A friend in the window!

As we started laying the sandbags we noticed a muskrat in the window. I used the shovel to scoop/throw him out. You can see in the video below that he rushed up and thanked me afterward!

The River Crest

The river crested at 21.44 ft at 4:00 this morning (about 6 inches lower than 1997). We received only 0.2 inch of rain last night, compared to the 1-2 inch predicted. Our prayers were certainly answered!

The Sun Comes Out!

Campbell Band at NDSCS

The Campbell band had a concert at NDSCS tonight. They sounded very good. The first video is of the concert band and the second one is of the Jazz band.

Looking Good!

Karen was on a billboard in Wahpeton in February. I am embarassed to say I never even saw it during the daylight. I did see it a couple of times in the evening, but the lights were never on it. I wanted to get her picture looking up at it, and we even planned to do it a couple times after church, but we either forgot the camera, or forgot to go take the picture. This is a picture my Dad took. She is getting bigger every time she is on a billboard. Next time it will probably be only her eyes!

Shrek, Spike and the Shamrock! Happy St. Pat's Day!

We had the annual St. Patrick's Day party this weekend at Karen's uncle Tim's. The third picture is of Em's Shamrock hair. The bottom picture is the meal we had tonight for supper. Of course everything was green!

Snow to Water

The top picture is of Alex taken last Friday. The bottom picture was taken today and the X in the center is where the snowmobile was sitting in the top picture. The temperature has been in the 40's since Friday and the river has already come up 4 to 5 feet. The video below is of Alex driving on the river when there was just a little water on the ice Friday. It looks like snowmobiling is over for the year. Alex already wants to get the four wheelers out.