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I'm Ashley - wife to Kevin, mama to Elliot, clinical pharmacist and health educator, outdoor enthusiast, and lover of design.

A lifestyle journey of faith, family + health

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Visions for 2018
Heading out for our first camping trip of the season this weekend. Phones off, campfire going. 🏕🌳⛰ Being outdoors is essential for my mental health! Gimme all the cool weather, campfires, daily hikes, and hammock swings. 💛🙌🏻🌿 CAMPFIRE DIFFUSER BLEND // 2 drops Idaho Balsam Fir 3 drops Vetiver 3 drops Clove 4 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce
Sweatshirt weather!!! #FINALLY 🍂🌬🍁 Soaking in the cool morning breeze with a babe sleeping on my chest, strong coffee in hand + my big kid running through the leaves. ✨💛 This is my happy place. FriYAY indeed! 💛 Also - #freshfacefriday and an unmade bed because #reallife
Confession... I don’t really like PSLs 🎃🙈 I’ll take pumpkin bread or pumpkin pie any day (except during a #Whole30, natch) but a pumpkin latte? Not my thing. 🙅🏼‍♀️ Cinnamon or chai however, and that’s a different story. recipe below! 😍💛 Are you a PSL fan? ☕️ WHOLE30 CINNAMON SPICE LATTE // 12oz organic coffee, brewed Splash compliant almond milk 1 drop cinnamon bark or Thieves EO 1 drop nutmeg EO (optional) 1T ghee (we like @tinstarfoods) 1tsp coconut oil (optional) ☕️ Add to a wide mouth mason jar + blend with an immersion blender until frothy!
Any other introvert parents out there? 🙋🏼‍♀️ I love how talkative + inquisitive my oldest is, but sometimes it’s a lot for this introverted mama. 😳 I remind myself that he doesn’t have friends to text/call or social media or any outlet other than me most of the time. And I pray that he knows how much I value his sweet questions and curious nature. He loves to be right in the middle of whatever I’m doing, to know the why’s and how’s of my actions, to be involved in all the tasks. He’s a lot like me. 🙈🤷🏼‍♀️💛 Lord help me to nurture this sweet spirit and react to the daily barrage of questions with grace.
After having lash extensions, my previously naturally long lashes were in desperate need of TLC. 😳 #thankgodfor cedarwood (great for hair growth)! I used this recipe daily + was back to normal within a few weeks 😍🙌🏻 🌿 LONG LASH SERUM // 10 drops lavender + 10 drops cedarwood + 2oz castor oil. Mix well. Transfer a small amount to a lash wand + apply every night before bed. 🌿 It helps to rub the wand across the top of the bottle to remove any excess oil before applying. Castor oil + small empty mascara tubes via Amazon, natch.
Gangs all here!! 🍁🌳🍂 Yummy fall smells all day erry day with no weird chemicals. 🙌🏻 And we burn beeswax candles for the ambiance cause candlelight is dreamy 🕯✨ What is your favorite seasonal scent??
Wonder WHY we are all about Thieves oil? (Especially the new roller?!!) 🌿 Why we roll it in on daily, buy cleaners + soaps infused with it, reach for it time after time?? Cause it is LEGIT friends. 🙌🏻 + One of many studies on pubmed.gov: 🤓 "83 essential oils were initially screened for biofilm inhibition against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cinnamon bark oil and its main constituent cinnamaldehyde at 0.05% (v/v) markedly inhibited P. aeruginosa biofilm formation." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25500277 + Bottom line? Thieves kicks all the ick - in your body, in your home, in the air you breathe, anywhere you use it. 👊🏻🙌🏻 And only the ick, not the good stuff! We use it in multiple products so we can have maximum immune support and spend more tine ABOVE the health line. 👌🏻 And when defenses go down, we have tools for our acute needs already on hand. #thievesforlife
Little signs of fall making their way around our home despite the lingering heat 🍁🍂 I added a few drops of cinnamon bark oil to our coffee grounds before brewing and it is 👌🏻🙌🏻 You could also blend it with some heavy cream + an immersion blender! ☕️💛Happy weeeknd friends!