Wisconsin Dells April 2011

The kids and I made a special trip to Wisconsin Dells, WI

to meet up with my sister Kara & her kids Ethan & Everlie.

We stayed at The Great Wolf Lodge & Water park,

you could be entertained for an entire day with out leaving the lodge!!

We did opt to leave the hotel...coffee first on the list. :)

Enjoy the pictures!!

 Kietan could not get enough of baby Everlie!!

 Early morning games, before a fun day!

 Kietan's deer "English"
They followed each other around the deer park.
Kietan wanted to bring him home. :)

 Brand new baby goats, born while at the park.

 Buffalo Bill's has a train that delivers the food.

 MagiQuest is an interactive wizard world. 
It is 3 floors of wizard games, slides and climbing nets.
The kids played for about 3 1/2 hours.

 Peek-A-Boo

Ethan and Adi
(Ethan Winterleaf)
earned 19th place in 2 hours of playing

Coast to Coast Dance Show April 30, 2011

Adi had her dance show this past Saturday,

many hours of practice in ballet, jazz and tap paid off.

She had a smile that was ear to ear....priceless!!

Above are videos taken from Adi's camera.
The picture is not great, but you can get the idea of the dance.

Hard to get good pictures (we could not use a flash),
but you'll get the idea!!

Our Town Ice Show March 2011

Doctor Adi Level 2 for show, but passed to Level 4 for next year.

Dentist Kietan Level 1

Next year..on to hockey.

Friends Anna, Marisa, Adi & Ellie

(Kie is busy skating)

After skating dinner with "kiddie"  daiquiri's

After Skating Slumber Party

Everyone is exhausted.

Everlie Raya Barnhart

Our New Niece

Born March 12, 2010

6 pounds 6 ounces

A Little Brown Hair & Deep Blue Eyes

Happy Valentine 2011

Wishing you a year FULL of love!!

Tony & I received a nice surprise of LOVE on our bed.

The kids created hearts & the word LOVE out of toys.

We wondered what the kids were doing..it was very quiet.

Our year is already filling up with LOVE.

Ely Winter Festival

On Saturday February 5, 2011 we went to the little town of Ely, MN for the annual Winter Festival. The downtown park is filled with snow sculptures done by a variety of people from around the mid-west. We arrived a little early, some of the sculptures were still being worked on.

You can click on the collage to enlarge it & view a little larger.

It was amazing how detailed some of the sculptures were,

but what else do you do when winters are at least 6 months long. :)

Plus, a random shot of a "snow bike sled".

Winter Wonderland January 2011

Here are a few pictures of International Falls

downtown area a couple weeks ago.

Snow gets plowed into piles in the center of the road
or in a pile in the middle of intersection.

A front end loader is then used to remove the snow from the city streets.

The rest of the pictures are at our house.

In a matter of 2 hours yesterday we got at least 6 inches of snow.

We step up in order to get into our backyard. :) 

The snow is as tall as Kietan along the driveway.