Fairmont Hot Springs: Resort

This weekend, we did a Interval International Exchange with our condo share to try out a resort about an hour away from us. It's called Fairmont Hot Springs. It was so fun!
"Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is known throughout the Northwest for its pools.
There are two over sized Olympic swimming pools and two mineral soaking pools. One of each located indoors and outdoors. The pools are fed by a virtually unlimited supply of 155 degree natural hot spring water, cooled to various temperatures for comfort and maximum enjoyment.
The Native Americans considered hot springs to be medicinal and many people to this day swear by the healing powers of natural hot springs. If swimming and soaking is not your thing, try the excitement of the 350 foot enclosed water slide. It’s a wet, exhilarating ride into Fairmont’s outdoor pool and you’re guaranteed to make a splash. The waterslide uses the hot springs water, and along with the outdoor pool is open year round."

Brett and all the kids tried out the slide! They loved it!!
Even with it being outdoors and mid-October

Student of the Month & 500%

 For the month of September, Victoria was nominated for Student of the Month by her teacher, Mrs. Hauer. Way to go, Sissy!
The school makes it a big deal with a monthly assembly [parents invited] that includes Student of the Month award presentations, "Bully Buster" rewards, Classroom reading Trophies, 500% Reading Club Certificates and a Video Presentation made by a few students complete with a Cheer Squad. Pretty impressive! I thought it was sweet because the Principal gives each student a hug as they get their award. They go the extra mile here to make sure the kids know that the staff think they are awesome kids!

Victoria was also rewarded a certificate for the 500% Reading Club. Don't ask me how you get 500% but sounds pretty amazing! Victoria is quite the smarty pants. We are wau proud of her!

BF's Ladies Craft Night

 I got this invite by email from Ben Franklin's Craft Shop for a Ladies Craft Night! Yeah! I really have felt like I left my Craft Mojo in Fargo so I thought this might be a way to get some back. 
I invited a few ladies to join me but no one could make it so I took Liberty with me for a Mother/Daughter outing. It was way fun!!!

They were way busy! But we did manage to paint tote bags, make Christmas earrings, snag supplies for a fun wood plaque, ate some yummy appetizers and got a free wine glass.

We also picked up some cute little clip boards to do as a project with the other girls. It was a fun night out with my beautiful daughter! Thanks, Sis!

In Awe....Beautiful Drive from MT to UT

Life really is about perspective. Moving to a new area gives you the opportunity to appreciate what you left behind but also what you have been given.
There are things I miss dearly about Fargo. Some of which are amazing friends, certain GNO restaurants, craft stores, and even my little grocery places.
But in Helena I am daily in AWE of the beauty of the landscape!!!
Granted, I know that others have seen way more beautiful places but from my limited perspective--- it's AMAZING here!!!
On our drive from Helena to the Salt Lake Valley, I wanted to take a million pictures of the mountains! They are gorgeous!!! Brett and I were taking about how we hope that no matter how long we live here- we wake up every morning and say- "Wow!! How gorgeous!  I LOVE the mountains!!!"
Here's a few of my favorites:

"Who are you??"- An AMAZING Host

Once again, we had a fabulous time staying at the Davis' home. Cheri is an amazing host!!! I found myself asking her several times, "Who are you?" (Which I meant in the most loving, jaw dropping sense possible. LOL) From her beautiful home to her amazing "from-scratch" food at every meal to her fun ideas of things to do to her awesome kids to her little thoughtful gifts----- this place is the better than a fancy Bed & Breakfast!
We always love our time with the Davis Family! Thanks guys for having us!

Birthday Sunday at the Davis'

After the Sunday morning session of Conference, most of the Seamons' family came up to the Davis' for a Birthday Sunday Lunch. We got to celebrate Alex, Dixon and Brett's birthdays! Yeah! We haven't been to a birthday Sunday for years.
Cheri made the most amazing dinner! Lemon butter Chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, salad, mandarin oranges with bananas, home-made rolls, home-made cheese cake and apple crisp! Holy moly! Who is this woman??? LOL And the boys even made home-made sushi. Delish!!! AWEsOME!!

It was a short visit but so fun to see everyone. So glad that they could make the trip to let us see them! Luv you guys! XOXO

GNO with Seamons' girls

I'm always jealous that Shelly takes fun pictures of her family GNOs. So this time, I made the girls pose for some pictures. I luv these ladies! Here's a few of my favorites! LOL

"She did it!!"

In honor of Jake

Gorgeous Seamons Ladies

While the boys are away, the girls will play!

While the guys were off to the Priesthood Session, Lori graciously allowed the chaos to continue at her place. The ladies and all the kids had a great time making and eating home-made pizzas, visiting, playing inside & out and picking veggies from Lori's garden. What a fun evening! Thanks Lori!

Priesthood Session with Dad

It's been forever since Brett got to attend a Priesthood session with his Dad. Tonight, he finally got to! Yeah! Here's the menfolk heading out for he night! Silly Rasmussen boys! LOL

They grabbed a bite to eat afterwards. Fun times!

I Hope they Call Me on a Mission

We had the opportunity to be at the Rasmussen's home this afternoon to watch Jake open his Mission Call. So cool! He had tons of people there to support him. I think he had more people in that room then I had at my Wedding reception. LOL

He has been called to serve in the San Antonio, TX mission. We are very proud of him. The Rasmussen boys are such great examples to our kids. We just adore them! Congrats, Jake! I mean, Elder!

*Shay actually guessed Texas. Wahoo! Go me!

Hugging Lou (Dad)

Checking out the map!

Lunch at the Crumps

We had a pretty full weekend but some of the Crump family made time to meet us at Grandpa & Grammy Crump's for a quick, late lunch. It was way fun to see everyone and the food was awesome! Thanks for hanging out with us, guys!

General Conference Oct 2013

It was fun to be in UT for General Conference Weekend. We haven't had the chance to watch General Conference on TV for around 9 years! Oh the things we take for granted sometimes! It was a great morning. We got to hang out with the Davis' family, braid the little girls hair and be filled with the Spirit of the amazing messages from the voice of the Lord's servants. It was a lot of fun!

Part of the reason we decided to go down for the whole weekend was because Aunt Shauna offered to take the nieces and nephews that were eight and older to a session of General Conference in the Conference Center. How cool is that? She ended up having 8 of them go with her. She ended up with Alex, his girlfriend, Laura, Jake, Anna, Chandler, Ethan, Liberty & Justice. So fun! What a special experience for them.

While some waited in their seats, a few took a short tour of the Conference Center. I love all the pictures they took! Justice and Ethan are great friends. They are so excited to be together when we come to UT.

After the morning session of Conference, Shauna took the Conference Crew to The Roof for lunch. What an awesome aunt she is! Thanks Shauna for taking them!

P.S. What are the chances?! At the Roof, the kids ran into our good friends, the Stephens from Fargo! Turns out that they came down for the game & Conference & lunch at the Roof as well! Isn't that crazy? Too bad the parents didn't get to see each other- but the kids were way excited! Miss you guys!

Touching the Logan, UT Temple

I couldn't stand the fact of making a trip to UT and not touching a Temple that we haven't before. I mean seriously... we are lame if we can't make it to at least one! LOL (especially because we drive by at least 10 of them on our family travels to UT)
So Brett let us quickly make a stop at the Logan UT Temple. I love all the Temples! They are so beautiful. Yeah for an addition to our Touching Temple List!

Aggies vs. the Cougars

When Brett found out that BYU was playing Utah State in Logan, he started making plans on how to get there! He called his Dad and his brother-in-laws and invited them to join him. Because it was Conference weekend- Brett wanted the whole family to make a weekend of it with a trip to UT. It seemed like it was going to be A LOT of driving for a very little amount of time but it turned out to be way fun! Let me tell you- a 6 1/2 hour drive beats the Fargo to UT 20 hours ANY DAY of the week! LOL

We took off Friday morning to drop Brett & Justice off in Logan. Some of the boys men met at the A&W on Main in Logan for dinner before the game.

Good job, Shay for taking a picture of the restaurant since there was no pics taken at dinner

The girls continued the drive down to the Davis' while the Football Gang bundled up for a chilly night at the Stadium.
They had a great time! Especially because for most of the group- they were cheering for either team! That's the joy of being BYU fans that attended USU. ;)

 What a fun GUYS Night Out!

Walk to School Day

All the schools here have the Tiger Mascot!

"Children, parents,school and local officials walking and riding bikes to school together on a designated day. It's an energizing event reminding everyone of the simple joys of walking and biking to school. WHY: The health benefits of regular daily activity and the sense of safety and community that comes with being out together. Many of us realize that what we really want is for children to be able to walk and bike to school everyday in a safe, friendly, healthy community. When you and your child arrive at the designated crosswalk, a school staff member will greet you with a ticket for a drawing and invite you to a free breakfast at the School Cafeteria. Please come and participate with the
"Walk to School Day" activity."



We got the chance to walk (not from home but from where we left our cars) to school with the kids today. Brett walked with Justice and Victoria. Mom walked with Glory. Then we both joined them for breakfast. It was a fun morning!

At breakfast, we found Glory's best school friend, Aliana so we all got to eat together.
 In this picture Aliana looks exactly like our Fargo friend, Elle Frienderichs. They could be twins!

Staggering Ox GDO

I've been lucky enough to be invited and attend several GDOs (Girl's Days Out) lately. I'm so lucky to have met Allie and spend time with her ward girls.
Today, we went to the Staggering Ox for lunch. Such a fun place to eat. They serve these interesting sandwiches that they hallow out and put your ingredients inside. It was way good food.
It was also fun to get to know some more ladies. We ended up with 12 woman. Everyone wants to make it a regular thing so hopefully they'll keep inviting me. ;)

Here's one part of the Staggering Ox Menu. Yum!

Allie and I also stopped by Ben Franklin Crafts to check it out. There used to be one of these in North Fargo. But it was sort of like a D.I. Craft store (bins of products on the floor and not very clean)- pretty much a hole in the wall shop. It almost made me NOT want to check this one out. But here in Helena--- It's like a Michael's Arts & Crafts on Pottery Barn steroids! ;) So fun and fancy! The fabric section... FABULOUS!!! I ended up finding this super cute line of Owl Fabric. So darling! Maybe it will help me find my Craft Mojo cuz I'm pretty sure that I left it in Fargo.

Nested Owls by ADORNit girls