Earlier this week I talked about our failed attempt at camping because the bugs were so bad. The one night we were there except for a brief time to roast some marshmallows (some things are worth braving bugs for) I hid out in our tent. My two youngest daughters though sat by the fire with …
Tag: Essential Oils
An Easy Tip for Diaper Rash
I've been trying to learn how to use essential oils to help keep our family healthy. Little by little I'm learning more about these amazing oils. In a recent bout of the flu our baby ended up with a bad diaper rash. Normally when he gets a little pink I slather on some coconut oil …
The Bad and the Good
This has been an interesting week to say the least. It started out with all of us slowly one by one succumbing to an achy flu bug complete with sore throats and headaches. I am so finished with this winter, but I have hope that spring is really just around the corner. After suffering with a sore …
Fighting the Flu
After suffering through the stomach flu for a couple of weeks in January I thought we were finished with being sick for a few months. Apparently not. This week has been a complete write off as we've all had the achy flu - sore throats, aching joints, headaches, fevers. I think you get the picture. …
A Good New Year 2014
We had a wonderful day together as a family. We exchange gifts at New Years and not Christmas so the excitement was pretty high around here while we were waiting for Grandpa and Grandma to get here. We make a lot of our gifts so December is a very busy time for us making things. …
A Busy, Fun Week
This has been a good second week of school. I signed up for a blogging event where I have to visit about 50 other blogs and about 50 bloggers visit me. Wow! I've been busy visiting, commenting, learning and having fun. If you check out my post "School and Grace" you'll see that I've been …
Essential Oils
Friday again! They seem to come so quickly. We had another good week. We’re inching ever closer to being finished with school for this year which is always exciting. The weather if slowly starting to warm up and it has been nice to get outside and into the sunshine. I love walking when the weather …
Intentional Simplicity 