My brave hubby! ;)

Ok...so my husband is terrified of snakes...and I mean terrified...he thinks they are from the devil. So as I was running to get behind our car while playing water guns with the kids last night, I stopped dead in my tracks and screamed 'SNAKE!' So here comes Mike around the corner and yells obscenities and runs to get a weapon of some sort to kill this thing. I thought maybe this was a garter snake or as I like to call them 'garden' snakes, but as we waited a few more minutes the snake began to slither along the driveway and reveal its true size. And then, more obscenities came flying from Mike's mouth! Realizing that his first choice of weapon (a metal stud) was not going to do justice, I ran inside the house, closed the garage door (snake was right by it) and grabbed a heavy shovel making sure my kids and fur babies were inside the house.

By this time, a little commotion had erupted and a few of the neighbors and kids were gathered outside wondering what was going on. I'm sure it was a sight to see since I was standing on the back of Mike's car and Mike was cautiously using his shovel to try to get the snake to come out of the bush it had raveled itself up in. So this business of Mike trying to use a shovel or a hoe to try to get the snake out was not working so he tried rocks once it finally came back on the ground. Rocks weren't proving to work either as the snake was just getting pissed off. Since I know Mike is so terrified of snakes I knew this would go on for awhile until he could get a clear shot of the snake in open air. But like heck I was going to kill this thing, but I knew our neighbor Kevin would do the trick if he could just hurry up and get home! Probably about an hour later, Kevin finally pulled into his driveway and I quickly yelled 'Kevin we need you to kill a snake'! So Kevin goes and gets his bat and just simply lifts the snake out of the bush while the screams of me, Mike and the neighbors fill the air! So Kevin just wanted to dump it back in the field behind us, but Mike wasn't going to let that happen not after his battle with conquering it. So Kevin took the snake back a little ways on the side of the house and you just see Mike going to town with his shovel. UGH! It was so nasty since the snake sort of bounced as it was getting hit....the poor kids were screaming 'This is so gross' while I had to leave the scene of the snake murder b/c it was churning my stomach. Ha! So needless to say we had a fun evening of Mike becoming Indiana Brigger! :) I posted a few pictures below of our lovely yard guest from last night-RIP!

The face of the devil according to Mike

I couldn't get the whole snake in the picture...it turns out to be a black rat snake which can get up to 6 ft long...this one was a little over 3 we think.