Young Living Convention

A few weeks ago, I was in Salt Lake City for Young Living's Convention. There were 8 of us from our team who went together and had the best time! 

If you missed the first part of my recap, click here. 

Wednesday morning, we had a few classes, and took a break in Club Red, which is where they serve Ningxia slushies, Ningxia shots, and Zyng. There's also a dj which makes it super fun! You can't help but dance in Club Red! 

I joined this company four years ago, and never dreamed that it would bring in an income for our family. I just wanted healthy kids that wouldn't be sick all of the time. Our health has improved and I'm earning an income. It's been such a blessing! 

Young Living released the cutest little owl diffuser for kids! We've been using it for a week now, and the girls are obsessed! Megan usually sleeps with a light on, and because this has a night light, she's been turning off her light and the girls are back to sleeping in their rooms all night long! 

#itsthelittlethings

So, a portion of the sales for the owl diffuser goes to an animal rescue in Utah, and they brought an owl in for us! The girls school mascot is an owl, so of course I had to take my picture with the owl to send to the girls! 

My dress is here.  

There was also the cutest, and shyest little barn owl.  

Just a few of the ladies that went with me! 

Our company is 25 years old, but it's still growing every day! There were over 30,000 people at convention this year, and friends, if you think it's too late to jump in and start a business with Young Living, you're totally wrong! There's never been a better time to get started because so many people are making lifestyle changes and realizing that we have been fooled by so many companies and their green-washing. 

We may have hit up Club Red every day! 

Abigail is an online friend, and I met her a few years ago. We follow each other on Instagram and it was fun to see her again! 

Friday night, we attended a Friends themed pizza party. 

And, there was a doughnut wall! 

This doughnut was so delicious y'all! 

Friday night, we were back at the stadium for John Maxwell. I haven't read many of his books.... I have one, but I couldn't get in to it, but after hearing him speak, I'm going to try again! He was so inspiring and gave us so much knowledge! 

Every night was so late, but we had signed up for the 5K run for Saturday morning,  and I really didn't want to go, but thankfully, two of the other girls insisted, so at 6 am, I was sitting in the hallway, putting on my shoes, and drinking this to give me some energy! 

I was so glad these girls motivated me to go! 

Saturday afternoon, we were exploring the expo, when I ran in to Alana Bookhout. She's a Texas girl, and I follow her on Instagram, and she has the cutest dad ever! I told her how much I loved watching him on her stories, and we face-timed him! It totally made my day! 

Alana's husband is a big Texas fan, so I met him and invited him down for a game this Fall. It totally made his day! Ha! 

And then I met Lindsey Elmore. She's a pharmacist and knows her stuff about Young Living and essential oils. She has a fabulous educational Facebook page you should follow if you're essential oil curious!

(My top is here)

Saturday night we wrapped up with an Imagine Dragons concert. Of course I've heard their songs on the radio, but seeing them in person was amazing! They put on a heck of a concert! 

By Sunday, the convention was over and most people fly home, but it was actually cheaper for me to stay one more day and fly home on Monday, and thankfully, it was about the same for several of the girls that were with me! 

We walked over and explored Temple Square after sleeping in on Sunday. 

And then we stopped for a late lunch/early dinner.

We spent the rest of the afternoon just hanging out and enjoying each other's company. There were so many laughs too! 

#snakesandpebbles

So, I set a goal to close my move ring and Sunday night, I was short, so I hopped on the hotel treadmill before bed and finished a little over 2 miles to close my move ring.

And friends, I was up bright and early Monday morning to fly home! I'm not sure why I booked a 5:30 am flight, other than it got me home by early afternoon, but I was exhausted! Thankfully, I was able to sleep on my first flight and get a good breakfast before arriving back in Austin. 

Convention was such a fun week, and I'm so thankful I was able to have the time away to go, and soak up being around so many inspiring women! My team lives all over the US, and it's so great to have the one week together. If you're a Young Living member, you definitely need to make it to convention at least once! 

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Pantry Organization

When we moved in to our house last Fall, I was determined to have a super organized home. We donated, sold, and threw out so much stuff from our previous home because I realized we just didn't need it all! 

Our pantry in this house, isn't super big, so I had to be creative in organizing it! I feel like pantries are often neglected, but if you can take some time to toss out and organize, it will make your life so much easier in the kitchen! 

Here's a peek at most of our pantry; it does wrap around the other side too. 

On the top shelf, I have storage containers for flour, brown sugar, sugar, and powder sugar. 

Then, I worked my way down with clear storage boxes. Under each box is the lid, which made packing last Fall a breeze! I just packed the food in the container, put on the lid, and packed it in a box! Each box is designated in categories.  

We have one box that holds cereal, syrup, pop tarts, pancake mix, and nutella. The girls know that this is where all of the breakfast stuff is. 

Then we have a box for chips. 

I have two designated boxes for soups, peanut butter, beans, rotel. Anything, I'll need for cooking dinner.

Then the girls have two boxes with snack food. I keep these boxes at eye level, so they can easily grab a snack when they're hungry or grab a snack for school. 

They're usual snacks are fig bars, fruit leather, pop corn, Annies cookies, fruit snacks, or granola bars. 

Here's a better view of those storage containers. 

Like I mentioned, our pantry has a "L" shape. I keep "extras" in one box, such as extra nutella, pickles, chips, cooking spray, spaghetti sauce, or pickles. Basically, just a surplus of things we'll use later, but already have some open. 

Then, in one box, I have dinner side dishes: mac & cheese, spaghetti noodles, croutons, taco seasoning. 

On the bottom, I keep our baking supplies. I do keep the lid on this one so little hands stay out! There's cupcake liners, sprinkles, decorating tips, frosting, and cocoa! 

And, I have a box designated for my protein shakes. 

I love that we can see everything and everything has it's place. It makes it so easy to put away our groceries! 

If you're looking for some pantry organization help, I put together a few favorites:

YL Convention: Travel & Farm Day

Last Tuesday, I woke up bright and early (3 am) to catch a flight to Salt Lake City for Young Living's convention. This is my third year going to convention, and my 4th time in Salt Lake City, and I'm easily falling in love with the city! 

I grabbed a juice and waited to board my plane. 

I arrived in SLC around noon, met a friend at the airport, and took an Uber to the hotel. There was a little Street Taco restaurant by our hotel, so we headed for their for lunch. 

That afternoon, we headed to an event and met the OOLA guys! This is the third year we've met them and they are the nicest guys! But, we always seem to embarrass ourselves around them! One of us (not naming names) bought a book from them, and instead of going to the cashier, handed them the credit card for them to swipe! They said, "no one's handed us a card in 7 years!" Whoops! 

After doing some shopping for oil books, cute roller bottles, and more, we headed to check in and took turns participating in the giant lip mural. Young Living was trying to beat the Guiness Book of World Records for largest lip mural. 

The convention center is always decked out! 

We each received a backpack, notebook, pen, and a lipstick. I signed up for the 5K too and received another bag, a shirt, and a Valor essential oil. 

Wednesday morning, we woke up to head to the farm! This is my third time going, and it's always so fun! We arrived pretty early because we drove ourselves, so we headed straight to the distillery before the lines got too long. 

When you visit the farm and the distillery, you're able to get a hands on demonstration of how essential oils are made. 

This is one of the first distillery's Gary Young, the founder of Young Living made. 

After seeing the distillery, we went to the fields to plant Clary Sage. 

We each found a spot and planted our little plants. 

One day, my Clary Sage will grow, be distilled, and bottled in to an essential oil! 

Then we went out and peeked at all of the plants growing on the farm. 

And when you go to the farm, you have to jump in the fields! Except, our jump picture wasn't great, so this will do! 

#welltryagainnextyear

Each of the plants are labeled, so you know exactly what is growing. 

And we took pictures with baby Lavender. 

The views from the farm are breathtaking! 

Just before noon, we were hot, so we sat and put our feet in the stream that runs through the farm. 

And the water was cold, but refreshing. 

We cleaned our hands and headed to the tent for lunch.

After lunch, we had tickets to see Young Living's new headquarters. There's a store inside with all of the products, a waterfall wall, one of their small scientific testing labs, and a farm to table cafeteria for employees. 

Each day they have fresh food for their employees. 

And we were able to buy Einkorn flour blueberry muffins and lemon cookies. 

Soft, yummy, big cookies! 

We headed back to the car, and spotted the D. Gary Young Memorial Park, and took some time to play on the slide! 

We drove back to SLC, changed, and headed to the University of Utah football stadium for opening night and the release of new products! 

It was a busy two days, but so much fun!

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