Happenings as of late

In my mind, summer starts on June 1, so even though I have been out of school for over a month now, I kind of feel like summer has just barely begun! Woohoo!! 

Here are some summer happenings as of late:

I have a horrendous memory so this is a good exercise for me. 

I saw "X-Men: First Class" and LOVED IT.

I got squirted on by blood at work, twice. 

I am now a primary worker and spent my Sunday with the sunbeams discussing whether or not a garage would protect you from lightening with four-year-olds -- it was enlightening, really. 

I planted my own flower garden today! All different colors of dahlia's. I am so excited to them to sprout up in 10 days I can hardly wait. I am sure I will be posting lots of pictures on here of my little sprouts because I won't be able to help myself :)

'Bachelorette' watching parties every Monday night. Life isn't complete without a weekly dose of trashy TV right? Right. 

Redecorating my room! I am soo excited to post before-and-after pictures on here, but the "after" part is still a work in progress. 

And last but certainly not least, I am going to St. George this weekend to attend this lovely lady's wedding. I am in desperate need of a tan, seeing as spending my days inside in scrubs is not exactly the best way to get some color :)

I am a huge fan of flowers (and I don't take the photo-cred)

Sidenote: I am not very good at going to bed early. In my mind I think to myself "Hey Grace, you have work at 7:30 tomorrow morning, if you don't go to bed now, you will be hating life when your alarm goes off"

then somehow,

it's suddenly 2 in the morning, and I am still awake.  

Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner

This weekend we were invited to a surprise birthday celebration at the Hardware in SLC. 

Requirements?  

• Dress up!
• Don't even THINK about coming without a fancy hat
• Bring your dancing shoes

It was SO fun! Culinary Crafts catered, the decorations were amazing (and handmade!), and although dancing isn't really my thing... Jean Paul lives for it, so he was burning up the dance floor and made me conquer my dancing fear (a little bit anyway). 

 Look how stylin' Jean is!

 You can't contain us

(photo cred goes to my dad)

Yes, these were handmade by the talented party hostess, Lauren.

I LOVE this building!

 me and madre with our hats

Happy Sunday!

Les Miserables Round 3!

So for Jean Paul's birthday (in March) I gave him Les Mis tickets because he knows every song by heart but hadn't ever seen the musical, and last night it was finally time to go!

My brother and sister came with dates too, which made the whole night very fun.

I LOVED IT! The cast was phenomenal, really.

I saw the musical twice in London (read about it here and here) and so my expectations were very high, and I wasn't disappointed at all!

Look who we ran into!

Yes, we match.

umm... yeah.... apparently Anne and I are a little tall with heels on?

Look Who's All Grown Up

That's right! My little sister Anne graduated from Timpview yesterday!

I cannot believe she will be joining me at BYU next year... haha it makes me feel suuuuuuper old!

awwwww..... look how cute we were!

Sunday "Walk"

one of my absolute favorite parts of summer is when the snow melts and creates a river through Rock Canyon Park.

and this year, on account of getting tons of snow this winter + a rainy spring, the run-off is HUGE!

this last Sunday, my family decided to take advantage of the few hours of sun during the afternoon and took a sunday walk over to Rock Canyon Park to view the reservoir in all its glory.

of course, I use the term "sunday walk" loosely... it involved cutting through someone's backyard to shorten the journey and getting a ride home because heaven-forbid we walk back up the hills to get home.

we always have contests to see who can stand in the barely-above-freezing water the longest, which will probably give us all circulation problems when we're older.

Oh, and my dad and brothers invented a great game called "see who can hit the duck with a rock"

...I don't think I need to explain how to play the game. they're horrible. and luckily none of them won haha.

Rugby National Championship

Awwwww yeahhhh yesterday I made the trip up to Rio Tinto Stadium to watch BYU play Cal in the RUGBY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

Me and 13,000 other people made up the largest crowd ever to watch college rugby in the United States.

Pretty sweet huh?

I really hope that rugby starts becoming more popular, the games are so fun! The rugby game I went to in England was one of my favorites things I did there!

Anyways, my cousin David is on the team so my aunt bought out a whole section of seats for all our family and friends to sit together!

Jean Paul was appointed as the game commentator because he was the only one that actually knew the rules (on account of his being from South Africa). He would yell things at the refs like: "THAT WAS NOT A KNOCK ON!!" and then turn and explain to all of us what a 'knock on' was haha. (it's when the ball is knocked forward fyi...)

My dad, on the other hand, was yelling things like "that's scrumalicious!" (he's obviously a rugby fanatic.... not).

A grand time was had by all, although there were two unfortunate moments during the night: First, when BYU lost,

and second, when there was no Haka performed.

I love watching the Haka. I don't know why, but it's one of my favorite things ever.

Game faces.

Wedding #22

Yep that's right, yesterday Jean Paul and I attended our 22nd wedding together.

(that's averaging about 1 per month haha).

Jean's best friend Eric Rea from high school married Kimmi Sumsion and they are just the cutest couple ever. We love double dating with them.

It was rocky for a while, and we weren't sure if they were going to make it, (I was in London while the drama was happening, so there was some counseling via facebook chat haha) but they made it! And they could not be happier. I don't think either of them stopped smiling the entire day.

Jean was the best man and gave a fabulous speech at the luncheon!

Jean Paul and Eric = BFF's

Sooo, I didn't exactly catch the bouquet. Instead, Kimmi just came up and handed it to me.

Hint? I think yes...

haha

Me Beth and Shayla

Sparkler send-off