Monday, August 18, 2008

Looking for the rainbow....

Once again it's been a VERY long time since I posted a blog. Sorry! I'm not very good at this. :o) I'll start with an update on the boys and then work my way up (youngest to oldest). Tucker is a very typical 2-year-old. lol Some of his favorite sayings are, "Go away!", "Leave me alone!", "Coby did it", lol "I love you more!", and "I can do it all by myself". Tucker speaks VERY well for a little tyke. I can't get him to shut up when we are home...lol He loves to help me with "everything" (I'm still developing my patience's....lol). He loves to tackle his older brother. He has a little attitude for SURE. lol He's sooo cute. He loves saying his prayers. We love our little Lucky ducky. lol My Coby Clayton is such a mommas boy. I just love him to pieces. Coby starts pre-school on September 2nd. He has made it VERY clear that he does NOT want to go to school! I don't really want him to start yet either, but grandma thinks it's a good idea for him, so we will give it a month and see what will happen. If he is very persistent about not liking it then I'll withdraw him and try it again next year. Coby has learned that Jesus was baptised in the river Jordan, and was baptised by John the Baptist. He learned it from a primary song, and loves to just share that information with us. It's SO cute! lol Coby and Tucker are the best of friends and also the worst of friends at the same time. lol They can be giving each other loves one minute and then be trying to scalp each other the next minute. :op Coby was totally potty trained and now for some reason he's reversed it. AHHHHH! I still love my little snuggle bug! As for me, I was diagnosed with a muscle disease a few weeks ago. My muscles are deteriorating. It's not like MS or anything like that. My muscles are breaking down and then being filtered through my kidneys. It causes a lot of fatigue, muscle pains, etc. On a positive note, I just got back from a Body Shop at Home convention which was FABULOUS, and I've decided to do something with it for once. lol We have launched some REALLY AWESOME new lines so please check out my site at www.thebodyshopathome.com/web/torisandberg . We have a new baby line (my friend uses it on her baby and it's just WONDERFUL!), a new mineral make-up line (Chase Aston does make-up for TONS of well known stars and super models and he only uses the body shop make-up), and a new Well being product line (I really recommend the deep sleep pillow mist works GREAT!). I absolutely love working for a company that has such amazing ethics. They started a human trafficking campaign in England this year, and next year they will launch it here in the US. I'm SOOOOOOOOOO happy about that because it's an issue that really touches my heart. I invite you all to use Body Shop products because it truly is an amazing company and we do amazing things for our world. :) Thanks for all the support! On to Derek now, well...he was fired about 2 Saturday's ago from Winger's. It was a shock because his boss emailed him to notify him that he no longer had a job. Things are going to be pretty rocky for us for awhile, but I know that God will provide a way for us if we have faith. We could definitely use some extra prayers. I don't understand how people are able to get state help so quickly and easily because it just doesn't seem to happen like that for us. They keep telling me to wait 2-3 weeks before applying for certain things because they use the last 30 days of wages to figure things out. Ahem, why would you do that if you are currently without a job???? Does that make sense to anyone cause I'm not seeing the logic behind this. No job=no job to me so what does the last 30 days have to do with anything? It's pretty retarded. Derek starts school next month for his CNA course. I wish he would've done it a year ago when he first decided to do this, but I guess better late then never. He wants to go on to become an RN and then he'll get his master's in nursing. I think that with all the trials we've been going through lately surprisingly now we seem to be pulling closer together instead of apart. I've been carrying a lot of stress on my back but I'm realizing that I need to give my burdens over to Heavenly Father and trust that he will help guide us through this. :o) So yeah, lol we have a crazy life right now, but I know that there will be a rainbow after the storm... (I'll just keep looking out my window til I see it).

Much love to you all!