the spectators and runners. Simon, sleeping over in Sean's bed. They were so cute together. On Labor Day, Casey rented a little sailboat for us to practice our sailing skills with on Willard Bay. There wasn't much wind, but we had fun anyway. We dubbed it "subtle sailing" since our movement thr...