And then, Spring Sprang!

And we were ready!

We started out March with some impromptu plans.. First up, a concert here in town to see Jewel! Damion happened to hear a radio commercial for the event, so we checked on tickets, and they weren't too expensive at all! So, we ordered them, and a couple of days later, we were off for a date at the Golden Nugget casino to hear some of the swoony magic of her songs and lyrics. ;o)

pretty good view for last minute tickets

she really was excellent as a live show!

As my oily business continues to grow, I got to enjoy seeing a new goal reached for myself! I'm really proud of this. February marked one year in the business of essential oils with Young Living, and while many have grown leaps and bounds more quickly than me, I'm thankful to have a supportive team with generous and caring leadership who have helped me build a strong foundation along the way! Such a fun group, and I'm thankful we're in this together!

Since Damion works every other weekend, we try to make sure we take some of the time we're both off to do things together. We woke up one pretty Saturday morning and decided we would take off to Lafayette for the day. It's about 80 miles from our house, so not a terrible trip by any means. We started by going by the school that he's hoping to transfer to sometime next year. UL-Lafayette has a pretty campus! It's not extremely big, but it does offer some cool things like married housing/apartments. We'd hope to get into something like that, if we're able!

go Ragin' Cajuns! :o)

We ended March with a small crawfish boil with the Conley family, as usual.
Didn't snap many photos that afternoon, but I got an important one. ;o)

~ onto April ~

Lake Charles is the nearest city to us from our smaller town, and it continues to grow all the time. One exciting thing (to me!), was that Newk's opened its 100th location there! The staff came by my job and offered some preview meal vouchers where we could go and try food from a smaller menu while they took that time to train their staff. We grabbed Dustin and Dylan (Damion's brother and cousin), and headed off for our free food! I really love this place. If you find one near you sometime, I definitely recommend it. This is my third location, and the quality and deliciousness of the food is consistent every time! Yum-O!

I definitely recommending "up sizing" to get the mac & cheese as your side item!

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And on April 5th, we celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary!
So exciting that it's been two years already!
We both had to work, and that's okay.. I'm so happy to be Mrs. Conley!
(and it's finally not super weird to say things like "my husband" to other people) ha!

this is still one of my favorite photos from our day!

the get-away!

Speaking of get-away... we did just that only a couple of weeks later!
When the new year began, one thing that Damion and I talked about was how I really wanted to take my oil business serious this year. I wanted to take risks, push myself, grow in my skills and knowledge, and do fun things! So, when my leadership decided to put on a big team business meeting/training in Raleigh, I wanted IN! Not only would I get to see my smaller business team (and meet some of them for the first time), but I would get a quick visit with some of my best friends. Winner Winner! YAY!! So thankful Damion was able to take a couple of days off to come with me. He was such a servant to me the whole weekend, including driving every minute of the trip there (through the night!) and back to Louisiana just a few days later. Best hubby! <3

If you haven't tried sleep phones, I recommend them!
They're like a headband/eye mask, but with flat earphones so that you can fall asleep listening to music (or watching/listening to YouTube videos like me!). I love them!

My beautiful friend Hallie opened her home to us...

we were blown away by her hospitality and how beautiful her apartment was!

On to the show...

Do you know Paige? She's amazing.
Not only is she a smart and strong leader, but she's generous, humble, and super hilarious!

(I'm not sure why my phone fogged up for this photo.. boo, me!)

Oh.. yeah, that's right... that's Andi. No big deal, huh?
I completely inner-fangirled every time I saw her around the meeting!

TONS of creative wisdom from this one!

More from the incredible leadership I have!

YAY TEAM! <3

The upper photo is a small group of my work team - #WorkIt.
Smart, Beautiful, And FUN!
And of course, the amazing Kate and Julie.. my main girlies!

I finished out my weekend by having some friends over to play around with some oils and make some goodies. I was SO SAD AND MAD that I didn't take photos of my friends who came!!! I'm proud of myself for ignoring my phone and enjoying every second I had with them, but seriously? How do I do things like that?! I could have at least snapped ONE photo! Ugh!

On the way out of town/out of state, we stopped for a quick few minutes in Charlotte to see this gem, though... and I didn't forget the photo this time. <3 Known and loved this girl since about the 2nd grade! Love that we can pick back up at a moment's notice! I loved getting to see her new house!

It was a long drive home, but we made it!

and we waited for summer to come...