House O' Sullivans

Valentine's Day was a couple of weeks ago, but evidence of the madness lingers in my bathroom. That morning I was awake and feeding the baby in my room when the kids poked their heads in and informed me that I was not allowed to exit my room until they said so. I wasn't sure what they were up to, but once they'd installed themselves in the art bar, they came back to my room and told me that they had to get the paint. "Dad said so."  Now at my house, because of past altercations (notice the conspicuous "s" in that word), the paint only comes out when I am there to supervise the situation. Closely. The last time I let the kids paint sans supervision there was paint on the kitchen table, the kitchen floor, the bathroom (everywhere), and on the fabric shower curtain. Clothes were ruined. I spent a long time cleaning up and feeling grouchy. You get the idea.   But what could I do? It was Valentine's Day and I needed to stay in my room. My chi...

It's been a month since I posted on our family blog, so I better write something . January 31st was a big day for the Sullivan household. Sophie Gene was baptized and Lindy was blessed. Sophie's cousin, Tabitha (who was born just one week after Sophie), came up from Cedar City with her family so that we could have the ultimate cousin ordinance event. It was special day and we felt blessed to share it with so many dear friends and family members. Hal, Tabitha, Soph, Lindy, and Zeke I love this picture of Casey with Soph and Lindy. It captures the sweet goodness of all three. We had Grandma Tiede (Casey's grandma) come over and spend the whole day with us. It was pretty much awesome. My mom joined us for dinner and for family night,Grandma Tiede shared stories from her life. What a beautiful lady she is. We all love her so much. It's been a busy month. I'm still trying to figure out how to do everything that I want to do with a new baby. The new...

Two weeks ago we decided to go to Saint George for Sophie's birthday. The weather looked perfect down there and we wanted to get out of the thick soup that is the air in the Salt Lake Valley during the winter inversions.  As with all treks to Saint George, we planned to stop at the Meadow Hot Springs. It was after much deliberation that we decided to give Lindy her first taste of the hot springs. We left Salt Lake early on Friday morning and reached Meadow just before noon. The path out to the springs was snow covered and the morning air was frigid, but we are intrepid, so we bundled little Lou up and headed for the 100 degree water. Once she was in, she was loving it.  Lindy's first hot spring adventure The little bathing beauty Sophie, Hallee, and Zeke did countless reps--jumping in over and over. It was a bit tricky to extract Lindy from the hot springs and get her back to the car because we wanted to keep her warm. Casey handed her right to...