Badges of Fun

We are super excited to start Family Fun's year long Badges of Fun challenge.  During the year we will get the chance to earn 10 different badges by doing something as a family.  This month was the Backyard Fun badge and we earned it by having a backyard campout.  For safety reasons we did it at grandma's house.  After roasting hot dogs and s'mores, we had a lot of fun using our new projector for our first outdoor movie night.  The best part was when the kids fell asleep in record time sleeping on top of every blanket we own in the tent.

When grandma called and told us that Brandon Mull was going to be at the Orem library we knew that we had to make the trip to go see him.  Anna has said that, "He is the best author in the whole world!"  She was beyond excited to sit and listen to him talk about his stories and why he became an author.  Dad bought her a copy of his new book (she wasn't able to finish it before school let out and had to return it to the library half finished) for him to sign.  Being completely star struck made her freeze up and she just stood and smiiled at him when it came her turn.  He was very nice and signed her book anyway.

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...........

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.