House cleaning
This is what makes a real marriage. A man who isn't afraid to clean! There are quite a few things I cannot do right now due to my back injury and I am so grateful that Dan is willing to pick up the slack, and a mop or the vacuum when needed. I also love that we have...
Goodbye to our Summer
September 10th, 2017...a hard day for our family. This is our precious furbaby, Summer. I had just arrived from a week away at my first doTERRA convention and as soon as I saw her I knew something was terribly wrong. Her big brown eyes were asking for help and she was...
Morning Routines
One of the top questions we are asked is “What is your daily oil protocol?”, so we thought we should share. This has changed over the years when new products are released or as Kami finds new research. We both start with full dose LifeLong Vitality, this is a no...
Freshman Funk
Our daughter started college about 2 months ago. She is loving it but boy is it a HOTBED for germs!! Many of her friends have been struggling with feeling less than awesome. The lack of sleep, late nights studying, difficult courses, and communal living are definitely...
I was only 40!
On my 40th birthday I sat expectantly in the orthopedist’s office. I was finally going to get the answers I needed to move forward. You see, just 6 months earlier I had undergone back surgery for herniated discs and during my recovery and intense physical therapy I...
Getting through the morning
Each morning we seem to hold our breath. We never know how it's going to go. And the thing that is really tough is that it can change very quickly. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, it's mornings with Jeffrey. Our morning starts out with him now getting...
ON R & R
R&R (Ragnar and Respite) Respite “a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant” Ragnar- 200ish mile running race with teams of 12 and 2 vans Life is hard and I don’t want this blog to become a source of complaining or negativity, but the...
On chronic illness…
We have a chronically ill child, nothing life-threatening, but horrible nonetheless. Chronic illness changes you. As a parent you are scared and worried but also know that it could be so much worse. Almost to the point that you don’t want to complain. When Jeffrey...
Gifts
In loving memory of Kirsten, Steve, and Kim. Thank you for helping me find my gift. As a Christian I have taken a lot of “spiritual gift” surveys over the years. Healing, mercy, helps, and faith usually show up. Recently, I have been thinking about the good and hard...
Letting Go
This year has been quite a journey, but so has my life, really, and I am sure everyone can say that. Life has a way of throwing you curve balls, giving you amazing (and horrible) surprises, situations where the choices are between bad or worse. But it is a journey...
Purpose
I don’t remember the date, but I remember that night and all of the raw emotions I was feeling at the time. It was the middle of the night and Jeffrey was 9 weeks old. We had just been given the news that he was deaf and we were desperately trying to process what that...
Bowl Week
Bowl week elicits different emotions in our house. For Kami, it's "UGH - more football!" But for me, it brings back some great memories. Let's go back to 2005. At this time in our house, things were a little crazy. Megan was not being the most cooperative...