Sha-la-la-la-la-la You Gotta Kiss the Girl!

When I was growing up, the Little Mermaid was one of my favorite movies.

I always loved the scene when Ariel and Eric are in the row boat during the song "Kiss the Girl".

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I got to have my own experience like that during our trip to Idaho. Annie's dad wanted the newly weds (I still love being called a newly wed!) to row around the pond. Since we were guests at the farm, we had to do it!

We were even serenaded with Mike singing "Kiss the Girl". Jonathan, unlike Eric, followed the message of that song and kissed me.

It was so much fun having our own version of that scene.

Hannah's Clutch

About a year and a half ago, I did my very first sewing project ever. It was a clutch for Hannah. Last week, it was stolen. A very, very sad day.

My very first sewing project!

Well, two days later we were going to be celebrating Hannah's birthday. I had the great idea of making her a new one! I found some amazing fabric and sewed a new clutch!

The front of the clutch.

The back. (I fell in love with this fabric!)

The lining is the same fabric that I used on Hannah's original clutch.

 Hannah was so surprised that I made her a new clutch. It was so wonderful to see her reaction.

Jonathan's Cute Little Buddy

Jonathan suddenly became best friends with Garrett. We're not exactly sure how it happened, but Garrett absolutely loves Jonathan. We realized this a few weeks ago when Jonathan was playing with Garrett and his cars. Jonathan was teasing Garrett by telling him that they were his cars and Garrett's usual reaction to someone taking his consists of screaming bloody murder and then scowling at you until he forgets that you tried to take his car. (The kid even has dreams where he says out loud "No, my car".) Well, Jonathan didn't get the normal, ear-piercing shrieks. Instead, Garrett just laughed and said, "No, my car" and he would take it back from Jonathan. This repeated a few more times. A while later as Garrett was playing with Jonathan again, he handed Jonathan a car and told him that it was his car. It was shocking! Garrett doesn't share his cars with anyone. So, now we all know that Garrett loves his Uncle Jonathan.

Jonathan holding Finn McMissile.

A funny side note, Garrett can't say Jonathan and so for a while he would just call Jonathan Buddy instead. Well, now it's evolved to BJ. Yeah, I think it's hilarious!

Jonathan's cute, little shadow.

My Husband, The Android Developer!

It's true! Jonathan has his very first app in the Google Play store which means he is officially an Android Developer! His app is called SKU Pad and is aimed at people who use lots of bar codes (like he does at work). You can make a new note, scan in what ever you need to, and then have a list of those things in your phone.

That's my Jonathan Nelson's app!

He currently has a paid and a free version. I can't wait to see his following apps out on the market!!

A Small & Quick Project

Back in May I shared the photo wall in our apartment. It was so exciting to have it up on the wall that I ignored the fact that there were a few gaps in between some of the frames.

Jonathan was totally fine with the blank space, but I could not handle it. Something had to be done!

I was thinking of adding an old key or small little something that I could never quite figure out what it was. So, the wall stayed like that for two months.

Then, one day I was scrolling through pintrest and found my inspiration!!!

The description with this picture was "Fabric covered cork board".

It was like a light bulb turned on and knew exactly how to fill the extra space! Now, I didn't have any cork board lying around my apartment, but I did have an excellent substitute - styrofoam! I had a feeling that it would come in handy after assembling our shelves so I kept it. It helped out so much.

I decided to cut out a circle for the smaller hole, and doing it free hand did not work. On my second attempt, I used a roll of tape as my guide. It work perfectly! For the other hole, I decided to use the computer to make the right sized ellipse since free hand doesn't work for me.

This is the backside of the ellipse.

After using spray adhesive, you couldn't tell that it was really just styrofoam covered with fabric.

I took them home and got them up on the wall. They are the perfect fit for our photo wall. Jonathan admitted that the wall does look better with them up.

I can now sleep again knowing that the wall is complete!

It's Been Awhile

Well, between getting ready for Girls Camp, then being at Girls Camp, and  doing a few last summer projects before school starts, I haven't taken the time to post anything in the past few weeks. I figured I would let you know that I am in fact still blogging and will have some fun things to share!

For now here's a few pictures of my final big summer project! I am redoing the green thing (that's what I've named it) and soon it will be a beautiful navy blue chest! There will be a post all about it as soon as it's done!

Girls Camp 2012!

I had a great time spending a week with the wonderful girls! I was with the same group that I was last year and it was awesome. We spent the first three days just as the fourth years. We spent the first day playing on a lake with a sailboat, canoes, and kayaks.

The second day we hiked up to a tower that overlooks the Sierra Buttes. It was hard, but so worth the view!