Today, I was down at the creek weed eating the tall weeds that had grown up around the dock and bank. I then did some more trimming around our wood piles. When I cam back to the creek, I saw a water snake swimming. It swam over to some rocks, then went between them on the bank with its head sticking out just above the water. I had my cell phone, called Jenny, and had her send Rhett down to the creek (Avery was asleep). We watched the snake for a minute, then it took off...thinking it was scared of us. About a minute later, it reappeared and swam tot he bank just in front of the dock where Rhett and I were standing. I had Rhett run to the house and get the camera as the snake ate the fish right in front of us. Pretty amazing stuff. Later, Rhett and I went fishing and caught nothing. But we found and captured 2 tadpoles, a muscle/clam, and a shell with a snail living in it within the creek (never seen this in my life). We also caught a different snake, but it got away from our bucket.
Last night, we made a campfire and ate smores with the Haulters. Earlier in the evening, the boys played in the yard, rode the gator, Avery got the best of Rhett while wrestling, and Rhett and Avery danced on the deck while listening to music. After the boys went down, Adam and I set out into the darkness to take on a nest of yellow jackets and extract revenge on them for giving Avery 20 "boo-boos" with the business end of their stingers. We loaded their ground nest with lighter fluid, set a fire, then got spooked when we heard them buzzing around with an angry disposition. We covered their nest entry with a flat rock and ran for our lives.
