Day 6

A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day...

I've honestly never fantasized about things like "ooh I wish I were that celebrity (or person), I would be so much happier if I were as good looking or as talented or as rich as them". I just think its sort of depressing to do that. Why cant we just be happy with who we are instead of needing to be someone else? Maybe that sounds like a Miss America-esque answer

but its really how I feel.

But for the sake of them game, I need to pick someone... so I choose...

BOB BARKER

Seriously though... How fun would it be to give people sweet prizes all day?

I've always wanted to spin the Big Wheel, I bet if I were Bob they would let me.

I'm still upset they gave the show to Drew.

But now that I'm thinking about it my brain is rolling and I am also going to say...

Tabitha D'umo

Nappytabs

I'll be honest, it wouldn't be the worst thing to be able to dance and choreograph like she can. I'd want to be her on a night of SYTYCD where she had done a really cool dance and Nigel says "you guys really outdid yourselves this time" and everyone would clap or maybe a night she gets to judge. For real though how fun would it be to have a husband that would always dance with you? I sure hope I can find someone that will dance with me sometimes... or maybe even let me make up stupid dances and then be patient enough to let me teach it to him even if he has NO dance experience ever but will still learn it for me just because he loves me (even if he doesn't want to)... does anyone know a guy like that?

:)

Day 5: A picture of your favorite Memory

I sort of failed at keeping up with this.... but here goes my attempt to start up again... The photo challenge never said this had to be done consecutively right....

DAY 5: A picture of your Favorite memory

This is a picture from my sister's wedding. I look up to my siblings probably more than any child has ever looked up to their older brothers or sisters. But really. I am 8 years younger than my sister and 10 years behind my brother. For a lot of families, having that gap would make the last child naturally just not be as close to their siblings, but my brother and sister always did so much to make me feel like I was just as much one of their friends. When Jonathan was a senior in high school and Megan was a sophomore, I was in 3rd grade. This was a time of the pop sensations of Nsync and The Backstreet Boys. One day we all learned the dance to the music video "Its Gonna Be Me" by NSync.... 7 years later we were at Megan's Wedding reception and I watched Megan go up to the DJ and request a song. She then looked around and said "emily! jonathan!" and motioned us to the dance floor. As I met them on the dance floor "Its gonna be me" started pouring out of the speakers. Megan got a big smile and said "you guys remember it still right?" and for the next 3 minutes we gave our best performance for megan's wedding guests. I loved this so much. I know the whole story probably sounds so silly but it truly is one of my top favorite memories ever. I cant think of too many 18 year old boys that would learn a dance with not only his 16 year old sister but his 8 year old sister, or on top of that ever perform it in public. I'm so grateful for my brother and sister. They are 2 of my best friends.

Still being Crafty...

Again, my little disclaimer is that i am not a very crafty person at all! but these are the other two projects i have worked on over the summer...

So I am a HUGE fan of argyle patterns. I love it so much (even though some people make fun of me and say its nerdy). I have wanted an argyle room for a very long time and it took years to find just the right argyle bed spread. I got this comforter a few years ago and painted my room to match it but never got around to the finishing touches. Finally I decided to finish what I started. I found a website called bcrafty.com where you can go in and choose the font and size of wooden letters for VERY cheap! I was beside myself because I had been having the hardest time while looking at craft stores finding letters that were big enough and the fonts I wanted for a good price! Once I ordered those I ran to home depot and got a slab of wood and measured out the size of my argyle diamonds. With help of one of my friends, he taught me how to use a table saw and we cut the wood the way I needed it. I sanded and painted everything and with my mom's help got the ribbons that would look the best and with my daddy's help we got them hung up! I definitely couldn't have gotten it done without help from all of these people but i think it turned out SO cute. I love my room so much and it kills me to have to leave it now!

The Finished Project

The last thing I made this summer were these two magnetic boards. The blue one is going in my nephew's nursery and the pink one is going up with me to school! This project was super easy because all the materials were given to me from a left over craft project from our stakes Girls Camp 2 years ago so all I had to do was make it! I actually did have a really great time choosing out what paper would look the best and hammering the nails in. (Mod Podge is my new favorite thing and I keep trying to get ideas of new things I can make with it!)

I love that the word they gave me to put on them was "courage". I wasn't there for the girls camp lessons to know what the theme was to go along with the craft but it still really touched me. It may sound sort of silly but sometimes being away from home is really hard and scary for me, or sometimes I literally am scared to go take an exam, or sometimes I get scared that I will be broke at the end of the month even if i have done absolutely no leisure spending.... point is, sometimes courage is something that I'm lacking. This will be such a great reminder for me to have in my room to remind me to have courage each and every day and to face any trial with confidence. I hope Cannon likes having one in his room too! One of those magnets better be holding up a picture of his favorite Auntie Em that loves him so so much!