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...

  Lindy's class (the Brislecones, with Ms. Veronica) on a field trip to the Loveland Aquarium at the beginning of December. I've been chaperoning all the field trips this year.  On Thursday, January 5th, Sophie, Hallee and I flew to Los Angeles for the Footlocker West Regional XC race. The Skyline team planned to go together on a school-organized trip but the cost became untenable (there are some serious organizational issues and no affordable buses we're available by the time they started to plan) so parents were left to bring their own kids.  I had several things planned that weekend (Casey's holiday company party, a friend get together and one of my favorite traditions--the Salt Lake Children's Choir Christmas concert) but ditched them all because I love these two girls. We started the trip out by eating lunch on the Redondo Beach Pier and then renting e-bikes to cruise at top speed, covering  several miles of coastline--past Hermosa, Manhattan and El Segundo bea...