Anything you can do... I can do too?

Everything is much more fun, girlified!

I remember when I was little because we were a single parent family that my mom taught herself how to do at home repairs.  I remember a picture of me helping her patch up some holes in the bathroom when she moved the towel holder.  I decided to be an at home fixer upper and patch some holes we had made when we were moving stuff around in our room and accidentally dropped something against the door.  Jonathan took me out tonight to Canadian Tire and we bought some dry wall putty and a spatula.  Jonathan taught me that to cover the holes you need to cover the hole like you would ice a cake.  Before he told me this I kept pulling all the putty off the hole and back onto my spatula, so I was just adding more and more and the same thing kept happening.  I felt proud of myself to get the holes covered and ready to be sanded and repainted. The reasoning for this excitement really stemmed from the fact that the drywall putty was pink and dried white, that just makes it that much better! But, anyways it always makes me feel really good when I can learn handy dandy tips or things to use around the home!

Another highlight of today was when Jonathan and I did family scripture and read our daily christmas story out of our 24 days of Christmas binder.  We read the story, A Brother Like That and it was a wonderful opportunity for us to talk about the reasoning for giving gifts and the meaning behind them.  It was nice for us to really talk about what gifts we can give Heavenly Father and Jesus.  I really was impressed that Jonathan said we needed to dedicate more time as a family to spending more time giving service to others, reading our scriptures, and saying more heartfelt prayers.  We weren't doing bad at reading our scriptures together but it was never as consistent as it was before.  I have been on a push to develop better habits before baby comes so that they are in place when baby comes and can be continued, so we'll see how that goes.

I am excited for Christmas and having the opportunity to just spend time with Jonathan and create our own Christmas traditions.  Here's to 16 days left till the special day <3