July (yes, July) in Pictures

You'll accept seeing pics from July in late August, right? Oh, good. 

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Gwendolyn's Independence Day church outfit. Too much? Never.

4th of July fun in Eden Prairie. You may remember additional pictures that I put up in my 4th of July post. Uncle John always attracts the kids.

What you can't see in this pic is the small hole in her water balloon that kept spraying her in the face. It was hilarious.

Always carrying around random things.

Where is Gwendolyn?!

Waiting for daddy to come home.

She has since moved past it, but she was obsessed with our keys for a couple weeks.

Reading books with daddy.

My friend Diedra's baby shower. 

Willa arrived last week! I can't WAIT to meet her!

Snuggles after waking up from a nap.

Still in pj's mid-afternoon, and having fun being "so tall".

We had a little Saturday night bbq at the Meier house. Ceci was so nice to share her wagon with Gwendolyn.

All sitting up to the table eating their dinner. Love it!

She loves to hide the food she no longer wants in her bib pocket. See what I mean?

We had a very mild bout of pink eye. Thankfully it never made her eyes turn pink and they only mildly crusted over. They were puffy though and in general you could just tell something was up.

Hilarious. I also just noticed that this pic shows her carrying around my bra on her arm. She loves anything she can "wear". Maybe we need to buy her some new toys. Ha.

And she loves carrying around as many things as she can possibly hold.

Helping daddy unload the dishwasher without even being prompted to do so. She also throws away her own  diapers and gets her own shoes and socks. What a great little helper!

Erin and I working on the wine glasses for Trisha's bachelorette party. We followed this tutorial, and they were very cute. We were a bit concerned in the beginning, but after three coats of glitter they looked like they should. 

Don't feel badly if you don't know what a foam pouncer is - we didn't either. Martha thinks of everything!

The bottom step is one of her favorite hang outs.

When will those muffins be done?!

Is her hair long enough for a barrette?!

Not quite.

Being silly with mommy.

I can never get enough of her kisses.

She loves Uncle John and Aunt Trishy!

Hidden Haven is our haven

A cabin.

A lake.

Catching the big one.

No bake cookies.

Cold beer.

Cute babies.

Cute three and four year old's.

Family.
Meal time.
Trucks in the sand. And in hair.

Toys.

Sleeping in.

Nature.
"My mommy said..."

Perfect temps.

Fish fry.

Reading.

Coffee on the deck.

Late night conversations.

First boat rides.
Baby talk.
Snuggles with Aunt Nikki (Gwendolyn's new fav person).

Sunrises and sunsets.

Treasure hunting.

Fruity Pebbles. (And other vacation only foods.)

Awesome bubbles.

All five kids down for the night - woohoo!

Water skiing.
"Froggy!"

Relaxing in the sunshine.
Annual dad and daughter fishing trip to our secret lake.

Bath time giggles.

Weston calling Gwendolyn "Wendy" and Nathan "Mason.

2012 London Olympics

I'd say that just about wraps up our week at Hidden Haven! We missed Brent, Sara, Noah and Hayden (they skipped out to go visit her brother in NY - who can blame them!) and were even more sad when Mom and Dad didn't think they'd be able to make it up because Mom was in the hospital with pneumonia. They're troopers though and made it up mid-week. Thankfully, she's feeling so much better and is off oxygen. Praise Jesus!

Unfortunately, while working on my slideshow I realized I was missing some pictures that I had taken while on vacation. I have no idea how they got lost or why they disappeared from my memory card or what happened, but I'm trying not to be too totally distraught over it. (I will admit I fought back tears when I made the discovery. You know me and pictures.) Pretend you see a really super cute pic of Jacob hugging me. Three babies in diapers (all looking at the camera) out on the deck. Gwendolyn going down the water slide. Our treasure hunting skills producing THE hidden treasure! And Gwendolyn wearing a life jacket for the first time (so adorable) while on her first boat ride.

They were all great pictures, but at least we have memories, right?! Right. *smile.

Enjoy!