What? Coconut Oil Will Kill You? Whatevvvvssss.

And to think...I've been buying it in gallon containers, buy one get one free.  No kidding.

Thank you, American Heart Association.

Check out JP Sears video here.

He's a super funny guy!

Why We Choose To Use Young Living Essential Oils

Let's face it, there are oodles of essential oil companies out there and deciphering the difference between "organic", "100% pure", "Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade", and all the other labels can make your head spin (there's an oil for that). Truth be told, there is very little regulation when it comes to essential oils. The only requirement by the government is that each bottle contain 5% actual essential oil. If it meets this requirement then any of those labels are permissible even if mostly what you are purchasing is filler.

There is limited regulation when it comes to distillation (extraction of the oils) as well, meaning some companies opt for a higher yield, more cost effective route by using chemical solvents which is then present in the final product. This can lead to skin reactions and render the oil useless. Proper heat and pressure are needed to protect the properties that make oils so effective and Young Living has mastered this process, which guarantees you'll be able to use less oil with consistent results.

Here is a quick break down of why so many people, including my family,  exclusively choose Young Living.

•   Seed to Seal Young Living is the only company to guarantee the highest level of purity and authenticity from the seeds they choose all the way to bottling the purest, most potent, most effective oil on the market.

•   Young Living owns their own farms.

•   They weed the fields by hand.

•   Pest control is done using essential oils.

•   Anyone can visit the farms and participate in the planting, harvesting, and distillation process.

•   Largest selection of essential oil singles and blends.

•   Each batch of oils is rigorously tested.

The true test will transpire when you put them to the test and have your own experience. I can guarantee that once you've used Panaway for your muscles post workout, or Peppermint to support your digestive system, you will be yet another skeptic turned believer!

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I'll be back!  I have Dex stories to tell you!

Here's To A Happy New Year 2015 For You and Yours!

It’s been an awesome year for our household.  I’m expecting nothing less in 2015.

Which says a lot, given the price of oil has tanked.  My hope, however, is in the Lord.  He is our provision…our peace…our Savior.

2014 was a year of great restoration for us, in that we were reconciled to our younger son, and blessed to meet all three of our beautiful grandkids.  By the way, have I told you, they all hung the moon?  We are totally in love with our grands and I so get it now when people say all the goofy grandparent things…I so get it.

Zack and Zanna the Wonderdogs are both thriving and doing well.  They continue to provide us a huge sense of enjoyment…I believe our boys still swear that the Wonderdogs have stolen their inheritance.  And they may be right.  I swear, I think Zack gets younger every year…but the gray on his muzzle tells another tale. He still acts like a pup most of the time, though.

I was introduced to Young Living Essential Oils at the first of 2014, and we have fallen in love with the benefits of living healthy with the oils.  They’re an amazing God gift to us, and we love all the people we’ve come in contact with because of the oils.  

Work has been a joy for us, we both love what we do in this crazy energy industry.  God is good.

The Lord has knit us into many relationships in the past year, and we are totally enjoying the healthy flow of those relationships.  

It’s been a very good year.  Thanks for being a part of it!

I pray you good health, peace, prosperity, great friends, and most of all, many blessings in 2015. May the Lord bless you and keep you and yours.