Costumes

My little Monkey and My little Devil!

Every year we try to do a theme with our costumes.  Originally we had it all planned out to dress up as the characters of Despicable Me.  Seeing as my girls love that show, it was going to be perfect.  Well, as Halloween night drew closer and closer, I had no idea where I was going to find the outfits to match the movie characters.  So I said to my girls, I want you to choose your costumes.  If you could be anything in the world, what would you be.  Madison instantly said, "DEVIL!  I want to be the devil, but a cute one".  Brooklyn loves all things girl and as soon as she saw the beautiful monarch butterfly costume in Wallmart, she said, "That is what I want to be"!  And Jacquelynn.....well she is a lover of animals and as I went through a list of what she could be, when CAT came up, that was it!  And after I brought home the cat mask, she has been so very excited to be a cat for Halloween.  Sutton was easy, I want her to be a monkey.  It is just so cute and so warm!!!!

Jacque the Black Cat!

Brooklyn The Beautiful Butterfly!

Happy Halloween!!

The Happiness Challenge

I have one of the coolest friends.  She is just sunshine on earth.  Yesterday she wrote a post on her facebook page that said, "Positive energy breeds positive energy. I am living proof and loving life. Give it a try. Make a conscious effort to not be angry or negative for 24 hours. You'll find yourself doing it again the next day..."


I thought to myself, I am a positive person and I am usually happy, but am I as happy as I want to be?  I have my days, but I want to be happier.  So I made a decision to take on her happy day challenge.  I told her I am in and I will report back.  


So today, October 19th, 2011, I decided to be positive all day. No negative feelings, words, actions or thoughts.  NONE!  Did I follow through?  YES!  YES! YES!  And it was awesome!  I had a great day.  Everything about today was positive.  I love it and I DO want to do it again tomorrow.  As the quote says, "We are as happy as we make our minds up to be"!  I am choosing to see the glass half full with plenty to share.  I want to make every day as happy as I possibly can.  Why not?  Why would I not want happiness to follow me where ever I go?  I crave happy.  I deserve happy.  And now I am choosing to be happy.  


I found this awesome quote today while I was searching the internet,
" No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change".  


So for me, being happy most of the time, or should I say being positive most of the time is not enough.  I want it ALL the time.  And I am on a quest for happiness.  


Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

The Face Of Happy

Happiness

Happy, Happy, Happy

Oh the Smiles!

Angela

Do you Mind......

I am back....again.  Seriously I keep apologizing for slacking on my blogging, but I am just BUSY!  I like busy.  Busy keeps me moving and not sitting still.  Sometimes when i sit still for to long, I think about all the things that could be and might have been.  But my blog today is not about that.  That will be another post.

My girls are growing up so fast.  Today I came home and Brooklyn ran upstairs to tell me that she wrote her whole name all by herself.  That to me was so advanced.  My little girl wrote her name all by her self. I keep looking over at the dry erase board and there it is, her name.  I am so proud.

Sutton is getting so big.  She is talking so much more now.  I love that because it means she is getting better.  Before when she was sick ALL THE TIME, she had so many ear infections that she could not hear well enough to pick up words and repeat them.  But now that her health is so much better, she hears us and repeats what we are saying to her.  I am so glad that I kept this blog, because when I look back and read all that we went through, I can see a HUGE difference.  I pray that she continues to progress and stay healthy.  So happy we discovered essential oils.

Speaking of the oils, I know that I can be over the top about them and that I am constantly talking about them or posting about them, but what they did for my little girl was a miracle.  Those oils changed our lives for the better.  I have to tell every mom about them.  What if another person is going through the same thing?  What if my neighbor had not introduced me?  We would still be in a mess of sickness.  So I will continue to talk about them and share them.  Not just that, I plan to pull my family out of the pay check to pay check mess.  I am not gonna keep building another persons dream.  I am am building my families future and making sure we have what we need.  I want security and I want to know that my hard work is going to my future.  That is why I am doing what I do.  Because my family is that important to me.

I don't care about the lovely nick names I am apparently being given by family members, I will continue to build my business, I will continue to use the oils and I will always talk about them.  If I let negativity stop me every time I heard it, I would probable be in some corner crying my eyes out.  I would have never done all the things I have done in my life if I let the things people I know and love get to me.  I will never be that sad sort of person that crumbles at the sight of doubt or negativity (I think I got that from my mom).

I will always support those I love.  No matter what, no matter why, no matter how.

As the quote goes....

"Be Who You Are And Say What You Feel
Because Those Who Mind Don't Matter
And Those Who Matter Don't Mind"

If you are reading this and are wondering what that means,
 It means those who matter in your life and truly care about you will not mind you being yourself. In fact, they will welcome it.

Thankful

I am such a slacker these days! I have not written since the beginning of August. Not good Angela! So much has happened since my last blog post. Madison and Jacquelynn started school. Madison is in the 3rd grade and Jacquelynn is a big kindergardener. That still amazes me! Pretty soon Brooklyn will follow suit and be starting school too. Life is still pretty crazy. Eddie is still looking for a job. The economy kinda stinks right now as far as good jobs go. But are chins are up and we have a very positive outlook. Tithing and fast offerings are being paid so we know the Lord will provide. I am blessed to have family willing to help during the tough times. That is another blessing from the Lord. My doTERRA business is growing and I am having fun with building my own business. I love introducing people to the healing power of essential oils. It is hard for me NOT to talk about doTERRA. I just love it so much and am so passionate about it because of what they have done for Suttons health and my sanity. I was reading over a few old blog posts I had written during the "sick" part of Suttons life. I forgot how much sleep I lost worrying about my little girl. I forgot about keeping her crib in my room, right by my bedside so I could make sure she was breathing. All of those urgent care visits that only lead to more confusion and concern. I really hated that part of Suttons life. It was absolutely miserable. But it is over. We have found health for my baby girl through doTERRA. I am so thankful for being medication free for over 3 months. It is hard to keep quiet about something so unbelievable. Anyway, I make sure I am always thankful for my blessings.

 Angela

"Those Days"

I have my days!   I definitely have my days.   I think today may be one of them.  You know, the kind of day where at any given time at least one of my girls was crying.  Someone was knocking something over, someone was shouting at the top of their lungs for juice or water, or I was repeating the same thing over and over again and feeling like no one was listening to me.  So yeah, it was one of those days.  But if I am going to honest, I will take those days EVERYDAY if it means to always have my girls with me.  I adore their little faces.  I love them so much and I see how blessed I am to have them healthy and happy.  I don't ever want to be without one of them.  They fill my life with purpose and meaning.  They make each day (as hard as it may seem) worth living.  What would I do without them in my world?  I would be so bored.  So unfulfilled, so unloved and alone.  They are my everything and I am so thankful to be a mommy.  Of all the things the Lord has blessed me with, being a mommy is my most favorite talent and past time.  It is the best job in the whole world.  I LOVE MY KIDS!!!!

Dear Madison,
You are my heart and my soul.  You are my life!  I love you.
Mom

Dear Jacquelynn,
You are my whole world.  You make me laugh and love so much more then I ever did without you.  I love you!
Mom

Dear Brooklyn,
You are a blessing in so many ways.  You bring a smile to my face when I look into your eyes.  You are a light on my dark days.  I love you!
Mom

Dear Sutton,
You are the most precious of the gifts I have.  You are a blessing and a joy.  I adore you more them life itself.  I love you!
Mom

MY World!

That's The Way We All Became The Burgess Bunch!

I have been MIA for some time now with this blog, and I do appologize to those of you (if any) wait all week to read my blog.  Anyway, This has been the biggest summer of the Villa Families Lives.  And it just keeps getting bigger.  We moved, we have a yard, slip and slides, friends all over the neighborhood, new business, cabin, all my brothers and family together for the first time in years, birthday parties, bike rides, learning new things, gardening, cool basements, splash pads, dollar movies, Sweet Tooth Fairy, Half - Tees, exploring, rollie pollie finding, seeing family both Clayton and Burgess and so much more.

See, BIG right?  I have really loved having this summer to reflect on all that I have been blessed with.  I know that the Lord has a plan for our family and I know that we will continue to be blessed. In more ways then we can physically see.

Anyway, we had a HUGE Reid C. Burgess Reunion this past week.  It was a ton of fun and it was so great to see family.  All my cousins and their spouses and kids.  What a blast.  Here are most of the pictures we took.  It was a great day!

Families are Forever!

I feel like this has been the busiest summer ever!  I have not had a chance to really sit down and blog.  But after this week, I owe it to myself and my family to sit down and blog about the week we just had.  First off, the Burgess family, Ken, Sandi, Ben, Angela, Chris, Josh and David, were all together with their families for the first time in YEARS!  I can't even remember when it was we were all together last.  It has been way too long.  I was so thrilled that Ben and his family made the trip out to Utah to be with all of us.  We had such a great 4th of July.  Almost everyone was there.  Family togetherness was had by all.  The family, the food and the fun! Then it was off the the Clayton Family cabin for a few days of more family, and more fun.  The kids got dirty, the sleeping arrangement sucked, the mosquito's were biting, the river was dangerously high, and it even stormed a little, but it was awesome and I loved every minute of it.  I really do want to go back.  Even though I did not sleep one wink the night we were there, I would do it again in a heart beat.  I love my brothers and I adore their spouses and kids.  It was a very special time for all of us.  I forget just how awesome us Burgess kids really are.  I'm not bragging, I'm just honest.  I have the BEST brothers in the whole wide world and I love them all so very much.

So I am an aunt to,
Adelaide
Nolan
Calvin
Kelli Jo
Zoey
Chamberlain
Jane
Ava
Oliver
Siri

How cool is that!  My 5 girls make it a nice big 15 grand kids to my parents.  Oh yeah, and there is another on the way.  I am so glad that I live so close to some of my brothers so that my kids can really get to know their cousins and to grow up with them and be best friends.  I am so blessed.

Today was the last day of all of us together.  My mom and dad went home this afternoon, but not before we all got together for a GIANT family photo shoot.  It was color coordinated and chaotic.  I can't wait to see the pictures.  I LOVE MY FAMILY!

I love them for the craziness, their faults, their loudness and sarcasm, their trials and their triumphs, their successes and their sorrows, their jokes and their sincerity.  I love them for the good and the bad.  They are an amazing group of people and though some may not always see just how awesome they are at first impression, they will see it shortly after.  The Lord has blessed my family in so many ways and I love them all so much for being who they are.

Families Are Forever!!!!

Gaga Over Oil?

I have to admit, I have recently become a HUGE fan of Essential Oils and all the many things they are used for.  I never saw myself as a person to use essential oils, because what can a silly drop of oil do?  Well, I learned very fast what they can do and I am hooked.

What is an essential oil?  Or to be more specific, Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil.  Well, they are natural aromatic compounds found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants.  They can be both beautifully and powerfully fragrant.  Essential oils can lift the mood, calm the senses, and elicit powerful emotional responses.  Yet the use of essential oils goes well beyond their fragrant appeal.  They serve for both medicinal and therapeutic benefits.  They are a holistic approach to self care and growing scientific validation of alternative health practices are driving a rediscovery of the profound health benefits of essential oils.  Many have powerful cleansing properties and are naturally antimicrobial.  Their unique chemical structure allows them to pass directly through the skin for immediate systemic response to topical application. And certain oils may be used as dietary aids to promote vitality and wellbeing.

The bottom line is they work, and they work fast.  I was introduced to doTERRA essential oils by my new neighbors here in Utah.  My little Brooklyn fell hard down the stairs one afternoon while playing at their home.  She scraped up the back of her little leg so bad.  It was pretty nasty.  My neighbor immediately took care of the wound with the oils she had in her essential oil first aid kit.  She mad sure to apply lavender to stop the bruising.  I was kinda weirded out by it all because it was so new and different to me.  But after the first day, no bruising.  Second day, still nothing.  Third day....no bruising what so ever!!  That was one nasty fall that could have easily resulted in a MAJOR bruise.  But nothing, Nada,   Zilch, Zero, ZIP!!!

Lavender was just the beginning.  I was introduced to so many other wonderful therapeutic grade oils.  Not only does lavender  stop bruising, it helped me with my insomnia.  Yes, I have had sleep issues for so many years and on the first night I used the lavender oil in my difusser (on loan from my wonderful neighbors) I slept through the night!  ALL NIGH LONG!!!!!  That is just unreal to me.  I was sold.  I wanted to know all there was to know about essential oils.  Not just any essential oil, doTERRA's essential oils.

I am still learning, and I still ask for assistance on what oils to use when, but I love it.  I just can't get enough of these amazing bottles of goodness.

Anyway, so now here I sit, a believer in the power of doTERRA Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils.  I just can't give them enough praise.  They are wonderful.

If you were wondering, I am now a member of the doTERRA family as anIndependent Personal Consultant.  I am making it a goal to tell everyone I know about the power of these oils.  Give them a try, you will get hooked.

Take a look at my site!  Just click HERE!

Angela

Family, Fun Time, Fun Show!