Monday Randoms

~On Friday morning, I headed up to Evangel for EU-24 (a glorified campus visit). It was better than I was expecting. It was non-stop and so much fun. I sat in on 2 classes, met several professors, ate in the cafeteria (ewws), tailgate party and football game, bonfire, taco bell at midnight and met TONS of people. I'm beginning to get a little excited! 


~I need to balance my checkbook. It hasn't been done in 2 months. Fail


~I ordered my silver glitter TOMS last week. They are supposed to be here by Wednesday and I am SO excited! 

~I'm obsessed with Instagram. I love that droid users can use it now too. I'm not a professional by any means, so I enjoy putting fun filters on my pictures and sharing them. If you are on IG, look me up (emilyduncan) and I'll follow you back!


~Branson's weather has been weird here. It is colder in April than it was in March. It was 80+ degrees then and now it's in the 50's. I'm ready for warmer weather, but not too hot because my AC still isn't fixed!


~Neely is hosting another giveaway!  There are 18 ways to enter! 

 

~I'm thinking about getting a blog re-design this summer, before I go to college. Maybe something a little more modern and changing my name to The Fate from Five 8. Who knows....


~Yesterday Briggs had his birthday party. He turned 5. I've mentioned him and his older brother before. I've known them since they were babies. In fact, their mom was our babysitter when we moved to Branson 10 years ago! He had a beach themed party and it was too fun! He requested cookies and red velvet cake! He is such a hoot! 


~Graduation is in 11 days. Weeee!


I've got to go work on ACT prep, grad slideshows, party arrangements.......


If you don't hear from me in a while....send help!

Birthday Ziplining

A quick picture of tonight! Ziplining in honor of my little broske's #16 birthday! I love,love,love that kid SO much!

Happy Thursday! 

Dr. Seuss: Two for 22 Party

A Dr. Seuss party for two big kids (turning) 22 year olds. Because who doesn't love dressing up and celebrating with college kids all night. 


Last Friday night, we had 54 college kids filling the house to celebrate my big brother Aaron and his girlfriend Celia. It was a blast!

I mean 54 rowdies, a photobooth, FOOD, laughing, and a dance party at midnight. Heck it was SO fun! THe party started about 6ish and went till about 1am.  Prepping me for college life I suppose :)


We played a bunch of games. See below....

I loved having everyone here! There were so many different groups ranging from freshies all the way to the seniors. I picked Michael's brain (green shorts, yellow shirt and 'spenders) about accounting and I'll be sitting in on some upper level accounting classes later this month with him. I'm pretty excited! 

Photobooth: Holy cow. SO fun!

Isn't that attractive? 

                                               I love Celia!

And a little dance party action

That's a wrap! I could post entirely more pictures, but I think I'll stop there. 

Happy Monday!

Happy Things

Even after a long week, I'm happy about so much today!

*I'm finally getting back on B-town time after all my jet-lag from Israel. 

*I'm at work right now. I love my jobs and I'm SO thankful for them! I'm gearing up to work doubles, which I don't mind!

*I'm at the ziplines right now, which means I'm with an all-guy crew. This means one thing. I pick the Pandora station. Winning

*Katy Perry came out with her new music video, Part of Me. I'm so obsessed. Watch it.

*Last November, I rode the motorized zipline, The Sky Surfer. Our marketing guy took some video/picture footage for the Chamber of Commerce. I didn't think anything of it, or that my pictures would get used. I came into work yesterday and saw my picture on the front of the main brochure. I felt so uhh famous. random and weird i know. whatere

i had to post. cheesy pix! 

*Tonight, there will be at LEAST 50 college kids at my house. We are having a Two for 22 birthday party for my brother and his girlfriend, who have birthdays 4 days apart. The theme is Dr. Seuss. The decor/ideas are coming along and I think it will be SO fun! pictures/blog post to follow!

*I'm in shorts right now. This makes me happy

*Spring started this week. It is my favorite season because it means summer is right around the corner. Boating, swimming, kayaking, work, ice cream, suntans/burns, shorts, flip-flops. 

*I'm just beginning to watch SMASH. What are y'all's thoughts? like, love?

*I'm obsessed with The Voice. the end

*I skyped with some of the kids from my Israel trip. I miss them so much and it's only been 5 days. I'm pathetic

*I worked at Cold Stone for the first time since September. I'd forgotten how much i LOVE their ice cream. 

*My new CHI came in the mail yesterday and I used it this morning!!! My first one melted in Israel because of a problem with the converter :(. I'll be blogging about it in my recap posts.

*I'm happy when I can defend myself, especially because I HATE being wrong. Blog story coming soon!

*I'm happy because I'm getting back into the swing of running. I took a break because I was sick. I'm excited to be training again!

*I'm scheduled a campus visit to Evangel. Let's pray and hope I fall in love with the campus.  

Happy Friday! The weekend is here!! 

5 Question Friday

5 Question Friday

1. What have you done recently that you are proud of?

I just finished week 5 of couch to 5K!

2. What is your favorite way to work out? Or if you don't workout, what are you wanting to try? I love running outside, especially at sunset.

3. If you knew you best friend was cheating on spouse would you tell?

I'm not married. This is a touchy subject. I'll pass.

4. If you could afford a live-in maid or nanny, would you have one?

Would have a maid for sure! In fact, that sounds lovely right now.

5. Do you stress out about birthdays or do you enjoy them?

I love birthdays! My family celebrates big!! :)

Happy Friday!

Make sure to enter these giveaways! here, here, and here!

Flashback Friday: My 16th Birthday

Two years ago: My 16th Birthday

Olive Garden

My favorite :)

It's OK Thursdays

There are alot of things that I'm ok with this week:

* that i'm turning 18 tomorrow

* that i'm having one last day of childhood today and being a total goof

* that i haven't gone to bed before 1am this entire week

* that i drove around town with a friend, jamming to music just for fun

* that i still have presents to wrap and gifts to buy and Christmas is in 3 days

* that my room is a total mess because of wrapping, parties, and family time

* that i only have one semester of high school left

* that i spent alot of money on a pair of Miss Me's on Sunday. I LOVE them :)

Happy Thursday!

Love,

E

Surprise! Happy 50th Dad

Tonight, I hosted a little surprise party for my dad in honor of his 50th! It's late and I'm tired so I'll do a big post tomorrow! :) I gave him a pretty good gag gift though!

Yes, yes I did give my father that. He opened them up and threw them across the room at me! :) I sure love him!

Only 4 days till Christmas,

Emily

ps- check out this giveaway! it ends on the 27th :)

Monday Randoms

I haven't done one of these posts in a looooong time! my apologies. So, here we go! Get ready for this, it's going to be long!

~Christmas Break. It's finally here. I can't believe my last fall semester of high school is done! Time flies.

~2011 is coming to a close. It's the 19th of December. Time flying by again. But honestly, I'm ok with it. I'm ready to be done with High School.

~I picked up my final check at the ziplines today. I can't believe that the 2011 season is coming to a close. I won't be working there again until Spring of 2012. I will miss it for sure! I'm blessed with wonderful bosses and I've made some of the best friends, and big brothers that a girl can ask for. It was a highlight of my summer/fall/2011 for sure!

~Tonight, we went to Dixie Stampede for their Christmas Show. The show is good but the food is incredible. I ate all of my food, plus some of my siblings. I enjoy food, what can I say :)

~Speaking of food, I eat alot and that being said, I need to get in shape. I'm tired of being tired. I'm tried of being out of breath and having awful cardio. I just wanna feel better and get fit. I bought the C25K app this summer and did nothing with it. It sat on my iPhone. I looked at it and refused to try it. But, after talking with multiple poeple and reading blogs (Dawn, Mary-Kay, and Katie) I've decided to give it a go! It's a 8-9 week program, so hopefully by Spring I'll be running a 5K!

~I had coffee with Addie last night! literally love the girl! O and she agreed to run a 5K with me. She'll push me and that's what I need.

~This week I found out that one of my guy friends in going to Israel with me. That means my friend Emily, myself, and Malachi will be going! I am SO excited! There is also a group on facebook for Israel2012, and I got to connect with some of the other High School seniors who will be going. I can't wait!!!

~I love Christmas break because it means staying up late, sleeping in, drinking hot chocolate, coffee, and watching Christmas movies!

~On Friday I turn 18. I'm old. I don't plan on doing anything crazy.

~NBA starts in 6 days.

~Because my birthday is this week, my inbox has been flooded with all my free offers for Starbucks, Cold Stone, Fuddruckers etc etc etc. More reasons that I need to run a 5K

~I bought my first pair of Miss Me's last night at Apricot Lane! I've been wearing them today and I LOVE them!! They were totally worth the money I spent. I also love the back pockets and the way that they sparkle. Butt bling ha!

~My car is almost to 90,000 miles. Random fact from the queen of random.

~I only asked for 3 things for Christmas/Birthday combined. They were 3 pairs of shoes. One of my favorite quotes is from Marilyn Monroe. "If you give a girl the right shoes, she can conquer the world"

Happy Monday!

Love,

E

It's OK Thursdays

Today, I'm linking up with Cait and talking about It's OK. This is my first time participating and i'm very excited!

* That my senior year is flying by. My 1st semester of high school is almost done

* My CofO interview is tomorrow which is the final step in the admission process

* It was 55 degrees in Branson yesterday

* I'll be 18 in one week

* I leave for Israel in 85 days

* I graduate in 142 days

* I have my graduation party planned. Date, location, and invites done.

* That somedays my hair goes into a ponytail.

* I have less sleep because it means staying up late with the people I love the most

* I have over 50 Christmas movies at my house to watch

* That I've had Starbucks 6+ times in the past 10 days

What are you ok with?

Happy Thursday!

Flashback Friday: Hannah's 12th Birthday

My little sis, Hannah turns 14 on Monday! I can't believe it. These pictures were taken in Springfield, 2 years ago for her 12th birthday. Time flies.

Tumble!

Monday Randoms

***Remember, this is the last day to enter the Christmas Ornament Exchange! There is already over 100 participants. It is going to be so much fun! I will post partners on Wednesday

~Last Monday, we went to the EU at CofO basketball game. CofO played awesome. Evangel did not. Of course I would be wearing my EU hoodie. Walk.of.shame.

~Youth last Wednesday was incredible! Keith Chancey spoke from Kanakuk Institute and it was on trusting the Lord through our struggles. That.really.hit.home. I'll be sharing in my part 2 of to trust Him more.

~The weather here today is gorgeous. It is about 70 degrees and sunny! Feels like spring. I took a nap with the windows open yesterday. Perfection.

~This weekend we had our youth fall retreat, SHINE! Our guest speaker was Jeremy "Bub" Thomas, and we had an amazing guest band lead us in worship every session. The food was yummy, the friends and the small group talks were a blessing, paintball was slightly painful, but a blast! (I DO have some nasty welts to prove it), and our leaders/host homes were awesome!! There were many points to take home. My favorite three were: 1-Remove your old, dirty clothes. 2-Put your sin to death, once and for all and 3-Clothe yourself with righteousness, kindness, humility, and compassion. Colossians 3:12. This was probably my most memorable fall retreat, and my last :(

Here is our group!

This was for a photo content on 11/11/11 at 11:11pm

~Today is my grandpa's birthday. I sure love him :)

~I'm SO excited about Thanksgiving. Only 10 more days! I can't wait to have our house filled with college kids, family, and friends. It is one of my favorite times of year!!

~Speaking of counting down, only 40 days till Christmas, 38 days till my 18th birthday, and 173 days till graduation!!! Can u tell I'm excited?!

I'm off to enjoy this beautiful day! :)

Happy Monday,

Love,

Today, well it's cold!

Today: *Excuse my Rant*

It's freezing cold. It was 29 degrees when I woke up this morning. It was 79 on Sunday. I feel like we skipped fall and went straight to winter. Hello, Missouri weather. I'm in 5 different layers, socks, boots, and a pea-coat, and still cold. I've been drinking coffee, tea, hot chocolate, anything that will warm me up! Did i mention wearing a scarf?

Winter seems to put me in a sad mood. It's cold, school started, my seasonal jobs ended, (or severely slowed down), and I just don't like it!!

Trying

to

think

happy

thoughts....

64 days till my #18th birthday

66 days till Christmas

140 days till S-P-R-I-N-G break!!

205 till graduation.

You will be seeing these numbers often!

Happy Wednesday,

Love,