Gwen has turned into quite the little loving mother. The other morning she was carrying around a baby and a scrap of fabric that Evelyn weaseled out of my fabric box/bag/mess/don't ask. The John(my dad) in me had the great idea to make her a little baby sling. Oh boy, it was a hit! She was pretty cool marching around with this bad boy tied around her. 
We definitely recommend it!This is what happens on laundry day since I can't carry Gwen and a load up the stairs separately.
She doesn't seem too upset about it.
A few weeks ago we spent the whole day out on the boat at Gem Lake. It was one of the most beautiful days of the summer. We brought plenty of food with us, and would have stayed out longer if we'd brought dinner. Anyway, it was so much fun.
Here are my little cuties soaking up some rays.
Derek snapped this pic of Gweners.
Have I mentioned that Evelyn is a wild one? She wanted to ride on the tube and she wanted it to be FAST!
Love the summer, can't wait for fall!I've got a great man who took me camping this week. We had to 4-wheel up a trail for an hour to get to our campsite, and it was so fun. Did I mention that we left the kids home? Yep, life is good.
Here we are all ready to go.
We hiked to this beautiful mountain lake, it was so pretty!
This was another hike, we camped on that lake that you can see. Here we are at the top...
...and here we are coming down...
...and down some more.
I'm telling you, get a babysitter and go!We only took pictures of one thing on the 4th. It was this firecracker hair-do. It was awesome.
Happy Birthday to my baby! If you look close, you can see that she got a quick grab at the cake before I moved it farther away. She was excited for some cake!
As we were singing "Happy Birthday" to her, she got really shy and leaned into me for a little snuggle. So cute!
I blew out her candles. Neither of my girls like to perform under pressure, so I did the honors. 
This may have been the only time the Evelyn let her hold a present without 'help'. 
She LOVED LOVED LOVED her cake.
The EndLook at these little ducks in a row! I just can't get enough of these.
Future Best-Buddies.
Love her guts.
And what about this?
Fun with pama.
Do you want to eat them too?
