The Path Not Taken

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One of my favorite sayings is, “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.” But I never thought that footprint would leave a scar. For some reason today I just need to write maybe it's the cards that I come across or the little things in each room that are reminders. It seems that all of those things leave me in bewilderment of the things that I believed in.

A long time ago a verse was read in a church, "and now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I always had these things faith, hope and love. Not only for the future but for my family and the life I thought was mine which was filled with love and fidelity. But instead now I'm left with a scar and sadness because even after everything I still have love.

Your told time heals all wounds and that things happen for a reason but then you wonder how that happens and pray that it will.

Today I hope that my boys and this sweet little girl with have faith, hope, and an open heart. I have to believe that through it all I can lead them on the right path and make it though each day with a little less pain.

My Sweet Silly Boys

Untitled from Kim Julian on Vimeo.

What in the World Have We Been Up Too!

We had a wonderful Christmas. My camera broke so we didn't have a chance to take pictures of all of the fun but we did have a lot of it! Grandma Sondra the photographer in the family bought a new camera for Christmas so she gave me her old one. Not that it's old, it's awesome, so hopefully I can get back on track with pictures!

Aidan is having tubes put in next Wednesday. He had 6 ear infections in a row this winter so I am praying that this will help him tremendously. I am worried but hopeful that he will feel so much better after it is done. We go in next Wednesday for the procedure so I'll let everyone know how he is doing. Being a Mommy is so hard but I know there are many Mommy's dealing with much harder issues with their children so I am thankful that there are ways to help him feel better quickly.

Alex is doing great! He is already working on being good so he can start his Santa Letter for next year.

I have another project I am working on that will roll out in a couple of weeks so it should be interesting to see how things go for us this year. STL Mommy is a full time job along with being a Stay at Home Mom but I've 'met' some wonderful people along the way and I'm having a great time in the process.

Aaron is doing great they are making some changes at work so he will be stressed, as always, but we are happy at home!

So that's about it! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

Love to all,

Kim

Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum

To our surprise Alex was the Little Drummer Boy yesterday in his Christmas Play. We were so proud of him as he marched all of the boys and girls into the program, playing his drum. I also shed a few tears in the knowledge of my little boy growing up.

I couldn't resist putting this picture up. Alex and Faith have become quite a pair. They are sweet to each other, really care about each others feelings, and are just great friends. They properly found spots next to one another during the second part of the play.

Here is a picture of all of the kids. They put the two 4 year old classes together and oh they were so sweet!

I must say that they are a cute little pair! :)

Love to all,

Kim

Mrs. Clause

Alex met Mrs. Clause this week at school. Can you believe she came in the sleigh all the way to Mustard Seed!

Here is his letter to Santa:

Dear Santa and Mrs. Clause,


My name is Alex Julian and I have been a very good boy this year. I like you Santa and I love Mrs. Clause. I would like the Bumble Bee Transformers car, a Jesus toy or book, or the Batman Castle with Robin. I would even like a Power Ranger or Scooby Doo movie in my stocking, plus I like dragons and knights.

I can't find the Green Goblin's head either. :(


I will have chocolate milk, cookies, and carrots for the Reindeer.


Love,

Alex


Mom, Dad, Aidan and Caesar



(I have a picture but of course my camera isn't working).

Aidan gave her a high five and then clung on to my leg for dear life!

Happy Thanksgiving

We'll no pictures again since I forgot to charge the camera. :(

I really do enjoy Thanksgiving. It is a day designed to allow you to really think about what you are thankful for instead of the daily worries that everyone owns. This year I have so much to be thankful for. Life has been very good to me this year and I truly can say that I am happy with (just about) everything. I am thankful to have a loving husband, beautiful little boys, and a happy family. I am thankful that we haven't had any losses this year and that we are lucky enough to have all of our needs met on a daily basis when others aren't always so fortunate.

This year I again asked everyone what they are thankful for:
Aaron- Me and the boys :)
Alex- "My Mom, Dad, dog, and baby brother."
Aidan- "Shoes, and it looks like Doritos."

Love to all and Happy Thanksgiving!

Hectic

Life has become a little more hectic for the Julian family. STL Mommy has taken off with a bang. Can you believe in 1 week I had 60,000 viewers. I am in awe of the comments that readers are leaving about how I have changed their lives when it comes to their finances. OK, now I don't know about changing lives but they are all very appreciative of the work I am doing on the site.

Believe it or not the story has been shown in Michigan twice on different stations and in Columbus Ohio. Jordan, the person who did the story with me said that more NBC stations can still pick it up. I think we will be working on another segment for Channel 5 soon! Due to chance I will be on with Y98's Phillips and Company tomorrow morning. Hopefully I will sound OK, I am much better over the phone than in person when it comes to talking about the site.

The boys have been great. I'm getting up early so things will be as normal as possible for them and they love all the goodies that we are getting. They both have been sick in the past few weeks. Aidan is on his 3rd ear infection and Alex has his normal fall allergy/cold symptoms. I actually have a reader coming to the house this weekend to do a family portrait, so I will finally have some good Christmas photo's for all of you!

Aaron also has been very supportive of the transition to working from home. I really appreciate all that he has done for me and his help with the things I really do not enjoy like the finances, spread sheets, and starting a business with the state.

We'll that's all for now. I will share Aidan's new love for washing dishes next time!

Love to all!

Happy Anniversary

Happy early Anniversary to the love of my life. I am so thankful and blessed to have found such a wonderful husband and father. I want to thank you for every moment that I have with you and for always being so supportive. I truly appreciate everything that you have done to make me happy.

I love you!

Kim

Whoo

Whoo, I need a moment to calm down. I started the website and have people already asking me to advertise and I have some really cool things going on with some businesses. I feel like I am high, not that I know how that feels, but with the normal stuff in life that goes on and the busyness of the boys nothing has stopped it's just moving ahead. I am so excited about the web site and the nice compliments I've been getting from readers. I really hope this turns into something big.

We had a wonderful time Halloween, as you can see by the candy! Aunt Teresa joined us on our adventure and we had so much fun this year. Alex was really into Halloween and Aidan was just trying to get into peoples homes.

We have had a busy week with Faith coming over twice, the election, and Alex had fun with Kyan so I could vote. THANK YOU Kim!

Today Alex had his first dentist appointment. NO cavities, and a wonderful report. I was so impressed with the office. They sent a book prior to the visit written to him they autographed it and took his picture. I will scan that later.

OK, I'm going to do something besides look at this computer. The boys are asleep!

Love to all!

More Halloween fun and my little blond terror!

We had a wonderful time at the Mustard Seed Halloween Party! Alex was thrilled with all of the fun games and crafts that the mom's put together for the party and he even won musical chairs. Aidan enjoyed the fun also while running around and checking everyone out. I love watching the kids having fun and talking to each other. I have no idea why that amazes me but I love watching their conversations.

We did our annual pumpkin painting. It's weird to see how big Alex has gotten and how much easier it is to have him paint a pumpkin. He did an awesome job as always. Here are some old pictures of our pumpkin painting. ~sniff

2006
2005

He really isn't a terror! This morning Aidan walked with me into the kitchen I turned and sprayed the counter and when I turned back he had stamped his face with Halloween stamps. Seriously, it took maybe 15 seconds for him to stamp his whole face. He didn't allow me to take a picture of painting the pumpkin so maybe this was his way to show off his messiness!

Have a Happy Halloween!