Science Museum of Minnesota

Rich took Caleb and Sarah to the Science Museum of Minnesota on Friday to enjoy the family membership we purchased earlier this year. One of the things we saw was the signpost that stood at the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Itasca State Park for about 20 years before it was replaced several years ago. Rich and Grandpa G had their picture taken by this very sign on our first Jaunt with Jim Klobuchar bike ride back in 1990. Cool!


Sarah and Caleb are pulling on a lever and making the jaws of this T-Rex skull move up and down. Sarah LOVES T-Rexes!




Caleb took off on his own to enjoy the exhibits for about an hour, so Sarah and Daddy took in the museum. Here's Sarah in front of a skeleton of a triceratops...




... and sitting atop a fake glacier back in the ice age.








And posing next to the actual thigh bone of an ancient herbivore dinosaur.

Science Museum, Part II

We took in a short presentation on the curse of King Tut's Tomb, presented by a crazy professor.








Caleb rejoined us and he and Sarah did some experiments with a wind machine and a play ball.






Here's Sarah with "Lance," taking his temperature. (His temperature was only 74 degrees when you put it in his ear, but more than 100 on his forehead. Go figure.)








"I want my mummy!" Yes, it's a real mummy ... Caleb and Sarah were fascinated.






Here are Caleb and Sarah in front of a cross-section of a tree that was 522 years old when it was cut down. No, we didn't count the rings ourselves!

Bowling bikers!

Despite having to work all weekend, Rich managed to carve out a Saturday morning of bowling and lunch with his bicycling friends, whom he doesn't get to see quite nearly enough! We bowled a couple of games at Brunswick Zone XL in Lakeville, then most of us headed to Perkins for lunch. Here are Curt, Cyndie, John, Julie, Mary and Rhonda.


Julie, Curt, Rich and John ... having way too much fun!








John, Cyndie, Rhonda and Julie.








Juuuliieeeeee!!!










Bella the cat likes to sleep high up on our kitchen cabinets. Meow!

January memories

Noah's hockey team decided to adopt a dress code for school on the days of their games. He and Erin went out and bought him new pants, shirt and tie to wear to school. He looks sharp!






Sarah and her buddy, Grandma G, played cards during grandma's recent visit to the Twin Cities.






Caleb and Lucas turned 12 on January 27. Only one more year of being a pre-teen, guys!












Caleb blew out the candles on the twins' birthday cake. Lucas didn't want to be in the picture, so Caleb took care of business.












Sarah poses in front of the amaryllis plant Grandma G bought for us at Costco last Christmas.