Can you do this with YOUR toothpaste tube?

Sometimes, we just think they're trying to make us crazy.Other times, we KNOW they are.I'm sure this was left out as a subtle reminder for me to purchase more toothpaste. The children didn't want to overburden me with an additional request this evening, so they held a whispered conference and decided the best way to get new toothpaste was to leave this mangled tube on the very edge of the counter...

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from across the ocean...

Here's one interesting perspective of our current economic situation. I am NO expert on the economy, but I found this article from the Sunday Times of London thought provoking - both cautionary and hopeful at the same ti...

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showin' off the glam!

Emelie and Hannah get their ears pierced!Originally uploaded by laurengu...

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best friends...

Emelie and Hannah get their ears pierced!Originally uploaded by laurengu...

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Emelie and Hannah get their ears pierced!

Emelie and Hannah get their ears pierced!Originally uploaded by laurenguldeThis is a day Emelie has been looking forward to for MONTHS. She is one happy gi...

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hopefulness

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lovliness

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thoughtfulness

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happiness

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babiness

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Another use for hot glue guns!

I amaze myself.So, I've had this piece of glass in my foot for a few months. We broke something and thought we had cleaned it all up... but we hadn't and a tiny sliver ended up in my foot. I guess it "sunk in" and didn't hurt anymore and I didn't want to spend the $25 copay to have the doctor to dig it out.Yesterday it started peeking out and HURTING. Curt tried to get it, but I'm a wimp and ran away.So, I had an ingenious thought. Hot glue. I plugged in my hot glue gun, squirted a bit of hot glue...

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Katherine's Likes and Dislikes...

At lunch, out of the blue..."I don't like to smell my foot."After nap, I told her to stop picking her nose:"I like to pick my nose. It's fu...

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Freebies: original notecard and gift tags

Check out this week's freebies at my blog for Santa Clara Design. These are originals... download and enjoy!I'd love it if you'd add my design blog to your reader or your link list! Than...

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Freebies: Fonts

Check it out at the Santa Clara Design blog - some of my favorite free fonts. Here's a hint....

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Katherine the ladybug

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Ladybuy in training

20081031 132Originally uploaded by laurenguldeCatch Katherine back there doing her Jedi thing!Jonathan's got this down!! Look at those eyes!Please ignore our dead grass... I'm sure you didn't notice, rig...

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Colleen

20081031 171Originally uploaded by laurenguldeHere's the cutie practicing her crawling! She's my smiley o...

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a gypsy, a cheerleader and a queen

20081031 180Originally uploaded by laurenguldethree cute gir...

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my wide-eyed pumpkin

20081031 192Originally uploaded by laurenguldeColleen fell asleep on Dad's shoulder during trick-or-treating! And she didn't get ANY candy...

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a few good men...

20081031 193Originally uploaded by laurenguldeJonathan and Dominic were the only boys in the group! They were glad to have another guy aroun...

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Katherine and her friends

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full of fun!

20081031 203Originally uploaded by laurenguldeWe had lots of fun on Halloween! Look at these great looking kiddos! We had some friends over to eat pizza and trick-or-treat with us. Now I need someone to take away all this candy before I gain 10 pounds...

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Freebies: Cuts & Caps from Briarpress.org

Take a look at my Santa Clara Design blog to check out my latest freebies! Enj...

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Free stuff coming soon...

Starting Monday, I am going to start up a new weekly post on my Santa Clara Design Blog! "Monday Freebies" - hopefully I'll come up with a better name by then. It'll be anything from free fonts that are really great to, free graphics, tutorials, photos, etc... I even plan to post some of my own work for free...Anyway, I hope to post cool free stuff each Monday, so stay tun...

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Katherine, the philosopher

This morning, Katherine is walking around the house saying,"I is a perso...

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St. Mary's Dedication Mass

St. Mary's Dedication MassOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeClick this photo to go to my flickr page. There are more St. Mary's pics there. It was a beautiful Mass, with 2 Bishops, tons of priests and 4 rather rowdy children (not MINE, of course!). The Church looked awesome. We even got to see them dedicate the altar, place relics of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Dominic. Then Bishop Aymond took his...

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jonathan's soccer

jonathan's soccerOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeyes, he actually kicked the ba...

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He's had it!

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He's wondering when I'll stop...

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I love him!

jonathan's soccerOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeHe's just so Jonath...

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Curt's Hummingbird

JonathanOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeCool photo of one of our hummingbirds. Curt took this one...

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Nana & Colleen

Nana & ColleenOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeenjoying my new lens! Here are some of our recent photos...

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first day of school 2008, two weeks late.

first day of school 2008Originally uploaded by laurenguldeAren't they CUTE!? And BIG!?I have seen articles on "blog etiquette". I have purposely NOT read them, because I am sure it says something about not posting 3 blog posts in one day. If I didn't post all these at once, they'd never get up! So, you'll have to put up with me!!...

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Katherine watching elephants in the back yard.

KatherineOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeThankfully the elephants didn't notice that her shirt was on backwards! You can't really tell here, but when you see the little buttons and bow on her back, it's pretty obvious. She said there were elephants playing on our swing set. So, we watched th...

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real life funnies

Setting: Car, on the way to a doctor appointment on Labor Day. Kids squealing, poking each other, getting in each other's "space", etc... Lots of NOISE.Katherine, in her little, sweet, high pitched voice: "I don't like ANYBODY in this car!"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Later that day...Setting: Making a pie with Emelie while everyone else is sleeping or otherwise occupied.I have light corn syrup on the counter with the other ingredients.Emelie: "Mom, is this that high ferocious...

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Gig 'em!

Curt took Jonathan to his first Aggie football game on Saturday (thanks for the tickets, Joe!) they had fantastic seats from which to watch our beloved Aggies make fools of themselves. But, being 6, Jonathan didn't seem to mind one bit!Jonathan has had a hard time sleeping lately. His buddy at school told him that mummies are walking around Houston, TX. His friend thought this was funny. Jonathan,...

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Colleen - 5 months

Colleen - 5 monthsOriginally uploaded by laurengulde"When wild flowers wake from their slumbers,And shake the bright dew from each breast;And Robin pours forth his sweet numbers,To mate tucked away in her nest;What form noiseless trips o'er the clover,With step and with grace of a queen.The neighbors all know her and love her.My dear little Irish Colleen."~Old Irish Folk SongIf only I knew how to...

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she'll hate me for this someday!

Colleen - 5 monthsOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeBut I couldn't resist. At least I didn't take any of her little chubby legs!Doesn't she just make you SMILE?I love Colle...

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Colleen's favorite past time...

Colleen - 5 monthsOriginally uploaded by laurenguldechewing on her hands. and smiling at her mommy. and playing with her feet. and grabbing everything. especially the phone, while I'm on it. Those on the other end can tell cause they can hear her little fingers scraping on the receiver.This photo shows Colleen's healthy little baby self- nice and round and cu...

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John McCain DOES read my blog!

McCain says he will NOT choose a pro-choice VP! He's a smart man...

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Obama, McCain and Abortion

After years working in the Pro-Life movement, and admitting that I have sometimes become a bit "numb" to the issue, this current news topic once again brings the horror of abortion to the forefront of my mind. Talk about a slippery slope... the same legislation that allows one person to "eliminate a pregnancy" eventually leads to killing babies that have been BORN ALIVE.In Obama's interview on Saturday night (while the rest of us were watching Phelphs swim into history) he was asked “When do babies...

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Pro-Lifer talks to Barak Obama today...

I just go an email from Brian Gibson, the director of Pro Life Action Ministries in St. Paul, Minnesota. They save many lives through their prolife work. I met him many moons ago when I was the director of the Coalition for Life. He was the man who taught me all there is to know about sidewalk counseling. He shared his organization's goals and objectives and the TRUE definition of peaceful pro-life activism. I based the Coalition's mission after what I learned from him. He is a great man!This morning,...

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Santa Clara Design

Wanted to let you all know about my Santa Clara Design Website as well as my new design blog. I'm excited to have a place to post about my favorite things (besides those running around my house right now!) - designs, fonts, logos, photography and other pretty things. And maybe if I get a fun project, I'll post the finished product there as we...

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coolest thing EVER!!

Wordle has combined my three favorite things into one -Design, words and fonts.and it's free!tomorrow, I'm going to have the kids do their own word list - should be fun! now, go and make your own, and then come back and post a comment to shar...

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sweet, cute eyes

Colleen is "Sweet"Originally uploaded by laurenguldeI couldn't resist! I'm sure I'm the only one that wants to gaze at my daughter's photo all day long... but she's just so CUTE!! Look at those smiley eyes! She's not blinking... she's just smiling. That used to happen to me when when I was little. I'd smile and then couldn't see anymore! and if you click on the photo and look a bit closer, you'll...

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my Colleen is "Sweet"

Colleen is "Sweet"Originally uploaded by laurenguldeMy dear friend Rachel (we go back way back to LLYC Summer Camp, 7th grade) hand stitched this for Colleen when she was born! She's truly very talented. Check out her AverageJaneCrafter Blog.Thanks for being super creative and for being such a great friend! As you can tell, Colleen really likes her new du...

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Mederic and Marie...

For the Laverty's...! Here's a couple of photos that Mederic emailed me of himself, Marie and Josephine. Look at her eyes!...they should be on the cover of "French Family" magazine!For the non-Laverty's... this is my French cousin Mederic, his wife Marie and their new baby.Mom, you might forward this to the aunties!...

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Sanity...

I mentioned earlier one of my new favorite blogs... The Nesting Place. My friend Blair mentioned it once and I was so glad she did!Yesterday she just about saved me from insanity with her imperfectly beautiful post.If you are feeling out of control and like your home is a mess with no end in site... yet you long for your house to look like a page out of southern living, this is the post for you!It's...

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Gifts on a Budget...

Sorry to just point you to someone else's blog, but I thought this was a great list of ideas...The Nesting Place, one of my new favs, has a great post on Gifts on a Budget. Read and have fun thinking up cools things to give when you have lots of love, but little ca...

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stuff to make you think...

So, for the three of you that don't already read the St. Mary's blog on a daily basis, I wanted to pass along a few new posts that I just love. They're written by Sarah. Don't know her, but want to! Her writing is so beautiful, deep, clear and inspiring. She's one of those types that make you want to be holy!Here are a few of her latest:SubmergedSpellingand more...Also, Marcel at St. Mary's recently wrote up this great description of "Catholic Basics" which are "short blurbs on why Catholics do...

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okay, last one...

pretty emelieOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeAnother of Emelie. Remember, if you want to spend even more time on your computer today, you can click on any of these to go to our flickr site to see everything... Sorry to all you friends who see us every other day and know what my children look like... these were mainly for out-of-towner...

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pretty emelie

pretty emelieOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeIf you knew how hard it was to get a good pic of Emelie smiling, you'd pay me for this one. I think most 8 year olds are that way! That's why I love these photos of Emelie so much. She's hard to catch, but when you take the time, it's worth i...

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my two guys...

Jonathan's kindergarten graduationOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeJonathan and Curt at graduation. Oh, and Colleen snuck in as well. Some day I will blog on all the various and crazy ways that these two are alike. There is a reason that they call Jonathan "Curt, J...

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Jonathan's kindergarten graduation

Jonathan's kindergarten graduationOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeHere's one of all of us at graduation. It's just really hard to get a good photo of 6 people all at once. Separately we're dandy... all together... good luck! I thought Emelie was hilarious in this o...

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Emelie and her friends at the Reading Campout

Emelie at Reading CampoutOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeHere's Emelie, Hannah, Celeste and Erin.They've all bee great friends since kindergarten!Emelie is dressed up as Nancy Drew, and so is Erin. They decided that Emelie was Nancy Drew "sleuthing" and Erin was Nancy Drew "not sleuthing". So we could tell them apart...

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Jonathan's kindergarten graduation

Jonathan's kindergarten graduationOriginally uploaded by laurenguldeHere's another great shot from Jonathan's graduation. Who knows, maybe in 12 years we'll have another shot of all of these kiddos when they're ...

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the big three

May 30 3, 2008 088Originally uploaded by laurenguldeHere are Emelie, Jonathan and Katherine with the graduate. Emelie is making sure that no one escapes...

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The wisdom of a kindergarten graduate...

May 30 3, 2008 087Originally uploaded by laurenguldeYep, he's no longer a kindergartener. So sad. He had a great year, grew a lot (both in height and maturity!) He's a great boy and I couldn't be prouder of him! He's very wise, too. The other day, in the car on the way to graduation:"Mom, I'm glad God made us with skin. We'd look weird without it."I agr...

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sweetness

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