Turley Brother Exterminators!

James Seriously won't take his eyes off of the snake even after it is dead! Tyler is about ready to crawl out of his skin & Wade (the family hunter!) is just sooo excited that he got to kill something without having to draw a tag or go to Alaska or Africa!

So, we were packing up the trailer to go to Redfish & James went out to the patio to get a wrench that he had left on the grill... When he lifted the cover off of the grill a Rattle snake was coiled up less than a foot away from his ankle & he was wearing shorts & flip flops!!! He seriously came running around the side of the house yelling for me! It was one of those yells that you quickly do a run down of the location of all of your children! Carter & Cannon were asleep and McKay had just left me to go in the house... But, I could tell by his tone that something was wrong! So, after he calmed down (the Turley Boy's don't like snakes ESPECIALLY rattle snakes!) enough to tell me what was wrong - I sent him in the house to change! We couldn't get rid of a rattle snake with him in shorts and flip flops! So, I sat on the back patio ALONE with the snake and used a big stick to keep him there... James changed & called in the reinforcements! It's moments like this that you are REALLY glad that your brothers only live a couple minutes away! Yes, they killed the snake... it was in my children"s sand box! I really wasn't too keen on the idea of Cannon playing in the sand box with a rattle snake! Call me crazy!

I swear these boys secretly love this kind of thing! They are also very good at removing wild kittens from basements & baby raccoons from chimneys! James is current on his tetanus shot due to a few wild animal removals!

We did have a "professional" snake guy come the next day! He said that there weren't any signs of any other snakes! Thank Goodness! However, I am still a little freaked out about letting my children play outside! They are used to running the hills wild! Now, Mom has to do snake checks!