I Have a Green Thumb

Remember my sprout??

It has become a full blown flower!

And the other plants are following in the leader's footsteps.

Soon I am going to have a whole garden of blooming Dahlia's :)

"No wise man ever wished to be younger."

I found this image on my friend's blog

My birthday was yesterday!

It was lovely. My dad made me breakfast, my work had bagels and muffins to celebrate, my boss took us all to lunch, and my mom brought me cupcakes while I was working too!

Apparently my birthday translates to: "Lets feed Grace as much as possible."

Which is fine by me :)

After work I hiked up to Stuart Falls with some family (and future family!) and friends and then came home to a BBQ and cake and ice cream.

It was an absolutely fabulous birthday, if I do say so myself.

 Really guys?

 Really.

 J dawg and K man (aka brother and his g-friend)

 Apparently I have one hiking outfit because I was definitely wearing the same tank top when we hiked to Squaw Peak... sorry... blogging fashion fail haha.

 And yes, my Gram came on the hike too. She is a champ.

Blog title is a quote by Jonathan Swift

Move, Learn, Eat.

"3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage... all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ....into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films.....

= a trip of a lifetime."

I found these awesome videos online a little while back... Seriously, how much does it make you want to ditch school, work, and any other responsibility you have and just travel?? I'm dying!

Home is Wherever I'm With You...

GUESS WHAT...

Mr. Fiancé and I found a place to live! (cue fireworks) 

Seriously though, I was getting worried. We were reallllly cutting it close! 

But then a fabulous basement that is the perfect size, price, location, etc. sort of just fell into our laps.

We seriously couldn't be luckier. 

I'm am so thrilled about it!

I don't have any pictures of it yet... so here are some of my favorite interior design pictures I've found on various blogs (sorry I don't remember where I got them exactly...)

{The title of this post is from a song by this artist}

Countdown is on

Until I FINALLY get to marry this cute guy :) 

This was our engagement picture!

Twilight Concert Series

Here in Utah, they like to throw free concerts.

I think it might be a ploy to get the homeless people out of the park, but hey I'm not complaining.

This last week Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros came and played so Jean and I went and coincidentally ran into Brooklyn and Scotty! 

It really was a marvelous time, and the concert series always delivers some of the best people watching opportunities too haha.

And if you don't know who Edward Sharpe is... you should listen to this song, because it's my fav :)

Wedding 27, 28, & 29

On Saturday, we went to 3 wedding receptions.

Yep, 3 in one night. They were so fun and beautiful!

One was for a girl in my ward, the next one was for a girl that has been friends with my family for a long time, and the last one was for a girl I have known my entire life (our birthdays are 1 day apart, making you instant BFF's when you are in preschool).

I know what you're thinking now, and yes, Jean Paul and I will come to your wedding too.

Just send us an invite!

But I'm not sure where you would send it, because we don't even have a place to live yet... oops.