Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Essential Oils & Woodworking

 I have enjoyed using essential oils for a little over a year! 
So when it came time for us to choose a topic to teach the homeschool club, essential oils it was!
 
We started with a little lesson.  Essential oils are not just a fad. 
 Did you know they are mentioned over 200 times in the Bible?
 
We bought the oils on the rack from the Garden Tomb in Israel.
 
The girls are working on baking soda ornaments with cinnamon essential oil added.
 

 
 
 We shredded bees wax and added a few other ingredients on the stove top to make our own lavender lip balm and chap sticks.
 
 




 
 

We made candy cane  peppermint scented Epsom salts layered with red mineral salt.
 
We made essential oil room spray.  If you use a good quality witch hazel instead of water the scent lasts longer.
 
 
We made lavender lip balm, cinnamon ornaments, sweet orange soap, room spray, candy cane bath salts, foot spray, and lavender dryer bags.  We also showed different ways to package their projects in case they wanted to give them as presents.
 
 
 
While the girls were busy inside, Aunt Melissa was busy teaching the boys in the garage making log pencil holders and wood burning wood covered books.
 

 
 

 
 
 
~Lillia

 

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Happy Anniversary!

On December 2nd, 1995 at 11:00 in the morning my wonderful parents got married!
If you do the math that was 20 years ago.
Too bad they had to wait 6 years for me to arrive :-D

~Lillia
  

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving

We are so thankful to the Lord for all the blessings that He has rained down on us this year.
 The very first thing that I am thankful for is His Love for us!
And for the family that He has given to us.  What would we do without our family?!



 We celebrated our Thanksgiving at Uncle Jon and Aunt Rebekah's house.
The food was delicious!

 This is Sis. Ganger. 
 The Olive Man!
 Aren't these favors clever?
 
  Afterwards we enjoyed singing along with our talented cousins Zoe and Abigail.
 Uncle Jon & Aunt Rebekah

 We were missing Kaitlyn!


We should be thankful every day for what the Lord has done for us!