Not your Mothers Food Storage: More about Family...Than about food!

I was so blessed to be able to spend 2 weeks with my family in celebration of my little sister Mallory's Wedding. When I moved out she was still 11 years old, so I haven't been there on her special days and dates and I wasn't going to miss one thing when it came to her wedding.

I couldn't have taken 2 weeks off and driven from Seattle to Utah, flown my husband out to meet us before the wedding, traveled down to her California reception, shared a bonfire on the beach, taken my boys to Disneyland with family and toured up the coast to the golden gate bridge and the redwood national parks and shared all of the fun moments and memories, at the beach, at the house, planning her Bridal Shower with my sister in law, meeting his family, and being able to be there for every part of everything if it wasn't for the cushion that Shelf Reliance has given our family. So I don't feel this post is out of place at all. I feel that everything I do with Shelf Reliance is more about Family than it is about food. It gives me time, money and flexibility to do more and spend more time with my family... "but aren't you gone several nights a month"... yes and those nights my husband puts the boys to bed and I miss an hour or two of that day with them, but I gain so much more when I save time cooking in the kitchen, and have the flexibility to do more with the extra income. I even got a few minutes to get a tour of the new Shelf Reliance building!! I feel that I would have missed so much... I'm so blessed to be able to share in these special moments together with my sister and with my whole family over those 2+ weeks that we were able to travel. And a week later go on a much needed retreat with my husband. Doing all this while in my first trimester...it took all the energy I could muster to keep going with a smile on my face. But I'm home now and at my 2nd trimester of pregnancy and looking forward to a boost in energy, you will be hearing from me again :)

Now that I am home and recovered I'll be back to posting!!

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