I am doing my second triathlon tomorrow!!! (butterflies) No really I am so excited. I loved the first one I did. This one is called WOMEN OF STEEL! It's a women only tri in American Fork and I am doing it with three of my friends from work. I conned them all into it, but I know they love me for it :) It's a 300 meter swim, 11.5 mile bike and a 3 mile run. Wish me luck!!!

Six little known facts about Emily!

1. I have major anxiety attacks when I have to speak or perform in front of a group
2. I'm afraid of the dark-so badly that I run up the stairs at night after I put my kids to bed!
3. My thoughts skip my brain and come straight out of my mouth, of course you all probably already know that fact, so maybe it doesn't count, but I'm struggling to come up with even six!!!
4. I hate to window shop, it's like torture to me, if I can't buy it I don't want to see it and be tempted by it
5. I have many pet peeves, but one of the worst is clutter, I get depressed when my house is messy, but then I feel guilty when I take time away from my kids to keep it spotless, I get overwhelmed
6. I love candy, I'm like a little kid, Halloween is and always has been my favorite Holiday, who doesn't love to pretend to be someone else for a day and then roll in the candy you get for it!!!

6 little known facts about Pete

1. Pete likes chick flicks more than he will ever admit
2. He is an amazing cook, in fact he cooks more than I do
3. He's the best dad ever, and I'm not just prejudice, he gets up with kids in the night, he changes diapers without being asked, he babysits whenever I need a break no matter how often that is sometimes, he is better with sick kids than I am, and he has more love in him for me and my kids than I ever could have imagined
4. He wrestled in college and was ranked 7th in the nation. He was also a 2 time state champ in High School
5. He is deathly afraid of bugs, okay so only when they are giant size like on the movie King Kong, he was completely creaped out by the scene with the sentipede
6. Pete has an amazing memory. He has detailed memories of things he learned in first grade!

TAG YOUR IT!

Okay I started to tag people by going to their blogs and tagging on their comments, but that takes way too long! So I tag all that read this to post 6 little known things about you and your spouse. It's a good challenge because most of us tend to only blog about our kids. I also challenge all of you to include pictures of yourself and your spouse on your blog. I need to work on this too!!!

I thought I'd share a couple of funny things that Ragan said this week. She cracks me up everyday lately.

We were brushing her teeth the other night and looking in the mirror, and she said,
"Your eyes are blue mom" I said " No my eyes are green." She looked thoughtful for a second and then said, pointing to her nose, "green like my boogies?" Of course I couldn't hold in the giggles, but I responded "Yep just like your green boogies!!!"

Then we had some friends stay for the weekend and they got to see Ragan's neverending display of outfits, mostly princess dresses. She is into Princess everything lately. So our friend Dan said, "Hi princess, what's your name?" and without hesitation she said "Pink-cerella!"

I sure love my little pink-cerella, she is so creative. This week we are working on Potty training AGAIN! Oh how I love it. I got some good tips from a "Potty training expert" this week, so if it works I'll be sure to share the wealth!!!

I just thought I'd share some good info, a couple of sights that I love to visit. The first is actually a blog for recipes. It's fun to get on and find new recipes to help spice up dinner, I don't know about y'all but I get bored with the same old foods. The address is www.cookinwithfriends.blogspot.com

The second sight that I love is call FlyLady. Some of you may have heard of this and some of you might be grateful to hear of it. It is a web sight for those of us who don't always have it all together, as far as organization and cleanliness. I don't know about all of you but I have a hard time keeping up with it all between cooking and cleaning and kids I just get behind sometimes. This sight is all about keeping it simple and CLEAN!!! Yeah for FlyLady! the sight is www.flylady.com Check it out it's great.

I know, I know enough is enough but these pictures were too cute not to post. You ladies asked for more posts from me and now you'll just have to deal with my obnoxious pride! I don't know any cuter kids than these three!!!

This is my sweet little boy who is not so little anymore. He's been sitting up for over a month now, but this picture was taken a week or two after he mastered this "big boy trick." I know I'm prejiduce but aren't those dimples to die for?!

There's a cute story to go with these cute pictures! I know some of you have already heard it but I just can't help myself.

I pointed out the moon to the kids in the car the other day and James said I want to fly up there and touch the moon mom. So, naturally I said well maybe you could be an astronaut when you grow up. He was quiet for a few minutes and then suddenly all excited said, "I know mom, you could make me a cape and I can fly to the moon tomorrow!"

So I made him a cape that night and in the morning when he put it on he immediately began to jump as high as he could, a little frustrated that it wasn't working he went to the next plan. See the playhouse in the background, he ran over and began to climb on top. I asked him what he was doing (though I could guess!) And he said " I'm gonna fly Mom!" So I explained that we just had to pretend. He seemed to be alright with that.

Naturally when I made James a cape, Ragan had to have one too, but hers came with specific instructions. "I want a princess cape mom!" So she got a pink princess cape with butterflies!

(I have to give the design credit to my mommy. She made really cool capes for us when we were little so I patterned them after what I remembered of mine!)

My kids favorite thing lately is to do hair. Imagine that!

They are following in my footsteps I guess!

This is their latest styling session with me being their victim.

I know all I do is post about my kids. They are my whole life...well almost. I thought I'd include a little about my other half! This was a tag that was on Shar's blog. I thought it'd be fun...

What is your Husband's Name: Joseph Peter Julander
How long have you been together: 6 years, 3 months 5 days 22 hours 2 minutes and 36 seconds...just kidding... I really don't know to the second :)
How long did you date: about 2 1/2 years
Who eats more: I'd have to say Pete although I'm a close second sometimes
Who said "I love you" first: I think I did on accident, it just slipped out
Who is taller: Pete by about an inch
Who has more speeding tickets: Pete takes the cake on that one thanks to living in Orem and working in Kaysville, he was always in a hurry to get home to his beautiful wife!
Who is smarter: GPA- Me.... Everything else-Pete
Who is more sensitve: As much as I hate admitting it it's me
Who does the laundry: Me most of the time, unless I forget to wash his work clothes....oopsy!
Who does the dishes: me, sometimes very grudgingly
Who sleeps on the right: Pete
Who pays the bills: Me, but I don't know why I always seem to mess things up and stress myself out
Who mows the lawn: Mostly Pete, but if I'm in the mood I'll take a turn
Who cooks dinner: Both, although Pete takes the cake on being the better cook, he should be a chef really
Who drives when you are together: usually Pete
Who is more stubborn: That is a good question...I just can't decide where our kids get it! :)
Who kissed whom first: Totally Pete, my response to it wasn't the best...that's a whole other story
Who asked out who first: Pete asked and asked and asked until I just couldn't say no anymore
Who proposed: Pete
Who has more siblings: I do Pete has 3 bros and 1 sis and I have 3 bros and 5 sis's