Sunday, January 20, 2008

A Barn Is Born, Take Two

The barn has been done since we returned from Georgia, but I have hardly had time to add the pictures.


All done!! Well, almost. Jeff decided he really wants a slab in front now rather than wait a while, but after that, I think it will be done.

Here is Jeff, wiring in lights. He spent about 3 days putting in all his lights, power outlets for his welder and for regular 110 stuff. He also built a 12 foot work table, got a Craftsman roll a way tool chest, grinder, drill press, and a few other needed tools (or as I call them, toys. That gets him mad. He says, "They are TOOLS, not TOYS! I make a living with these!". I say, "Are you having fun with them?" "Well, yeah." "Then they are TOYS, not TOOLS!"

The kids love it, too. Some of Jeff's fondest memories of his childhood was the hours upon hours that he and his sister rode bikes in his dad's barn. He couldn't wait for his kids to do the same in HIS barn. Now he complains that it's like the Interstate during rush hour in there. LOL! Here is Drew with his ride of choice. He can't work the pedals yet, but he sure can scoot around on it!

Ch'ree of course has to strike a pose and model the new air compressor.

1 comments:

Liss said...

I am with you on the toys. Justin has an oscilloscope (yeah, I didn't know what it was either when he first brought it home) on his computer desk. He specializes in geek toys. The only problem with those? Very expensive and basically outdate themselves as soon as you buy them. ARGH!
Nice barn though, I loved playing in my grandpa's barn growing up (and my grandma was always afraid that we'd fall off the two stories high of hay bales.