Odds and Ends...

Have you ever been searching through your picture data base and come across pictures that A. you've never seen before, B. you meant to do a post on, or C. you forgot about them?  Well, I thought I'd put a little post together on just those pictures.  We'll start here...

Summer Ann Klippel: first set of stitches, three to be exact.  About two weeks after her birthday she put her two front teeth all the way through her bottom lip while playing at the park. 
 

We love books in this sweet home of ours, and it's no exception for Shane.  We found him like this the other night.  I was dying over the display of books across the panel of his bed.  He's very efficient.  Too bad he couldn't stay awake to enjoy his efficiency. :)
 

A few months ago it was a tent that he had to have over his bed.  It literally lasted about a month.
 

I came across these pictures, I've never seen them, don't know who took them, but they are so cute.  Just another testament of how much our oldest son adores his baby brother.  He would hold him all day if he could.
 

Again, never seen these.  Looks like Georgia got into my dresses and Shane got into his big brothers suit and they had a ball.  So cute.
 

I forgot about these.  And I couldn't tell then, but here Will looks so much like Kalen as a baby.
 

During Christmas break we went hiking.  I love these two pictures.  I forgot to post this trip.
 

 

Another picture of William, from the many piles of pictures there are of him. 
 

Books, always a theme in our house.  Except this is especially cute.  There were a few months when they all wanted to sleep together, all in the same room.
 

I love these pictures of us reading!! 
 

Shane is an awesome baby sitter. 
 

I can't believe I've never blogged this!!!  Kalen got a compound fracture last summer, just after my mom died.  He's going into surgery with the hat on and post surgery asleep in bed.  We were not there for any of this.  We were dealing with my mom's estate after her passing.  We had to catch a flight home to be with him.  His scout leaders wife stayed overnight with him the first night and my dad was with him the next morning until we got there. 
 

There it is.  Can you see it?  I don't know how you can miss it.  The bones facing down on the bottom of his arm came through the skin.  He was punctured in two places about the size of silver dollars from the bones coming through the skin. 
 

Going into surgery.  Narly.
 

Cousins at Tahoe.  So classic.  This was only last summer and my kids looks so much older to me.
 

Never seen this picture either.  But, I just cannot get enough of these.  This is how you will frequently see my home.  Stuffed animals are a part of our family, what can I say? 
 

This was July 9th, 2012, Shane's birthday.  I had never seen this picture either.  Actually it took me a minute to figure out what occasion this was.  I wasn't there as my mom had just passed on, July 6th.  I was in Southern California making preparations for her service.  It was a crazy time.  I'm so grateful Shane has the best dad in the world to have been there for his birthday along with his brothers and sisters and grandma and grandpa, during his birthday.

I love my life.  I love the odds and ends, the good times the hard times and everything in between.  We are blessed to have one another.  I think what I love most about the odds and ends is that it's clear we love life and each other.  Here's to the odds and ends...cheers.