He's Here!

On June 21,

This little man was born.

Gavin Gray Duncan is name,

and he is my precious nephew.

He was born at 5:17 p.m., weighing 6 lbs 9 ounces

and was 20 inches long. 

He is such a sweet boy and I look forward to seeing him grow.

Even if it is from a distance!

And he is just stinking cute!

How do I love you?

How do I love you? Let me count the ways.

(mom and dad)

I love you as the sun loves the bright blue days.

I love you as the bee loves a fragrant flower.

(Sara and Danny)

I love you as the thirsty duck loves a sudden shower.

(Steven and Brittany)

I love you as a bird loves a song to sing.

I love you as the walking bear loves the smell or spring.

(Grandpa and Grandma Duncan)

I love you as the cat loves a sunny sill

(Grandpa and Grandma Culler)

and as the dancing snowflakes love he winters chill.

How do I love you? Let me tell you how.

(Alani)

I love you as the nest loves the sturdy bough.

(Gavin)

I love you as the sea loves the sandy shore

and as the ancient world loved the dinosaur.

(Hillarie And Zach)

I love you as the wind loves its own sweet sound

(Allyson)

and as our friendly earth loves to spin around.

I love you as the moon loves the shining star.

I love all that you will be and everything you are.

These words were taken from a book I gave to my niece Alani.

These are only a few people in my life that I love.

I also want to thank these wonderful people for everything they do for me.

I just wanted to say...

I love you

Another Trip Home

Last week my cousin Allyson and I decided to take a trip

to good 'ol New Mexico!

Brittany was having her baby shower, so that was the main

reason we went.

Also because It is nice to get away from Provo every once in

a while, and Ally hadn't been in a long time.

During our visit we:

-got pedicures

                                    -saw Letters to Juliet (recommend)

                               - went to Brittany's baby shower

   - enjoyed the sun

 I also got my hair done by my amazing sister!

(thanks again sis)

We enjoyed our time there and being surrounded by my family.

My mother and I

Alani my cute niece and I

Beautiful Allyson

New Mexico Sky

Fun toes

21st Birthday

For my 21st Birthday this year I decided to have

a few friends over. I thought it would be fun to

make our own individual pizzas instead of ordering

one. Hillarie was nice enough to come over to help

me prepare and cook everything.

We made the breadstick and pizza sauce and 

was planning on making the pizza crust but the

timing wasn't quite right so we just made LOTS

 of breadsticks(which were amazing thanks to Hillarie's mad skills)

Cookies with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in them

The breadsticks cooking

Everyone in the process of making their pizza

and

here are the results!

 

 

After eating our delicious pizzas we played some

games, hung out, and opened a few gifts

This was a fun game we played. It was off of the

T.V. show Minute to win it. You had to blow off

all the cards except one. It was really fun but hard too.

Ethan was the only one who could do it.

Over all I had a great birthday as usual. I had a lot of Happy Birthday 

wishes, fun, and great gifts. I still cant believe I am 21! I don't feel like

I should be that old, but I suppose everyone feels that way. 

Here is to being 21 (with root beer of course)

Fight as hard as you can!

The semester is getting close to an end.

Final assignments and projects are being presented

and study guides are being worked on.

I am fighting to keep going strong.  

I don't have much left in me, but I know I can do it. 

You know who else is fighting?

  Spring! 

It has finally heard our pleas and is fighting against winter. 

I see more and more trees everyday with blossoms on them. 

This bring joy to my heart and a smile to my face. 

I suppose I need to catch you up on what I have been doing.

It shouldn't take long.

School, homework, sleep, eat, and gym(sometimes).

I feel like that is all I do.

Not to long ago my boyfriend Zach came up.

We went to conference,

had Easter dinner,

and enjoyed each others company.

I hope summer will bring more excitement and adventures.

I am moving out of my apartment and to my Aunt and Uncles house.

They are so graciously letting me live there!

I can't wait till I have a bigger room and a bigger bed!

It will be so wonderful!

Wish me luck on my finals!

Missing you

It seems as though everyone is searching for spring.

 No one can find it though.

 I constantly wonder where it is hiding,

and I am more then ready for it to be here. 

I miss the sun.

 I miss the warmth on my skin.

 I miss the green trees and beautiful flowers.

I miss being able to move freely in my clothes.

(my favorite blossoming tree during spring)

I often find myself in this place.....

In front of my extra heater in my room. 

I love being warm. However, my warm is others hot.

 I am not allowed to turn the heater up passed 74 degrees.

This is where my heater comes in. It keeps my room the way I like it.

My roommates will walk into my room and say its hot.

Kind of like a sauna. 

Its really not though. It's perfect.

This is another reason for why I miss spring.

I miss not being cold wherever I go.

Hurry back spring! 

I miss you....

It's Time to Celebrate!

On February 10th, my best friend Zach came home 

from his mission!

(Carly, Zach and I)

I am so excited that he is home. It truly didn't seem

real that he was coming home, but I am glad it is.

Saturday the 6th, I met up with Carly and her roommates

at Temple Square. I brought one of her roommates friends

with me.

We had a great time walking around Temple Square and 

taking lots of pictures.

Carly and I decided this was our preparty for when Zach

comes home. We couldn't help but jump for

JOY!

We also went to Carly's Aunt and Uncles house in Park City

to see...

Thats right... A zebra and a buffalo!

The zebra wouldn't let anyone get close to him, even though I

got pretty close

We also got to feed the buffalo! I have never bottle

fed an animal before, nor have I gotten this close

to a buffalo.