Why I LOVE Melaleuca! I MAKE money and SAVE money and YOU can be apart of it!

Why Melaleuca?

#1.    I LOVE the products!

#2.    I’m making money and saving money!

Many of you have probably heard of Melaleuca:The Wellness Company or used some of the products before. I’ve been using and selling Melaleuca for a little over a year and love every part of it! After having Sawyer and realizing how often I pour bleach and other hazard products on everything I clean, I started wondering what else I could use that would be safer. I was introduced to Melaleuca and fell in love with it! ALL of the products are better than I ever would have bought at Wal-mart. I have a really long list of my top favorite products (if you want to sample any of them!). Melaleuca sells cleaning supplies, lotion, make-up, health foods, laundry detergent, acne prevention kits, men’s products, fragrances and so much more! Not only are most of the products all natural, they are also concentrated so they last months longer than store brands. I was never a crazy person about using all natural products, but once I discovered I could spend the same, if not less, MAKE money….and have top of the notch products…I was totally sold! Since I’ve starting selling the products, I haven’t spent any money on dish soap, laundry detergent, lotion, cleaning supplies, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, soap, acne treatment, chapstick (my favorite) in over a year!!! Plus, I make extra after that’s paid for! I’ve never been a sales woman, not quite my strength…but I do know I have loved doing this and it has been nothing but a positive experience for our family! Items are shipped to people’s homes, so there is no inventory or keeping up with products. No parties, weekly emails, etc. Basically, Melaleuca replaces a typical Walmart trip with better products, better deals, and ships right to your front door!

A few cool things about Melaleuca:

•  It is a 100% debt free company that has been in business since 1985.
• Everything is online and SO easy to order.
• There are some incredible products for eczema and acne. I have lots of success stories I would love to share with you!
• 850,000 households shop with Melaleuca each month.
• Melaleuca makes over 1.8 billion dollars in sales each year.
• There are over 350 products to choose from.
• Products are concentrated and last longer than the typical “store brand.”
• The cleaning supplies actually smell good AND work!!!

A little bit about the CEO: Frank Vandersloot

Well for one, he is great friends with Dave Ramsey…that’s always a good sign! Dave Ramsey has a column in Melaleuca’s monthly magazine.

In 1985, VanderSloot founded Melaleuca, Inc., a multi-level marketing company that sells environmentally friendly, nutritional supplements, cleaning supplies, and personal-care products and he has been president and chief executive officer ever since his vision was of bringing healthy, natural, environmentally safe products to consumers via word of mouth as opposed to conventional radio and television advertising and has paid off quite well. Melaleuca operates internationally, with U.S. operations centered in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Knoxville, Tennessee. Customers buy directly from Melaleuca's website and "independent marketing executives" receive commissions from Melaleuca for each purchase made by people they refer. The company refers to this arrangement as “Consumer Direct Marketing," a term it has trademarked. Inc. magazine included Melaleuca on its Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States every year from 1990 to 1994 before inducting the company into its Hall of Fame in 1994.VanderSloot says that the company has a "business model for those people who want to supplement their income.” VanderSloot estimates that roughly 190,000 marketing executives "earn a check from Melaleuca each month," 20,000 of whom "make their primary living through the company." As executives recruit, their titles change and they make more money.

Below is a link about Melaleuca from the CEO:

http://www.frankvandersloot.info/professional-life/an-introduction-to-melaleuca/

Want to know more?

If you are interested in learning more about the products, or becoming a “marketing executive” you can e-mail me tillanie@gmail.com. I would LOVE for you to join our team. There are zero risks! Melaleuca customers can cancel at anytime. There is a $29 one time sign up fee, and after that, ordering online is easy and fun! There are lots of options to save, get $100 worth of free products, access to discounts from all kinds of other retailers online (Target, Kohls, Dillards, etc.). During the month of July Melaleuca is offering a special for a $1 sign up fee instead of $29. (This come around often…every other month or so.) I love love love Melaleuca and would love to share more about it with you! 

Sawyer James you are ONE AND A HALF!!! Happy 18 Months!

We have a ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD! I can't believe it! We are having such a wonderful summer together! Mommy and SJ might be getting a little too attached to each other! We spend all of are days together...and for the most part :)...we love every second of it! We've been to the zoo, the library, the pool, the park, the splash park, Ft. Worth, Arkansas, and watched many episodes of Bubble Guppies! 

Sawyer is turing into a big boy so quickly! He can say lots and lots of words and runs around like he owns every place we go.  Every month he still continues to have the same goal in mind everyday...to RUN until bedtime! And he only gets faster everyday! Life with this little guy went from nurturing and providing to teaching and training in a flash! We use every opportunity we get to train SJ up to be a strong man of God, however, most of our training right now is just for a nonbiting, nonhitting, nongrunting, nontoilet paper unrolling little boy :) Life sure is way more exciting with this sweet kiddo around. I've read lots of books and listened to lots of mentors explain the highs and lows of parenting. There's no understanding it all until that little boy sits right in front of you and says, "no mama." Sawyer, say, "yes mama!" That little boy looks in my eyes and says, "nope." Well, how about ya! All three of us are sure learning alot during this season! What we hear over and over from parents that we want to model our life after is CONSISTENCY is the key! So consistency we try to do all the time, but this kid did not come with an owner's manual. And if you know the Franks at all...we really really like manuals! 

Sawyer James we love you so much! Happy 18 months little man! 

You can mimic most of our words, but your favorite words are:

Mama

Dada

Jobie (hobe)

Car

Moo

Neh Neh (a horse)

Nice

Uh Oh

Yeah

Bye Bye

Deedee

Poppa

Pig (Peeeg)

Color (lalure)

Banana (nana)

Go Go Go

Your favorite toys are:

Cars

Blocks

Golf Clubs

Basketball Goal

Your favorite foods are:

Avocado

Banana

Twizzlers

Fruit Snacks

Cheese

(no judging please :)

One of your faces...usually when we run out of fruit snacks

Finger painting is fun! Say it again...finger painting is fun...fun to do, fun to clean up, fun to dry, fun to clean up :) 

His favorite place to watch TV at Poppa and Lolli's house

Big boy!

Gpa and Deedee, we LOVE our chair!

There have only been a few morning in his life when he didn't wake up just like this. My favorite part of the day is getting him out of bed in the morning! 

Mommy doesn't love sand so much...but this kid sure does!

Gpa bought you your very first race car! Oh how fast that will look alot like a 16 year old!

Sunbathing best friends!

No one can make him giggle like Jobie can!

We love bath time!

If they don't get married, what will we do with this picture? Arranged marriage please!

Cousins!!!! We got to spend a few days in Arkansas with our favorites! Sawyer loves his great grandma!

Zoo day! SJ calls the monkeys "mama"...well that's close...I guess :)

Finger painting outside with friends! 

That's a big piece little man!

He didn't love this...neither did I :) 

I love them with everything in me!!!!

Sweet family! 

Nothing better!

Lolli loves SJ! SJ loves Lolli! 

I love you cutie face!

4th of July

Angel!

This is my favorite picture of Sawyer! Blue eyed baby!!!!

Daddy did this for a long time!

Who needs clothes!

Deedee, SJ is saying, "go, go, go"

Oh how I love them! 

He kinda looks like a bully in this picture...sometimes he is. :)

I love it when he matches daddy! 

Poor little dancing puppy! 

They are a pair! 

I felt like one of those girls that gets to ride on top of the car at parades! 

He makes so many funny faces and noises! 

If Sawyer could talk in sentences, he would say this is his favorite thing to do! 

Oh how fun this is...until we break something!

Running, running and running running! 

Good job little golfer!

Sawyer turned 17 months, we took a vacation, and I quit my job!

Lots of updates in the Franks household! 

First, Sawyer James is 17 months old. I've said this 100 times before, but really...this is my favorite age!  He is just so so funny! He constantly keeps us laughing. He can say all kinds of words. Basically, anything we say, he will try to repeat. Everytime we see a vehicle of any kind, SJ says, "Car, voom, voom!" We learned what "hot" means also. So when I give him warm food he says it over and over. Although, he did point to one of his little girlfriends (Addie) the other day and said, "hot!" Help us! If I had to sum SJ's life up in one word, it will still be "run." Always on a mission, always on the run. We like to stand alot more than we like to sit on our bottom. The slide never gets old. And we can play the good old game of tag all day long. Clay taught him how to swing a golf club and now everything is a golf club! He says, "weeee" and then will swing his spoon, toothbrush, fork, straw, cup...anything! It's pretty stinkin cute! Although this time is so wonderful, it comes with plenty of challenges! A strong willed child that would much rather scream instead of saying please (although we are getting much better at this), and would never sleep if I didn't make him! The joys of independent, strong willed children! What fun they are...what a challenge they are! My great grandma used to say, "You can sleep when you're dead." I think SJ must have heard her :) We sure love you Sawyer James! This has been the most exiting and eventful 17 months of our life! 

Second, Clay and I celebrated our five year anniversary in January. He surprised me with a vacation that we just took! We went to Washington D.C., NYC, and Boston. It was incredible!!! We were away from Sawyer for 10 days...wow! We missed him so much, facetimed alot, but really enjoyed our time together...just the two of us! Sawyer spent time with G-pa and Deedee, Poppa and Lolli, and Grammy. They ALL spoiled him. He went to the zoo, the science museum, played in the pool, jumped in his very own bounce house, watched Bubble Guppies in his very own car, got a haircut at a real barber shop, played until he crashed...and my guess is, ate lots of sugar :) My mom called me and said, "Till, SJ loves Sprite Zero!" Uh, yeah probably mom :) We are so so thankful for our family and loved that they made lifelong memories during this time! In those 10 days we walked over 100 miles, started at 7:00am every morning and drug back in around midnight. We wanted to see everything we could while we were there! A vacation with Clay and I is a little more like a marathon. It was WONDERFUL and a great reminder of how important it is to continue focusing on our marriage when sometimes it's a lot easier to focus only on Sawyer. We have had lots of mentors tell us how important it is to keep each other first...so we decided it might be fun to work on it in New York City :)! This will be our last big vacation for quite a while...which leads to our last update.

Third, I quit my job. One of the most difficult decisions I have made. I absolutely loved my job! I can't even begin to describe the joy that has come from this adventure in my life...indescribable joy!!! I taught 11th grade English for 5 years and it was wonderful! I have grown in ways I could never have imagined, LOVED spending my day with 16 year olds (they are the funniest and wittiest age ever), and build some incredible relationships. After Sawyer was born, teaching full time was alot different for me. I was fully on board as the 7:35am bell rang, but my heart longed to be with my son. I LOVED LOVED LOVED my job, but I LOVE Sawyer more. So, I'm moving into a new journey in life! I've never felt the call to be a full time stay at home mommy, but I am working towards a goal of being home more often. Since I was about 13 years old I loved spending time with special needs kids. I volunteered and used quite a bit of my time in high school with our special needs classes. I spent an entire summer during college as a counselor at Camp Barnabas, which is a camp for special needs children. My heart is forever different from that summer. My love for those kids is irreplaceable. 
I always thought I wanted to be a Special Ed teacher, but I also always wanted to attend SNU (which does not have that program). So, I picked Speech Communications Education with a minor in English and attended SNU. Once I started my job teaching English I fell in love with it and lost the desire to work on my Master's. Newly married, first job, a puppy...that was just plenty :) However, during those years I taught inclusion classes where students that may not have been in a regular classroom setting before had the opportunity to be in one. I had a Special Ed teacher (not just any Special Ed teacher...Coach Sailer...who will forever be the best coach and Special Ed teacher on the planet!!!) with me and we team taught. I LOVED IT! I fell in love with those kids. So, basically, after Sawyer was born, I started rethinking my future and what I wanted for our family. Speech Language Pathology has always been very interesting to me. Having the ability to work one on one to help transform a child's life (or adult), to make it just a little bit easier to walk through this crazy thing we call life. I researched tons about this career and took a class in the evenings to learn more about it. I fell in love with this! Clay and I prayed so much about this decision and my heart is completely at peace. I know this is exactly where the Lord has led me for this season of life. I will be a full time (during the day) student for three years, as I get my Master's in Speech Language Pathology. I still won't see SJ as much as I would like, but I know it is a great decision for our future. The ability to work part time, all the time, choose hours, work in homes, work one on one with people...these are a few areas that I know I will love! So, in the meantime we are looking forward to lots of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, paying childcare while losing one income, and of course...paying for another round of college! I'm already enrolled and I signed my resignation letter...so it's too late to stop me :) We are blessed and trusting the Lord through this journey!!!

Why wouldn't we just give him the entire ice cream cone?!

Playing with Kennedy and Beau!

These two LOVE Bubble Guppies...notice SJ is wearing his toolbelt :) 

I have wanted to get rid of Jobie many times in the last 17 months...and then this happens!

Lots of places to sit SJ...that's what you chose.

Just one of those days!

Thanks Abby for this tool bench. SJ LOVES IT!

Pajama Day at school and his new nap mat! 

Griffin and SJ...sweet sweet boys!

This was after I picked him up from "school" and his teacher said he didn't take a nap and instead woke up all the other kids. He walked around and tapped them...awesome SJ!

Kind of a half smile! Playing with his new toys we brought home from NYC.

Playdate with mommy!

Got SJ some new kicks! He sure likes them!

He is probably saying "Whoa" in this picture. His new favorite word!

This is hands down my favorite video of all time!

Puppy love!

This means we are a toddler I think!

Our dance moves need a little work! 

Daddy Graduated and Sawyer Said "Bacon!"

May has been an exciting month for us! Clay finished his Master's in Accounting and we are SO proud of him! We celebrated with a small party of close friends and family. Yay Clay! You did awesome...and we are REALLY glad you are finished! (He is however about to start another degree and then sit for his CPA...so he will be in school for a little bit longer...by longer I mean like 4 more years :) 

Clay also turned 29 this month! Happy Birthday husband! We had a wonderful weekend celebration. We ate donuts, took Sawyer golfing, ate hotdogs, ate crawfish, planned a vacation, watched Iron Man 3 and ate ice cream...think we ate enough? This is probably my favorite time to blog because there is nothing more precious than these sweet daddy/son pictures. They melt my heart everytime!

A little update on our life...Sawyer has been a wheezy, runny nosed child since the day he was born. Within the last few months it's been pretty yucky. After trying a few different antibiotics and medicines, we now have a little blue puppy dog nebulizer(breathing treatment) sitting in the living room that Sawyer uses daily. We've been given all the papers and information on asthma and we are prepared for this journey. The breathing treatment isn't easy, and for a while he would scream and cry through the majority of it, but it's starting to become more natural. Lots of tears have been shed through this, yet we are trusting the Lord and thanking him that there is a preventative medicine. After what we just watched happen in Moore, I have found myself just holding him during the treatment and constantly thanking the Lord that he is in my arms. Perspective can sure hit when we watch what is happening in our city right now. We believe that the Lord can heal SJ as well as the broken hearts of so many families right now and we are not afraid to ask for specifics...from a very specific God! 

Sawyer is almost 16 months old! Within the last three weeks he has grown up so much! It's going way too fast! Everyday he learns a new word, a new skill, or a new way to play with his toys. Most of the time Clay and I just stare at each other and say, "What is happening?" I LOVE watching him grown up more than anything, but I wish we could stop time for a little bit! He is however, starting to take more of interest in books...which means more snuggling time for mommy!  

Sawyer's vocabulary is constantly increasing, some words he will say only once, but clear as day. Yesterday I put his breakfast on his tray and he looked at me and said, "bacon?" Baah! He babbles nonstop and looks at me like I should know exactly what he is saying. He has learned to say "gentle" as he grins while pulling my hair...we are working on it :) He literally runs everywhere he goes! We taught him to say "go, go, go." So now he runs everywhere saying, "go, go, go!" The other day he had his sippy cup upside down, watching milk pour out, while looking at the milk saying, "go, go, go!" Oh, he is funny!!! I also think SJ is an official mimic. He does EVERYTHING Clay and I do...what a great way to keep us on our toes. :) 

Thanks for loving our baby and our family! We are incredibly blessed!

Happy Mothers Day to me! I love being a mommy! 

SJ went on a road trip with his Gpa to see the Dyer side of the family for the day. I hear he had a great time! 

Yay Clay! We are so proud of you! We celebrated with a Monopoly party!

Yummy cake from Johnnies Bakery

Sawyer and I made Clay his own little Monopoly game!

Goody bags

Sawyer and Deedee. He said, "Yea Deedee!" Good job SJ!

So thankful for two incredible mommies! 

I sure love him!

Chalk face!

Why are boys always messy?!

Pure joy!

I LOVE THEM!

There was definitely more chalk on him than on the concrete!

Family

Well, then he found a melted chocolate bar...that was fun to play in as well :)

Happy Birthday celebration Clay!

We took SJ to a 5 hole golf course and he loved every second of it!

Helping daddy out

They make my heart smile!

That's a professional in the works :) 

Oh hey mini man! 

Angel!!!

Poor Clay never really got to golf, SJ was way more concerned about picking up all of the golf balls.

They are so cute!

Go get it SJ!

This was a fun game for a long time! In and out, in and out!

Priceless!

He had is own little golf bag...so cute!

And then we found the sand pit! 

And then we started to dig and get really dirty!

And really excited about it! 

Boys + Dirt = Fun!

Back to that hole again!

We had a crawfish boil...not quite sure he liked it! 

Such a happy little man!

Hotdogs with daddy!

Scholarship!

They are a pair!

Happy Birthday celebration!!!

He sure looks little!

Sawyer is raking the sand and loving every second of it!

Sweet little cheese...can't believe I let him wear a tank top! 

Learning how to blow bubbles in the bath! 

Sweet little boy!

Trying really hard to wear my glasses!

Learning how to share :) 

Doing a little toe sucking :)