Snakes

I have always been EXTREMELY scared of snakes.  I had a hard time even walking into a reptile house at the zoo BEFORE Blake so greatly started exposing me to them more and more and more.  When Blake was just a baby, he loved snakes.  I couldn't even pick up the plastic snakes out of the bath tub when Blake was done.

We have lived in the country for 5 years and I have never seen a snake.  Of course all good things must come to an end...  I was walking out my front door to sit in the sun on the porch when I sat down and noticed a snake right by me.   Blake tried to catch it and it disappeared.

The next day as the kids were getting off the bus, Madison almost stepped on it.  The snake was quickly caught and thrown into a bucket.  The kids played with it all afternoon and then was let go.  Surprisingly, I wasn't that freaked out by it...