Slinky the Birthday Snake

Emma got the "ultimate" birthday gift...at least for her. Check it out...

Don't open your eyes....

"Daddy, what is it?" (seriously, she asked...)
...really?WOW!
Daddy, this is the best present ever!
Nice snake. (Although I'm not sure everyone else agreed...)

Time for Em to hold him (her?)...

Showing Slinky off to everyone!
We put the terrarium in her room...
Slinky seems to like it...
I love this picture, I got the tongue!
Slinky's about 1.5 feet long or so - probably pushing 2. He (she? we just call him 'he') is a Ball Python...they can grow to 4-5 feet, over a lifetime of 20-30 years.
Emma's new lava lamp in the background - she says he likes it.


So if any of you want to come over and see our new "family member", feel free! We have had several visitors already to see him!

A Scenic Drive

After the day of Salamander Hunting, Picture Taking, and other various and assorted activities, we took a drive down the property, to see some of the things that my dad has been doing with the place - fences here, new roads there, new trees planted, all those kinds of things. So come driving with us!

"We're going through THERE?!?"
Shooting the gap...
Yep, that's close!


I think floodwater created that little canyon...

The end of the (fence) line...
Rachel's turn to drive


Emma's turn now!
Here we go shooting the gap again...the old man's still got it!


And who doesn't like to relax and read a good book after a scenic drive?

The Parker Estate

I took these pictures before going on the Great Salamander Hunt...this place is beautiful. It's changed a lot from when I grew up, but it's still awesome.

Dad's Log Truck...

The Skidder...
Pumphouse and garden down to the left, by my grampa's old International truck

The pond, just below Parker Park where Tanya got married


The sunshine is where the "new" property starts

We got cows...



Yay, swimming.



And the loader that I used to run for my dad out logging one summer. It's still fun to deck logs and even help loading trucks...