Join me in finding ease + empowerment in motherhood as I share about natural living, balance for moms and large family life.
Hi, I’m Ryan!
First things first. It’s a crazy world out there folks. I don’t know what the future holds for any social media platform, but I can tell you one thing. As long as the internet is a thing, I will be here sharing about natural living, balance for moms and large family life. The only way you will for sure never miss out is by joining our email list:
Here is my husband, Evan. We met online during our junior year of college when it was really weird to meet people online. I made him meet me in a public place after hours of talking online and on the phone, even though he offered to pick me up in his car for our first date. We dated all through college and started our lives together after graduation.
We have been together for 14 years now. Married for 9 years of that. We’ve lived all over the state of Florida and also had an incredible adventure year living in Vancouver, British Columbia. That’s where we decided we wanted 3 children and eventually moved back to Florida to be closer to family and start our own family!
Our first pregnancy ended in miscarriage around 9 weeks. We were pregnant with identical twins. We were heartbroken and felt so empty after that experience. A few months later we were pregnant again. This time it was identical twins AGAIN (imagine the looks on our faces and our doctor….wow). The chances of that happening are crazy low and we are very clear that we were meant to be twin parents now. Ha!
Our beautiful twin girls were born in 2016 and we knew pretty immediately we still wanted our 3 children as we’d originally planned.
In late 2018 we welcomed our incredible 3rd little girl and settled into life as a family of five. We were figuring out how to manage our full-time careers alongside raising 3 under 3. After a little over a year we knew we wanted to balance out our crew with one more baby.
Again we experienced another miscarriage early on. Having gone through the experience before, we knew what to expect and we knew our little one would come eventually. At the end of 2020, we welcomed another sweet little girl. Our plan was 4 and we felt complete.
Four-ish months later I was waking my husband up on April Fool’s Day to tell him that it was NOT a joke, and that I was pregnant with baby number FIVE. Another little girl. We are welcoming her at the end of 2021 and we know deeply in our hearts how meant to be she is. We are going to need an updated family photo session SOON!
With the birth of our 4th daughter, we started to slowly transition from two full-time careers in the corporate world to time away to prioritize time with our family and on our small businesses. Our twins are at school during the day so Evan and I tag team taking care of our younger two (almost three) children during that time while the other one gets work done.
It was a big transition coming from having no children home during the day while we worked our corporate jobs to figuring out how to juggle everything and everyone at home.
What do we work on now? I am a Gold leader with Young Living essential oils and still pinch myself that I get to help other people bring more natural living and wellness options into their lives. I love essential oils, Ningxia, messy buns on top of my head, and high-maintenance coffee. 😉
Evan has always been in the finance and analytics world, and now works for himself applying what he knows on the investment side of things. He loves all things health-oriented, making funny videos and cats!