House O' Sullivans

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...

Last Thursday, we took a trip to the Jurassic Period, meeting up with Mary and Kellee (as in THE Neal and Kellee who lived in Wayne's Bar once upon a time) and some of their family at the Dinosaur Park in Ogden.  I totally pulled the homeschooling card and we got in for $3 each.  It is always a true delight to save money.  The Dinosaur Park is a huge outdoor park complete with a river, lots of trails, tons of trees, and actual-size sculptures of dinosaurs--100s of them--lurking everywhere. Phoebe and Jed get consumed by a Triceratops while Hallee, Zeke, and Jake look passively on The kids were fascinated with all of the fish and ducks in this pond.  Not dinosaurs, but rainbow trout. Sophie with her cousin Phoebe Part of the park housed a sprawling playground, including this awesome tree slide. Phoebe, Zeke, Soph, and Hal, not realizing that a prehistoric creature is creeping up on them from behind. One of the many trails in the park. Wh...