M. Sullivan Photography Flowers, Skiing, Sledding

Winter Fun

Mike has been busy keeping up with all of the snow this winter.  Snowblowing the driveway and sidewalks, shoveling the stairs and decks and keeping the backyard sledding course in tip-top shape.  We spent some time checking out his work on the sledding hill yesterday.  We all had a great time sliding – including the grown ups.  Sebastian took a little video of the fun.

Here’s Sophia two weeks ago just after she caught some air going over the big  jump.

Backyard Sliding

 

And posing for Mom.

Having Fun

 

Sebastian and Sophia also competed in their third Chester Bowl Ski Race this weekend.  They both had awesome runs down the hill.  Here are some clips of the action. 

It’s been so much fun watching the kids improve their skills and their times each week on the course.  There are three more ski races this year.  We can’t wait!

M. Sullivan Photography Flowers, Photos, Published

Published…Again

A very cool thing happened this morning.  I found out that one of my photos was selected in a contest by The Pioneer Woman.  She has a fabulous site filled with stories about her life on a ranch raising four children with her husband.  It includes her photography, recipes and daily musings.  She often has photography contests with a theme.  This week’s theme is “flowers”.  I submitted this photo of Sophia holding pretty blue forget-me-nots.

Forget-Me-Nots

There are usually 5 or 6 groups of photos chosen for the week. A number of finalists are chosen from those groups.  A winner along with runners-up are selected.  I’m not sure that I will make the cut.  There are some AMAZING photos posted, but it is fun to see one of my photos in amongst those from some very talented photographers.  I had another photo selected last May in one of her contests.  You can see the post here.  I didn’t make it to the finals, but it was an honor to be chosen. 🙂

M. Sullivan Photography Family, Photos, Weather

When Life Gives You 20 Below…

The kids had the day off from school today for semester break.  Mike took the day off so that they could go skiing.  Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate.  The overnight low was -24 degrees and when Sebastian rolled out of bed at 9:45am it was still about 20 below zero.  Needless to say, the skiing plans were canceled.  So what do you do when it’s 20 below outside?  You do a little science experiment – take a cup of boiling water, throw it up in the air outside and watch the water/steam form into ice crystals midair.

Mike and the kids did venture out of the house for the afternoon – lunch at Subway, a little book shopping at Barnes and Noble.  They picked up a Papa Murphy’s pizza for dinner and a movie to watch afterwards.  Overall, a good day off from school (and work) despite the cold.