9/8

 Early Tuesday morning Matt dropped Adi and I off at the airport for our Salt Lake City flight.

It was also the first day of seminary and we got a picture. 🎉 

Adi and I had a layover in Dallas where we got brekkie. Our flights were long and we didn’t get to sit together and my seat mate got into a tiff with me about putting her bag under my seat, which she felt she had every right to do. I told her I didn’t think that was right and she quickly said “I do!” So I let it go, but I did put my feel where I needed to under my seat, and as it happens, that was sometimes on her bag. 🤷‍♀️ *a picture for Frankie 

One good thing is that we somehow got extra legroom seats. 🎉 And lucky duck Adi got aisle seats both flights, while I was a middle seat girlie. 

I found a screaming deal for car rental and even though I was nervous from our Croatia experience, everything was smooth and easy. And that is how I managed to drive around for a week in a beautiful bmw suv. I’m not really a car person, but I do see the allure of a bmw now. Such a smooth ride and fun to drive!

We got Culver’s for dinner (see the very random first pic on this post) and drove down to Provo to see Frey’s cute new house. They took us to walk around Utah Lake and then to ikea where we had the best time helping Adi pick out all the things! Our girl owns pots and pans! She’s so grown up! 😭

Us east coast girlies were pooped so after ikea we dropped the boys back in Provo and headed up to McCombs in North Ogden. So that was Salt Lake to Provo, 30 minutes back up to ikea, back down to Provo, and then to north Ogden. I spent a lot of time on I-15.

And a cute shot of Lu with her high school besties. She actually ended up staying an extra night to do dinner with them. ❤️

And finally; our cute Friday night lights girlie. 

9/6 & 9/7

We all went to church and everyone loved on Miss Mia.

And we came home and everyone loved on Miss Mia. 

Babies are just magic. 

Even big waking babies. They’re the best!

We packed and we played games and just had a lovely, quiet day. 

It was getting real! Adi was very nonchalant about packing and I stayed up with her later than I wanted going through things with her. 

She did a pretty good job though. There are maybe 5 things she left that she wishes she had, and lucky for her Matt is coming for a visit soon!

9/5

On Saturday we got a later start than I wanted, but then lucky us, I got the opening time wrong so we ended up arriving a few minutes before they opened. 🤗

Carter is a very cautious rider, meaning he doesn’t want to ride anything. I tried really hard to encourage him to ride the little roller coaster but he wasn’t hearing that nonsense. And then it scared Emmett so I was glad he didn’t ride. 🤣

I told him though that he had to choose something to ride. We walked around a little and he watched some rides and chose the airplanes. 

We rode a few times but then the rides closed because of lightning in the area. 

Lucky for us we were right next to Boo Blasters which is an inside ride, so we rode that like 5 times and got food and rode out the storm. 

After that I convinced Carter to ride the hot air balllons with me. We were holding hands and he was anxious but not as terrified as his face looks. 

They loved the bumper cars!

They would ride and then run back around and hop right back on - no line!

The girls went and rode some big girl rides and then we’d meet up. 

Emmett’s a brave guy!

While they rode the swings Carter and I rode the train. 🤣

It was a really fun day!

The boys faces! 🤣

We stayed all day from open to close. 

While we were gone Alexis and Mia went to lunch with bride-to-be Ami and bestie Alyssa. 

Of course Carter chose the horse that doesn’t go up and down. 

We all love a good raft ride!

And then we convinced Emmett to go on the log ride and he loved that one. When we only had time for one last ride, this is what he chose, so just he and I went and it was getting dark and it was so special. Core memory moment. ❤️

Delaney’s face. 🤣

And a normal face shot. 

And that is one tired and happy crew!

9/2-9/4

With Delaney’s new ballet schedule she can go back to young women activities. ❤️ She’s not always stoked about it but hopefully is kind about it.

I love seeing my bratties in action. 

On Friday Adi and I got pre-college pedicures. ❤️  She’s so fun to hang out with!

I had been looking through my email and saw that we had free tickets to Kings dominion and then with Labor Day we had a long weekend and I told Lu they should come up, and they did! 🎉 (later I realized there were specific dates for the free tickets, but that’s another story).

Mia loved her first football game!

We sat with Chelsea and Brynn and passed Mia around and even though we lost, it was a fun night. 

They cheered with the opposing teams cheerleaders and I love love love when they do that!

Their coach does such a good job with their social medias. 

Friday night lights! And sometimes Saturday and sometimes Thursday. 🤣