Did you know rattlesnakes are out in DECEMBER?

Just a warning for all of you who think you are safe and rattlesnake season is over - IT'S NOT. Okay maybe I'm the only one who worries because we happen to live smack dab in the Little Happy World of Rattlesnakes or something...But we found NUMBER 5 a week ago off the side of the road on the way home from church. We only have a picture on Jay's phone so it may be a couple days before I actually get it on our blog. And speaking of wildlife, the Clark side of the family is known for our encounters with nature. If anybody knew my family growing up, we always had our window wells full of captured reptiles and other things (much to the displeasure of my mom). That's what happens when you have five brothers and a dad who loved to take us out hiking every Saturday. Since we all haven't grown out of that yet, we started a blog to show our findings to each other and anybody else who is interested. So if you want to see a lot of gross or just rarely seen creatures check out http://clarkwildlife.blogspot.com/
Here is yet another little creature who fell snare to Jay's animal killing spree... Jay knew this mouse has been back in our shop for a while and finally got it with a mouse trap. And that's not a rat, its just one huge fat mouse. The kids were pretty fascinated. Way to go dad!And it's that time of year again for Christmas cards, and this year was the biggest PAIN for us getting a normal picture of the kids. So I thought I'd share our different attempts, every time a disaster thanks to a wiggly two year old who is not much of a poser. Can you just feel my frustration behind the camera?See if I'll try all this all again next year. But here is a rare picture of Kate smiling at the camera.