The Julander Family

Monday, October 12, 2009

A Digital Kit by ME!!!!!

So...I've been messing with this digital stuff for a long time now, and I was inpired by my "mentor" Cheri Robinson who I just started doing layouts for to design my own kit. This is my first attempt at designing. Give me feedback, let me know what you think! You can even download for free here, if you are into the scrapbooking thing!

DOWNLOAD HERE!

Friday, October 9, 2009

I have a new blog!

I made a scrapbooking blog for all the layouts I will be doing for Dream Big Designs. Check it out @ www.scrapmesillyfun.blogspot.com

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Round 3!!!

I know you guys are probably sick of this but I'm excited that I made it to round 3 out of 4! Help me decide once again. I'm waiting on some more recent pics of my mom and I'll have a third choice for a layout, so check back again to make sure you vote right! Here's the two I have so far:

Friday, September 11, 2009

round 2 for go digital

Cast Your Votes!

Friday, September 4, 2009

A BIG WEEK!

We had an eventful week at the Julander house this week! Dallin's Birthday was on sunday! He turned two! I can't believe he's that old. He still seems like a baby to me. Probably because I don't have another baby to make him seem grown up. It's kinda weird! He's such a fun kid. He is starting to repeat everything we say in his little gibberish way. He is so animated and has the best faces ever. He keeps us on our toes. He and James are best buddies and play swords and guns all day. Dal is such a good sport. He takes a lot from his older siblings, but he can dish it out just as well. He's a tough kid and I love that. He is also so sweet. His hugs and kisses melt my heart! His dimply grin has the same effect. I just love my kiddos.

They make me so happy and proud!

Next my sweet James started kindergarten! Oh...I feel so old! I'm not a cryer and neither is he. We both started the day excited and happy. It was so fun to see how eager he was. He loves his new teacher. In fact I think he might have a little crush! :) He seems to enjoy school and the long days have yet to be a problem (all day kindergarten). I think he is definitely worn out when he gets home, but always excited to talk about what went on at school! It's kinda weird only seeing him a few hours a day. I think Dal and Ragan miss him too. Dal asks "Mames?" and Ragan seems a little lost as to what to do and play with just Dal around. She's used to Brooke and James being around to play with. (Brooke, the little girl I have babysat for three years, started school too).

Finally, on Wednesday, Ragan started school too. Preschool that is. I decided to send her this year as well as next. For one because it saves me a spot at Little Wonders Preschool which we loved for James. Two she is a social bug. She loves the time with other kids and she loves to learn too. I think it will be really good for her. Three it gives me some alone time with Dal twice a week. I think that will be strange (to only have one kid home) but good for me and Dal and Pete. Mondays I'll get time with Dal, and Wednesdays (when I work) Pete will get time with him. We're all excited for these new transitions. The structured mornings have made it a whole lot easier for me to get my workout in too! I already have to get up and out the door by eight thirty, so it makes sense to just go straight to the gym! It's great. I love structure and schedules. I know I'm weird! But we're all happy!

These pics, I just couldn't pass up posting. My little super heroes! Ragan cracks me up! James is showing off his Star Wars moves!

And last but not least another POLL! I am entering a contest to win a Team spot for goDigital Scrapbooking. I made two layouts with their kits. I need a vote on which I should enter! I so can't make a decision by myself, pathetic I know! HELP ME OUT! I actually don't love the kit. It's a little too frilly for me, but I have to use what they supply!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Girl's night out!

This one's for the girls, thanks! I had a blast!

(I am really not stuck on these colors, they we just happen to be wearing the same colors that I used for my family picture layout! )

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Photo Shoot!

I finally got my pictures from our family photo shoot! I've been dying to share them with everyone. Hayley Alberts did these and she is awesome. I met her doing hair and we worked a deal. She is a great photographer and affordable for everyone. Check out her blog, I have a link in my favorites! I love these pics.

I need to do a POLL. I need everyones opinion on which pictures to blow up and put on my wall. Everyone pretend these are their family pics. Pick one family one and one of each of my kiddos. I am a second opinion person. I can't seem to make decisions on my own...so

help me out!

Tell me your favorites! I'll even number them to make it easy!

Funnies from my kiddos

1/11 Ragan looking into James' mouth, " I can see your utensils!"
4/ 20/10 You know you need to watch what you say when your two year old (Dal) says, "Open the dang door mom!"
4/19/10 After eating a whole bowl of strawberries when I wasn't looking..."Ragan did you eat all of those strawberries?" "Yep cause I wanted lots of muscles...wanna see my guns!?...that's what we call muscles mom!"
4/18/10 Ragan "Last night was the bird's church night because I heard them singing!"
We were at Macey's our usual weekly grocery trip. The clerks always like to give the kids smarties when we check out. They hadn't eaten their lunch very well so I told them no thankyou. A minute or so went by and Ragan longingly looked up at me and said, "Mom smarties make everything better!"
A humbling yet proud mother moment: James witnessed some unkind words from me to Pete. He said to me "mommy, that wasn't very nice...you better repent or you will have black marks on your white clothes in heaven."
Ragan is obsessed with Scooby Doo lately and she says "Like wow!" preceeding everything that comes out of her mouth.
2/4/10 We were at Costco today and of course because of superbowl weekend they had endless samples. So we had ourselves a nice little "lunch." Well, when we got to the sample table with avacados, I asked Ragan if she wanted some (she loves abadacados!) And she said very pointedly, "No mom, that's not junk." Apparently we go to costco to sample "junk." I don't know where she got this idea, but it made me giggle! I love my sassy princess!
10/30/09 James " I have piece of my popcorn ball stuck in the back of my mouth" Mom "go take a drink, maybe it will help" James "Okay...(gets a drink)...it didn't work" Mom "I guess you'll just have to stick your finger back there and get it" " Okay but I don't want to have to go to the doctor and get stitches!"
10/22/09 Dallin's latest things to say are bless you after he sneezes and thankyou when we give him a kiss.
10/22/09 Ragan "I just love abadacados!" (avacados)
9/1/09 Ragan "I just bless-you'd!"
8/31/09 We have a new rule that we can only have treats and desserts on Monday nights for family nights. We've been doing it for a little over a month now, and the kids are getting used to it. James just said to me, (when we were talking about family night treat) "We only can rotten our teeth this day, right?"
8/31/09 James was asking why this and why that etc. until I was getting a little annoyed! So I said "Why do you ask so many questions!" James "Well...because I like to talk to you mom." (my heart melted :( )
8/25/09 James " Hey mom, did you know that when we drink lots of milk it makes our bones white?" Ragan "ya and when we eat strawberries our blood is red and when we eat blueberries our blood is blue!"
8/25/09 Ragan "Mom, your beautiful" Mom "you are too Ragan. You know what makes you beautiful, your fun personality etc... Ragan "ya and not my bad-alities and mean-alities...you know mean-alities is when I hit!
8/13/09 When we were putting the kids to bed tonight, I realized I had forgotten to wash Ragan's quilt, so I asked Pete to get her a blanket. He brought her her tinkerbell blanket and said how about this one? Ragan said, no that one's dirty too. Pete said no, we just washed it. Ragan's reply was, "well I wiped my boogers on it last year!"
Dallin's favorite words: dip-ips = chips, hos=horse, tose=toast, mine (everything is "mine")
6/26/09 Pete was asked to go on splits with the missionaries. James asked Pete, "What does splits mean?" After a long, very informative explanation from Pete, James said, "Oh okay...what does all than mean?!"
Ragan 6/21/09 We were at Pete's parents' house. Ragan was playing with their dog, when all of a sudden she said, "Sampson lick-ed my flip off finger!" After giggling a little I replied, "And who told you about your flip off finger!?"
Pete was teasing James the other day pretending that he was pushing him down the stairs with the laundry basket. James escaped and then said, "Dad! You scared the crap out of me!" (Pete and I must say crap a lot! It sounds so much worse coming out of our kids' mouths.)
Ragan (a few months ago) Pete took the kids to shopko. They were waiting in line when Ragan saw a lady with a whole bunch of rubbermade tubs. Ragan pointed and said, "Holy..Moly..Crap! She's got a lot of boxes!"