Huge *** Snake!

Today as the girls and I came home from a play date, I proceeded to go upstairs and put Alyssa down for a nap. I then came down the stairs, went into the kitchen, looked out my patio door and, "AHHHHHHH!" There right outside our patio door slithered a rattle snake. This snake was bigger than any snake I have ever encountered. Growing up in San Diego, I thought that I was ready for the rattle snake encounters that I would have while being down here in Texas. Can I just say what you have heard about Texas is true. "Everything is bigger in Texas." After pulling about every bad word out of the dictionary, (sorry Darice), I called Chris at work. He hurried home, grabbed our neighbor, who had a shotgun, grabbed a golf club a proceeded out to the back yard to engage in a war with this unwelcome guest. At that point, I don't know what scared me more, the Rattle Snake or Chris and my neighbor with a shotgun and a golf club. Needless to say, their hunt came up empty handed and Chris' dream of a new belt will have to wait for the next time. Now I just sit and wait for the unwelcome patio sun tanner to return for a warm bask in the sun!