Author: Laurie

Girly Girl

Garden Book Club

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Today I was surrounded by elegant beauty! Rochelle completely out did herself and hosted book club in her backyard today. You can read more about it and see more pictures on Rochelle’s Blog. Seriously, it was so breathtaking that when I sat down I didn’t want to eat. I just wanted to sit there and take in all the “girly beauty”. (I’ve been around blue, rockets, bugs, and sports too long.) I couldn’t believe all the love that Rochelle put into the afternoon. It was truly amazing! I really need it.

To top it off, each setting had a little floral sprig with a quote from the book, which we got to take home! Everyone read their quote out loud and agreed that each quote fit us perfectly. My quote was, “It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it?” I’ll let you be the judge if that fits me. ;-} (However, I don’t think I’ve shown that side to you yet. he he)

Business Owner

My Friday Off

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As some of my friends know, I try to take Fridays off. No housework, no taxiing around town, no cooking. I usually hang out in the media room and watch movies all day but today my man had the day off as well. So, I got to sleep in, he bought me Chipotle for lunch, and we started designing the Tip Junkie blog. I had hoped we’d finish it by this afternoon but of course we’re having ASP script problems. The “Tip of the Day” will be up shortly.

Basically, with Tip Junkie you can put the “Tip of the Day” blog button on your site which will automatically display a new tip every day! YEAH! I had the idea a week ago and have been so excited about it ever since. Hopefully you’ll LOVE it as much as I will. If you have a great tip idea you can submit your blog post to Tip Junkie and have it featured. I’m hoping it will be a fun place people can be inspired and have fun along the way.
I got carried away and changed my blog header. Do you like it? To me she looks like she’s day dreaming about how to simplify her life and how to enjoy the little things.
Mother of Boys

Surfs Up!

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I’ve been planning this picture since I bought these swim trunks back in April. Yeah!


I just had this done at Sears b/c it’s easy. The photographer was very fast. She went from one pose to the next quickly and had a lot of energy. I do wish she had waited for Drake (baby) to smile a little better but it worked and we were done in 10 minutes w/o any crying from the boys or from me. ;-}


This is Lisa’s (my sister’s) favorite picture!

Mother of Boys

Slip and Slide ‘n Away

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The pool’s closed and it’s 90 something degrees so, out comes the slip ‘n slide! The boys had so much fun and Drake (15 months) couldn’t get enough.

Davis’ turn! I think it’s so funny that Drake won’t eat bread, crackers, banana’s, apple juice, etc – but he’ll eat mulch, gravel, and drink from the slip ‘n slide. Hmmm?

The boys have resorted to playing UNDER the trampoline! Yes, Drake’s in his birthday suit. He got so wet and his diaper swelled up it was easier to just stripped him down.

Business Owner

Vacation Bible School

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My kids are LOVING vacation bible school! Here is an easy activity to do with your kiddos. Blow up a balloon with a penny inside. If you move the balloon in a circular motion it spins inside the balloon, displaying centrifugal force. If you can’t explain the science, do it anyway it’s a blast!

Dish Soap and Pepper Object Lesson

When Dylan got home from VBS (Vacation Bible School) today he asked me to fill a bowl with water, pour in some pepper, and then squirt in a little dish soap. (The pepper was repelled by the soap.) He said that God is just like the dish soap and when you follow him evil can’t be around you.

Salt, Pepper, and a Spoon

Davis was not to be out done by his younger brother and filled a saucer will salt. He then sprinkled a bunch of pepper on the top. Took the spoon and rubbed it in his hair and then over the salt and pepper. (The pepper attaches itself to the spoon.) Davis told me that the pepper represents our sins and the spoon represents God. God takes away our sins.

Star Wars Religion

Last week Dylan told me that Star Wars was just like the gospel. It has good and bad in it and Darth Vader was like the devil. 🙂

Mother of Boys

Please Feed Me

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My honey is so funny! I woke up with this posted on my refrigerator. (Notice the picture – poor sad Toby.) We’ve been having an ongoing debate about who’s job it is to feed the dog. I think it’s his since I’m in charge of feeding everyone else. Davis can do it but then again, I think it’s Jason’s job to teach him.
Jason made me laugh once again when a HUGE box arrived today from Petsmart. Wal-mart has been out of the Dingo bones that Toby likes and so Jason ordered the bones online. The boys were so excited to get a package until I announced that it’s for the dog. LOL!
Business Owner

Your Srapbooking can be all Done!

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I’m going to be in Houston for the weekend and am going to miss my blogging friends terribly. Since ExecutiveHomemaker.com (EH) is being worked on and temporarily unavailable. (Bummer!) I’ll leave you with a different kind of amazing tip. Chanda makes these incredible scrapbooking layouts and sells them on EH. All the work is done for you! Now you can finally catch up on all your scrapbooking for all of your kids! She knows all the latest techniques, there are a minimum of 4-10 embelishments on each layout, and they’re all ready for your 4×6 pictures. You just paste them on!

You can order a 1st Year Scrapbook three different ways:
1. All at once
2. A month at a time (it automatically ships to you each month)
3. A page at a time

Click here to get more details. (Note: Please excuse the quality of the images for her layouts. They were scanned into sections and pieced together – the real product is breathtaking!)

Business Owner · Girly Girl

Stop the Maddness!

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Ok, so I admit, I’m completely obsessed with these flower clips (Flower Clip Anonymous here I come). I mentioned back in my Summer Hair post that you can use this as a bow on a gift and Here It Is! As you know, I was making a bunch of these clips for my friend’s little girls and it just so happened to be her birthday so I topped off the gift with this cute flower. What do you think!?!

Business Owner · Girly Girl

Flower Clips

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I totally got the project bug yesterday but wanted to do something fast. So, I made cute flower clips for several of my girlfriends daughters. Originally I was going to invite them over so we could do it together but… I decided that might be too much mother/daughter time and it would most likely break my heart knowing I will never have that experience. So I created my own experience and did it myself!


It’s so easy, simply cut off the end of the flower so it’s flat, slip felt in between the clip, then glue the felt onto the flower. TIP: Be sure to pick flowers that lay completely flat. If they don’t it won’t look good in your hair because you’ll see the clip.


Here’s all my creations! I hope the girls like them.


Kaitlyn came over and I gave her the flowers I made for her. Doesn’t it look great!


I had to try one on Drake. He LOVED it!

Home Decorator

How do you warm up your home?

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So my sister is building her first house in College Station, TX. Yeah!! (This picture has the same elevation her house will have). Since it’s her first home she doesn’t have a lot of furniture or decor so I’ve been giving her my advice on how to “warm” up her house. I think that the cheapest and easiest way to warm up a house is with wall color, greenery, and rugs. What do you think?