We had Anna-Belle's birthday on Monday and here is a picture with her new, indestructible DVD player that we gave her. We have bought 2 other portable DVD players for the car, but they always seem to get stepped on or juice poured over them, so we went with the industrial strength portable this time. We had a great time watching her blow out her candles, open her presents, and play with her brothers. We can't believe that she is 2. It doesn't seem possible that it has been two years since we were down in Marshfield, WI to have her. Days, weeks, months, and years just seem to slip away.

We have over 230 inches of snow this year, but last weeks warm up in the 40's melted much of what was on the ground into just a couple feet of snow. I was going to take the boys ice fishing next Friday, but without a couple weeks of teens or 20's I'm not sure about taking them out on the ice. Hopefully it will stay cold this week and next to build the ice back up. I would love to post some nice trout or salmon on the blog next friday. We'll see.