Playing in the snow at Grandpa's

On Feb 24 and 25 we received more snow in a single day in February than any other day in recorded history during the month of February. We got about 12 inches (not much for Minnesota standards). The Barnhart children came to visit a couple days later to take pictures of Tana's hats and to play in the snow. Here is a sample of their play day.

2006 Halloween

Ellie as Kahn the magnificant

Liam is passified with his Batman pacifier.

Logan is pretty flashy in his Flash outfit.

Yoda looks a lot like Gretchen.

The beautiful Princess Lorelei Leah

Joseph makes a great Skywalker.

This winning car at the 2005 Pinewood derby

This is my second pinewood derby car and I won the race. This car is a Norwegian flag car, complete with a piece of flagpole. I cut out the wave on the bandsaw. I put the wheels on a lethe at work and got all wheels the same diameter, put a 15 degree bevel on the inside hub and a 2 degree bevel outside to inside on the tread. It weighs exactly 5 ounces. Then I put a lot of graphite on the axles for each run. I helped Jake Winkel cut his car out and he came in second place and he was only eight years old. I will need to stop helping. That was too close.

Our Grand Children in order.

This is Andrew's 2006 school picture. He is trying to be like grandpa with that hair.

This is Brandon's 2006 school picture. He's pretty cool. Huh?

This one is Joseph. His shirt says he is the good one, and he is really trying hard at it.

Joseph's oldest sister is Lorelei. It is true. We are best buds and we understand each other.

Then we have Kyle and Tiffany's first, Elisabeth. Isn't she cute? She even has her own fan club.

Look at those eyes! Just gorgeous. Oh by the way this is Gretchen and she is crawling up a storm.

This is miracle child number one, Jeffery (Logan). This was the result of his first haircut. We are so glad that hair keeps growing.

This is Liam, miracle child number two, and he just witnessed his twin brother's first haircut and all of a sudden he is sitting in the barber chair. He just can't wait to have his first cut, or is that fear?

All our eight grand kids

We tried to get all our grand kids together for a group photo. Most of them were agreeable but there were a couple who thought otherwize. It's not their parents fault; they just didn't want to have their picture taken.

Say Cheez!