i thought it was going to be a boy....

but i was wrong!

guess what!?

graduation dinner

stole the set out the outfits idea from my cute friend shalynna. (she did this adorable post like a year ago that i will never forget, it included setting out her and her husband's outfits for a special day of events. so so cute). i surprised him with dinner at flemings. when i made the reservation online i wrote in the comments that it was for a celebration dinner for his recent graduation. as soon as we sat down our waiter was asking who it was that graduated, it surprised grant and i thought it was so cool. throughout our dinner the waiter kept saying things to him about his graduation and in the end, when we ate our dessert, he even put a little candle on our plate. when he brought us our check, he also brought grant a little box of flemings truffles, and congratulated him for a millionth time. we loved it. then we went to this ridiculously overpriced store and splurged a bit. it was a fabulous night.

sneaky me

brittany here. so some of you may know that my sweetie sweet sweet has just finished at byu. yes it is awesome. i've been trying to figure out what to get him for graduation and i've really had no idea. he has worked so hard for us (me) and i want to treat him to something special. we just had christmas and i gave him some pretty cool things and so i was confused on what to get him. anyway i figured it out. tonight i've got some surprises planned... i can tell he feels weird not being the surpriser but he will have to deal with that. more to come..

p.s. he really likes to take pictures of me, his mommy gave us a portrait lens (my favorite one so far) for christmas. with me being the model, they never turn out right because i usually ruin them by blinking, smiling like a weirdo or even just laughing right when i'm supposed to hold still. i like this one best, probably because i'm not looking right into the camera. i think he would most likely get mad if he knew i was posting it because its "fuzzy". but i feel much better looking fuzzy.

p.p.s. does anyone else have serious issues with the new blogger format? oh. my gosh i'm going to go crazy! for some reason our fonts are randomly changing and we didn't do anything. i try to change them and then it just freaks out at me.

bragging britty poo

forgot to mention the coolest thing ever. i won a giveaway! isn't that so rad? i won it from one of my favorite blogs... stephmodo. stephanie is just lovely and her style and simplicity are both so refreshing. i feel like i won a pretty cool one too because it's $75 to koo de ker.... a store i love love love. (located next to one of my salt lake favorites hip & humble).  today i received my gift certificate in the mail and i just can't wait to go pick something out. still can't believe i won.... yay for giveaways!

my best friend is engaged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jessica leigh malone will soon be jessica leigh stone. i am so filled with joy i could burst. i can barely contain myself. i love her and i love them and this is just the best thing ever. and i can't stop freaking out. and i've already cried and i know when i see her in twenty minutes i will just cry some more. yay!!!! i am sooooooooooooo happy!!!!!!!!

July 27, 2007- ENGAGEMENT

So we decided that this post would only be me (Brittany) writing. Back to the story....

Things really had been serious since that first trip to California. We both knew that we were just meant to be together forever. As the end of July was approaching, I had been putting a lot of thought into what to get Grant for his birthday. I wanted to make sure that it would not only be something that he loved but also something that had a lot of meaning. We had just returned from a third trip to California and I only had a week to put together all my ideas for him.

I have always had a love for Celine Dion music and she sings a song called "Then You Look At Me" which I have always referred to it as... "My Future Husband song". The words are really the epitome of how I feel about Grant. I really wanted to incorporate it into his birthday; he knew about the song and I felt that this would be a perfect way to present it to him.

So I spent my week working with the people at Fed-Ex, my plan was to print the lyrics on a very large picture of our silhouettes up in the canyon. I also had printed some pictures of us on magnets and I bought him a massage.

Everything was going well and the picture turned out perfectly. On Friday (his birthday) I surprised him by waking him up quite early to give him breakfast before he headed off to work. The day seemed to be going just as planned and I was eager for us both to finish work and be together.

When I got home from work, Grant had called to let me know that his boyfriends wanted to take him to Seven Peaks for his birthday. I was fine with that but still anxious for him to get done. SO I waited. And waited. And waited a bit more. And more. And then he called saying he was on his way. When he got to my apartment I was completely ready--car packed with the gifts and all. He looked extremely attractive. I told him we were going to eat wherever he wanted...and he picked my favorite restaurant..?!?! I was excited but kept telling him over and over that we should eat at his favorite place. Anyway, we had a lovely meal, talked about our day and I teased him a little about some surprises that I had waiting for him. 

After finishing up dinner we headed off to the Provo Temple parking lot where I gave him his presents!! When I pulled the big picture out of the trunk and set it on his lap.. he seemed very surprised. He made multiple comments about how sneaky I had been, getting them made without him knowing. I could tell that he was pleased with his gifts but for some reason it seemed like he wanted to get back to his apartment--so we did. When we got there, we walked up the stairs and I noticed that at the top of the stairwell there was a ladder hanging down from the roof. He and his roommates loved to sleep on top of the building so I just assumed that they were all hanging out up there. Grant was really excited to climb up there and he was up the ladder and on top of the roof before I knew it. I was upset. We just came from opening up his presents and I felt that he was more excited to go be with everyone else (who he had already been with half the night). Feeling a bit neglected, I made my way up the ladder. As I was climbing I heard our song ("Stolen" by Dashboard) start playing.

So I began singing along. When I got to the top I turned to see where he was. There was no sign of him. Instead there was a beautifully lit gazebo-ish thing. Covered in lace and rose petals. I had no idea what was going on. Then Grant popped out, holding the most beautiful roses I had ever seen. I started crying. I didn't understand why in the world he was giving me gifts on HIS birthday. Words really cannot express my confusion. "What are you doing? This is YOUR birthday!? I can't believe you" (I still can't believe how dumb I was. hahahaha) He replied with- "Well then give me the best birthday present I could ever ask for!" (still didn't get it) "Make me the happiest man in the world".  And then I understood. For the next 30 seconds my brain was out of control.  My thoughts-"Oh my gosh, you're proposing! This is THE proposal. You built all this for me?" While I was still putting it all together, Grant got down on one knee and asked, "Will you marry me?". And then I screamed- "YES!".

P.S. Grant had OBVIOUSLY put a lot of thought and work into the

proposal. Little did I know he had been planning/building this for

the past couple weeks. Here are some pictures of all his

hard work. Oh my gosh...I just love him!!!