What's On My Happy List?

My girl's and I had a little get-away to Zermatt with my sister and niece..

Midway is just the quaintest little place. 

I love it. 

Our hall foot races to and back from the pool are becoming pretty epic..

It's always my sister and I against Brie and Kate...

We give them a run for their money.
😉

Been going to Granny's for shakes since I was a kid..
They've finally remodeled the place...
👏
it was waaaay overdue!

Back at the villa...

Kate loves to make coffee, should I be worried?

😜

She's quite obsessed with the coffee making machine every time we go...

We visited goats!

and rode a goat!

Kate had a topple off the platform and got pretty scraped up!

😔

We had yummy eats...

and treats....

I'm telling you THIS is the cutest
coffee/ice cream stop in Midway!

As if we hadn't had enough food...
 we made a stop at a charming pie shop in Heber
before heading home...

Kyleigh had worked a wedding reception for her mission president's daughter
a few days before... and they served June Pie's.
She was raving about them.

*****

Kyleigh also had a missionary reunion with like 60 people from the Busan mission.

 

 A few of her missionary peeps did work together in the Provo City Temple.

They were able to tour the new MTC and see some of their old stomping grounds before it gets torn down. 

She and her old buddies attended a reception of a high school friend who got married.
People she knows are getting hitched
right and left.
So so young I say!
😳

*****

She's just having a good time hanging with new and old friends...

these guys have been friends since the 3rd grade!

*****
Emmsie had her last day working at LDS Hospital.
She was so happy!
Kyleigh not so much!
Emma cannot stand the health care field and wants nothing to do with it ever again.
😂

Emma and friends saying goodbye to one of her besties 

{since the 7th grade}

who is moving to St. George!

😥

*****

Hannah and her friend on their last day EVER of hospital volunteering!

They've done it for the past four summers and are now eligible for a scholarship

🙌

 *****
We had two Back To School Nights on the same night... 
Kate got to meet her new teacher, see her classroom, and where she will be sitting.

She is in the same class as her best friend this year.

🙏

B. Olivia came with us to visit old familiar places and faces.

She says she'd DO ANYTHING to go back to 6th grade. 

😭

We then headed to the Junior High 

for their open house. 

Quite the adventure we had in there 

finding all her classes...

getting her locker open etc. etc.

Brie is the first kiddo of ours to attend the new Jr. High so it's new to all of us!

I was as clueless as she was. 

The next morning...she was off to school. 

Can you even believe???

The 7th graders always start a day earlier than everybody else to help them 

acclimate to their new surroundings. 

It's so nice for them to not have the older intimidating kids there. 

Kyleigh was off to work, but the other girls got to be Brie's cheerleaders...

They all awakened early just to come with me to drop Brie off...

All the older girls have taken the bus on the first day of 7th grade...

But I'm sooooo glad we drove Brie!

We would have missed the grand welcoming party...

and what a surprise it was!..

All the faculty were outside to greet the kids...

 with music blasting, cheering them on

as they walked on the red carpet into the school.

I mean how cute is THAT?

Totally made my day!
I love witnessing those once in a life time moments like this.

*****

Kate's last featured book of the summer!

Paid a visit to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

after we picked B up from the Junior High.

Hilarious hearing about her first day.

{We find humor in the darn-dest of things.} 

****

That night was the annual neighborhood BBQ party at the park!

It's held every August, 

and hundreds come.

It's great! 

*****

I've been obsessed with this 1950's Masterpiece Mystery series!

I remember watching a few episodes with Kyleigh a few years back when it first 

came out. We must have been tied up watching other stuff because we never continued.

This time around

it's sucked me in... 

You can watch it on Amazon Prime...

the first two seasons anyway.

Sadly, there are only 6 episodes per season.

I wish there were more!

The third season cannot become available soon enough. 

So So good!

Well, it's the last day of summer.
😩
We are bracing ourselves for tomorrow. haha
{It's not our favorite day.}

It's tradish to always include our 'favorite songs of the summer' on my last post of Summer.
So here it goes...

Any flipp'in song from the BSB
{The Backstreet Boys}
would make our list....
but especially their song...

* "Get Another Boyfriend"
{even though no one has a boyfriend around here to get rid of. 😉 }

* "Chillin' Like a Villain" from Descendants 2

* "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi/Justin Bieber

* "Hungry Eyes" by Greyson Chance