Monday, August 6, 2012

Mr. Fix-It-All

We've been busy around here, and Landon has been a great help. No, really, he has. He's been helping grandma weed, growing and watering plants, and replacing light bulbs. Whenever he sees the toolbox he says, "I want to work" and grabs a tool. Love this boy!


This is his tool belt:



Happy news! We've had some success with Landon being reverent at church. We started out needing to take him to the foyer about 15 times during sacrament meeting. Yesterday, he took himself out once and that was it. I had to chase him because he ran out the front doors into the grass.


Did I mention this little boy escaped from nursery unnoticed and ran into another ward's meeting? Yeah...we're happy they put baby gates up. He goes into stealth mode and disappears!


For Pioneer Day, we went camping with our ward in Show Low. There was great company, delicious food, and wonderful rain. Landon couldn't go to sleep and kept jumping out of his pack and play onto his cousin's head. Two hours of this behavior later, he fell asleep while I was holding him.

He had about four huge marshmallows on top of six pieces of watermelon.

Loved the fire.

With his buddy.

After waking up at 5:30 the next morning (thanks Landon!), we packed up and went to the parade in Snowflake. 
Crazy garbage can train - Landon's favorite.

Waiting to catch candy.
He ate more candy than he's ever had in his entire lifetime.

 And now for my favorite picture. Landon loves music and I found him in the living room, and he had opened the guitar case, taken out the guitar, and was playing a little song.



Thanks for reading!

Emily


Friday, July 13, 2012

Love Affair with doTERRA



What is doTERRA and why do I love it?

doTERRA is a company that makes and sells pure therapeutic grade essential oils. I used to buy essential oils at the health food store. I thought they were pure oils, without any additives or dyes. I have since learned that if the bottle doesn't say CPTG (Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade), it is unsafe to ingest, and sometimes to use topically. For instance, a friend's daughter got a burn on her hand. Lavender is great for burns, so she put some on that she got at the health food store. It burned her daughter more because the company had put alcohol in it.

doTERRA's oil is great because you can ingest it and use it topically and aromatically with no problems. I use at least one oil every day, usually more than that.

Here are a bunch of true miracles that have happened thanks to doTERRA:

Fevers: Landon had a fever and he was throwing up terribly one night. I got out peppermint oil, mixed it with a little bit of coconut oil, and put it on the soles of his feet and his back and his tummy. I mixed a little with water and had him drink it. Then I put some lavender  on his back and the bottom's of his feet. His fever disappeared within the hour and he stopped vomiting and went to sleep. 

My friend's little boy got the same thing the next day and I gave her the peppermint oil to try - same results.

Toothache: My mom hasn't had a dentist appointment in a long time. Some work that the dentist did failed and she had a horrible toothache for months and months. Her friend gave her a doTERRA blend called OnGuard and she put it on her tooth every day and had no pain.

Acne: Once a month I tend to break out really bad. I got a blend by doTERRA called ClearSkin and my skin has stopped breaking out. I love this stuff!

Sore Muscles: I went shooting for my first time about two months ago. We used rifles and the kickback was pretty strong. I was sore after an hour and I put a cream called Deep Blue Rub on my shoulder. When I woke up the next morning, I could move my arm fine and it wasn't throbbing like the night before.

Sinus Infections: About a month ago, our family came to visit my mom. While I was here, I got really sick because of the cat hair and dust. I sneezed and coughed and I couldn't sleep because I was so stuffed up. My snot (gross, I know) was green and I knew I had a bad infection. I put Oregano, lemon and OnGuard oils in capsules and took those twice a day. I felt so much better after three days and the infection left within a week and a half and that was without antibiotics.

UTI: If you've ever had a UTI before, you know how yucky you feel. Again I put Oregano and lemon in capsules and drank OnGuard in water. The UTI was cleared up in three days and there was no burning after that. I knew it was a UTI because I have had them before. I love that I could use natural oils instead of harsh antibiotics.

Migraines or headaches: Once or twice a month I get migraines that send me to my bed and I have to have darkness or it throbs. DoTERRA has a great blend called PastTense and when I roll it on my temples, the relief is almost instantaneous.

There are TONS more miracles I have seen from using the oils, but it's time for this post to end. 

Only THIS month, deTERRA is offering $100 in free oils when you spend $100. This is a fabulous deal and I don't know when the next promotion will be. If you sign up to be a consultant, you save 20% on the oils.

Check out my business site for more details: http://www.doterra.myvoffice.com/emilyjsmith/

Emily

Smokin' Summer

The end of June, we moved to AZ with my mom. It has been SO hot here! I think I finally acclimated to Utah weather only to return to AZ and now just thinking of going outside gives me a sunburn. Of course as I say this, it's pouring rain outside, so the weather is perfect for me right now.

Here are some things Landon has enjoyed while we've been here:

Landon is happy, gloriously happy. Less hitting, less biting, less screaming, less whining - he's a completely different kid! He loves the backyard and being able to go outside without an adult because I can see him through the window. He has grown a few inches and gained weight since we've been here, and it's only been three weeks. Plus, he's been making us laugh like crazy! He does this wrinkly nose face that make me laugh out loud. Spending time with uncle Aaron is one of his favorite things to do. Aaron takes him in his car and it makes Landon's day every time.

Landon's jokes: 

  • Someone at a wedding reception asked him his name, and he goes, "Jesus", and turned and walked away. 
  • Whenever fun music comes on, he moves his bum all over the place and pumps his fists in the air. It's pretty hilarious to watch. 
  • He calls popsicles "kuh kick el".
What he thinks is funny:
  • Getting in to the vaseline and wiping it all over his shirt.
  • Eating raw rice and dumping it all over the floor.
  • Dumping honey onto the counter and the floor.


Loved the rain.
He calls flipping pancakes "swishing".
Goofy face.

Some things I have enjoyed while I've been here:

Going to the temple with my mom. Seeing Aaron and spending time with him. Getting to know the ward here has been nice. Cleaning and organizing all my stuff has been nice only because I like making it look less messy! Job hunting has been fun - it's been a while since I haven't been my own boss. Applying for ASU's Master's Program of Music Therapy has been exciting. I won't be able to start school until the Spring but I love dreaming about it. Riding my bike on flat roads is AWESOME! Provo with it's curvy hills killed me when I rode my bike around. 

We like living in Arizona and things are going great!

Thanks for reading,

Emily

Thursday, April 12, 2012

March and April

I love life, even when it gets busy!

Here are some recent happenings in our family:

Ryan and I had our 3rd anniversary!
We had a coupon to Outback Steakhouse plus they gave us a free Bloomin' Onion



Ryan's brother Dallin returned honorably from his mission to Slovakia - he gave a great homecoming talk.

At the temple right after family baptisms

Landon has been growing like crazy:

He found diaper cream...

He found my mascara...

Giving his baby a drink

Ready for church!

Daddy teaching Landon how to play baseball

General Conference! We got to have my mom and brother Aaron from AZ as well as my sister Becky and her daughters Kaela and Reganne from Oregon came to listen:

Ryan, me, mom, Becky, Reganne, Kaela, Aaron at the Conference Center in Salt Lake

Music Recitals:
The Sandy students and guests March 30 2012 (they did a GREAT job)
Clarissa, one of my Provo students. My camera died during taking pictures of the other students!
Ryan's artwork at the Provo recital

Ryan's last day of Jiu-jitsu training (next week he graduates from BYU!):
Learning to break someone's arm...ouch.

"Dropping the guy on the ground" move

Sewing and Easter Sunday:
I made Ryan's bow tie and Landon's suspenders and bow tie.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Little Man

 

I turned around to see Landon had found my glasses:

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CIMG6545 Once we got the glasses resituated, we noticed a familiar similarity in the outfit+glasses…

Bob1(Sorry so pixilated) Family resemblance, anyone??

 

Emily

Monday, February 27, 2012

Friends

 

I love good friends. Those are the friends that you can rely on, that will talk with you and listen to you. They are the friends that care about the things that are small triumphs to you, but triumphs nonetheless. Good friends care for your well-being and don’t judge you. You can be a little crazy around them and good friends join.

We are part of a babysitting group, so each Saturday, one of the couples in the group watches everyone else’s children and then we rotate for the next week. Ryan and I got our turn and ended up with this lovely picture of Landon’s good friends cuddled up on the couch watching a movie:

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I hope he will always have good friends.

Thanks for reading!

Emily