June 22, 2011

Morrell Falls




We decided to celebrate the first day of summer by going on a hike.  It was a five mile round trip hike to Morrell Falls.  The trail was absolutely gorgeous and the kids were so excited to find snow.  We were amazed at the size and power of the falls.  There was so much spray that you got wet just looking at them.  The best part of the hike was when Uncle Landon carried Cassie the entire way back down.  Not a bad way to start summer.  We thought about making it a tradition until we heard about a family that has ice cream for dinner on the first day of summer.  Hmm...........

June 20, 2011

Splash Pad



The sun finally peeked out today after days of rain and gloom. We celebrated by taking the kids to the park. Montana parks are amazing because many have free splash pads. There is a sensor that the kids can touch to tun on the water and start the fun. We like free and they like water, everyone left happy.

June 19, 2011

Missoula Carousel





What vacation to Montana would be complete without a trip to the Missoula carousel?  We always love this family favorite.  We sometimes got sad when we did not get to ride an outside horse because then we could not try to get the brass ring. Lucky for us uncle Landon taught us a sure fire way to always get an out side horse. Both kids tried very hard But this time Anna was lucky enough to snag the elusive brass ring. Way to go Anna!

June 17, 2011

Ghost Towns & Rock Hounds





We picked the coldest day in June to visit Garnet Ghost Town.  While walking through the 30 preserved buildings we got snowed on!  It was the awesomest ghost town that we have ever been to and  it got even better when Maggie helped us find our first ever Letterbox.  After Joey fell in the mud we decided that a hike to the waterfall was out so we drove to Phillipsburg where we bought a bag of dirt that we searched through to find sapphires.  When it was all said and done we had a blast and found 88.64 karats of sapphires.  We are now officially addicted and planning our next trip back to buy another bag of dirt.

June 14, 2011

Seipert Style



The Seipert family has a style all their own - TROUBLE!  Bryce has been having way too much fun shooting blackpowder pistols, making water balloon launchers to shoot into the road (or at each other), and getting questioned by police after making homemade fireworks.  As fun as it is, we're hoping that Bryce doesn't get arrested before we make it home.  Cross your fingers for us!

June 11, 2011

Summer Vacation Begins






Our summer vacation started with a bang this year!  We were so happy to have Brian, Kelly and their family stay at our house.  It turns out that Brian is really the life of the party and he started a dance fest after dinner one night.  He helped Bryce finish the treehouse as well (more pictures to come).  Our families had a great time at the temple and Church History Museum before leaving for Logan.  While in Logan we had the chance to see Landon and Tiffany get sealed in the temple and had an awesome time playing at the hotel with the whole family.  We have had so much fun starting our summer vacation and can't wait to see what else it holds for us. 

Summer's Here!



We had an awesome and exhausting last week of school.  There was the PTA carnival, Girl Scout Cookie Party and our Minute to Win It end of the year party.  When it was over Mom and Dad were beyond exhausted and the kids wanted to know, "What's next?"  We can't for our vacation to start.