HaLlI TuRnS 1!!

My sweet niece Halli turned 1!!! She is so little for her age but the sweetest little spirit ever! She had plenty of help while opening her presents and I think big sister Madi enjoyed the gifts more than Halli did.We are so happy that Halli is a part of our family and are so excited to watch her grow. We love you Halli and hope you had a great birthday even though you were sick.

Freezer jam

My sister & I decided to make freezer jam this year. We made peach, strawberry, & peach-strawberry. We attempted to make grape jelly for Nicole's husband Ray but after like 4 weeks it still had not set up all that much so i tossed it. It was way fun & its nice to have a freezer full of jam for the year.

Stapel Family Reunion

We had the Stapel family reunion up in Lava this year and had so much fun. I have such a fun family. We were able to go sit in the hot springs, ride the razr, and just hang out and play games. I wish I would of taken more pictures but I was to busy having lots of fun. I could not resist posting this precious face though.

Yesterday we went to Red Lobster for their endless shrimp special. Kip was so excited and talked about it all day long. He also had talked to his buddy Stace and found out that Stace's record was eating 121 shrimp. Well Kip got the determination to beat his record and ate 122 shrimp. It makes me sick just thinking about it and Kip was not feeling so hot after he stopped eating. It was funny to watch how long it took him to chew and swallow as he got down to the last 20!! Now he wants to go with Stace so that they can have the competition in person.

Willard Peak

Sunday night we decided to go on a night ride up to Willard Peak. It was a little windy on top but otherwise perfect weather. Going around the twists and turns in the dark was kinda scary but it was so much fun at the same time!!

Deadwood Camping Trip

Warning picture overload....

We went up camping to Deadwood in Idaho for the week 2 weeks ago. Kip's parents go up for a couple weeks every year, as for me I think a week is the longest I will ever be able to camp I was so ready to come home. This is Jax at the beginning of our trip excited as he can be about going camping.

This is Jax after the 10 hour ride...does he look a little irritated that we made him ride in the truck for that long....
We went to a couple old mines and cabins while we were up there, this one was my favorite. I love old buildings and was actually able to go in this one up to the top floor. Jax even rode in the back of the razr to go check out this mine with us and loved it. The views were absolutely amazing.


There was the cutest little bar at Warm Lake that served the most amazing chicken wings ever! We even bought some to bring home they were so good!

We rode down to the reservoir and to the dam one day while Kip's parents and aunt & uncle went on an overnight 4-wheeling trip, where they slept out in the middle of nowhere in a tent!!

There was lots of gun shooting and because of the wolf problem up there we always carried a gun while riding. I made Kip build Fort Knox for Jax since his mom filled me full of horror stories of dogs being eaten by the wolves & it was the only way he could get me to go after that.

We found a fun part of the river to cross on the way to another old cabin. It was pretty deep, it even got our bums wet!


We had lots of fun but were happy to go home. Jax was a little smarter on the way home and slept almost the whole way.

1st RaZr ride

So of course we had to take our best buddies Justin & Shantel out with us to break in our new RAZR!! We rode up around Avon and along one of the trails ran into a guy with a broken down jeep right in the middle of the trail. Lucky for us the RAZR was able to tow it out of the way so we could continue along. After Justin moved it out of the way he said "jeep this". Well we all thought it was quite clever so that evening I cut "Jeep This" out of vinyl on my cricut and put it on the back of our RAZR! I love it. It was so fun, but then anything we do with these 2 is a blast!!