These are in the wrong order. But here is Wyatt holding the dead snake. Just for the record Annika held it first and drug almost all the way down the driveway! Normally we leave snakes alone, especially gopher snakes. But we have little ducks and I don't want them around, the snakes that is! (These snakes are dead)
There is the brave girl of the hour!

Just gives a little sense of how long these babies were! One was 4ft 8in and the other a little over 3ft long. The big one was the first one we found. Then Wade almost stepped on the second one in his flip flops! These are dead, if you haven't figured that out yet!

This was the snake going into our yard.

Wade found the critter in our flower bed.

Explanation

Ok, at the end of posting the below pictures I finally figured out spacing. There are some big gaps between pictures but continue to scroll down and the last one is of Bekah and Wyatt on their horses. I am still learning! Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Catching up on Pictures

The duck's digs
Our little wood duck.

These are the other two. Boy, girl, boy, boy, girl, girl?????

Some of the ladies gathered together.

Wyatt got this picture! She is perched on the door to the chicken yard from the coop!

Bekah in her clogging outfit. Her friend Hannah who she will be doing a special duet with during fiddle week

Will holding a baby chick.

Bekah and her chick. It is all white now!

Annika enjoying the chicks.

Barn

Wade in front of the Mesa AZ temple

Stephi in front of the Mesa AZ temple

Chicken coop

This is where we are now with the barn.

Annika' s ballet recital. Waiting to go on.

Our Grand Champion of the pinewood derby. Also first place for his group!

Showing off the ribbons. Grand Champion all around and first place in the Bears.

Mom! My first piece of gum! Will's 5th birthday.

Love those presents

Will's 5th birthday

Bekah in the play. She is 4th from the left.

Wyatt's first ride on Pooh.

Bekah on Doxie in front of our unfinished barn.

Let's ride!

More pictures

Here are some pictures from our trip. They start with the end of the trip first. I haven't really figured out this blog thing yet. Anyway, enjoy! We surely did!

VACATION!!

Wyatt and Wade back from a 2 and 1/2 hr mt. bike ride in Custer in the rain!

Mt Rushmore.

You want us to go through that????

Enjoying our hike in Custer Park.

Crossing a stream in Custer State Park

The kids doing the Lambeau Leap!

We have entered the Packer Mecca!

Wade and the girls on the train at the Milwaukie zoo.

Riding the train at the zoo with my boys.

We love Great Grandma Pease!

The farm house where Wade grew up in Wisconsin. (at least until he was 11)

Are we there yet??

Oh, we love to ride in the truck!

The Nauvoo Temple.

Statue across from the Nauvoo Temple. Hyrum and Joseph in their last ride together going to Carthage.

A celebration picture after presents and Ice Cream!

Willy is celebrating his 4th birthday!!

Just for reference, the window the Prophet fell out of is the second one. Meaning the one on top!

Standing in front of the window where Joseph Smith fell out of.

I think I finally stopped crying for the picture!

The kids in front of a statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith at the Carthage Jail. The jail is behind them.

Bekah taking a little rest in Carthage,Ill.