House O' Sullivans

This little girl is such a doll. Loo sitting in her makeshift play yard--a cardboard box--last Monday at the Phoebe's birthday picnic up Millcreek Canyon with the extended family. Hallee is training Loo in the fine art of tramp jumping. Zeke is an adoring brother for sure. Zeke, Lindy, and Soph hanging out together in the backyard. Yesterday we hiked up to the waterfall in Rocky Mouth Canyon with our friends the Scotts. It's been so stinkin' hot in the valley, that we had no choice but to evacuate to the hills for survival. It's been in the 100s the past few days. Ugh and more ugh!! Hallee and Zeke cooling off. This was such a dreamy place to be during the heat of the day. Fie on 100+ degree weather! Even Lindy got into the water. In fact she did a header and dove right in. Luckily I was right there to rescue her. Catherine with Lindy. Lindy loved the water and especially enjoyed tasting the rocks.

The last couple of weeks have been loaded with fun and activity.  Here are some of the highlights: Hallee recently developed a game that she calls "Emergency."  She puts either Black Bill or Blackie in the stroller, then pulls it behind her like a rickshaw at break-neck speeds.  Here is some raw footage of her game:  Last week on Wednesday, our stake hosted a big pioneer activity (in honor of our upcoming trek).  Casey was in charge of the barbecue station, where he cooked up dinner for over 400 people.  The Costco trip to acquire the rations for such a feed was epic.  I have never purchased so much food at one time.  People were stopping us in the store, inquiring about the time and location of the party. Casey, manning his grill with style Our cute little pioneer, Sophie. I've been working with a group of youth and grown-ups--there are 7 of us--for several months, learning old fiddle tunes and hymns to play on the Wyomi...