Life's laughable moments

Jayda had fun while I was in the shower this morning!

Breakfast at our favorite Bakery with my baby!

Enjoying the snow and sunshine with my girls today

Essential oils

My husband and I have become huge fans of doTERRA  (here is the link in case you are wondering about essential oils:  www.doterra.com). In fact, we've replaced just about everything in our medicine cabinet with doTERRA essential oils. We've treated fevers, stomach bugs, a dog bite, my asthma, migraines, and anxiety all with these oils.  I'm more into "all natural" than I ever have been.  With that said, I've either made or will make all of our own soap, body wash, lotion, hand sanitizer, bath salts, chap stick, deodorant (which lasts 48hrs and is the best I've ever used), throat spray, throat lozenges, bug spray, sunscreen, and play-Doh.  I will eventually post all of these recipes, but I'll start with the one that the kids really enjoy.

 

wild orange aromatherapy play-doh

 

 

-2 cups flour

-1 cup salt (I use fine sea salt)

-2 cups colored water (I used red/yellow food coloring)

-1 table spoon oil (grape seed, fractionated coconut oil, olive oil, or safflower oil will work)

Combine all ingredients over medium heat.  Stir over medium heat until mixture forms a ball.  Remove from heat and let cool on parchment paper. Once cooled kneed in 6-7 drops of your favorite essential oils. In this case, we used wild orange essential oil (we only use doTERRA oils because they are cptg). We've also made lavender play-Doh using red/blue food coloring and lavender essential oil. The girls love both. 

January

 

January has been a pretty quiet month around the Bryan home.  We've been enjoying the snow, Tessa has been looking forward to her swimming lessons (aside from horseback riding, Tessa's next favorite activity is swimming), we've been planning our garden for spring, we finally got our greenhouse, we've been designing our root cellar, and spending a lot of time as a family. I love our little family, and I am so grateful for all the time we are able to spend together!

 

 

Mastering the back float (all by herself)

High fives all around...her swim instructor is wonderful!

 

My girls....





All about Tessa

Our little girl is not so little anymore, she's almost five

She loves horseback riding

She is a swimmer

she likes helping mama bake

She enjoys her pre-k class

she is learning how to read (still can't believe this one)

She is our little miss independent

She is always asking questions

This girl is a big time bow hunter just like her daddy

Tessa is our country girl, and she loves Jesus very much!

We are so proud of you Tessa Mackenzie, and we love you very much!

 



 

Both girls love to color!  They will spend hours (no exaggeration) at the table coloring.  Tessa has been trying to teach her little sister how to write and spell.  It warms this mamas heart to see these two playing so sweetly together.

Our littlest Seahawk fan!

 

 All about Jayda

She is the life of our house



                                       She is now 20 months and growing strong and healthy
                                                           We call her our little ham

She loves to color

She talks all the time

She giggles constantly

she's a climber

She's loves to snuggle

her favorite toy is her baby (she sleeps with her every night)

She has decided to start using the potty chair by herself

She loves her big sister

she's a big fan of animals

We love you Jayda Faith!