A New Friend

As many of you probably remember, we started building Katelynn and Justin a swingset this Spring. It's one of those projects around here that has yet to be completed. It's useable, but not completely finished. A few months ago, we boxed in the swingset area with railroad ties and put mulch down. Good idea? Well, we still think so but today we realized it may get a bit interesting at times since we have a creek directly behind our house! Katelynn, Justin, and I were out there playing on the swings, and I noticed a spot in the mulch that had been dug into. It had rained just the day or two before, and as I looked in the direction of the hole, I saw a head and two eyes. I FREAKED! I made Katelynn get off the swings and out of the backyard immediately, and I called Jonathan at work panicing. I thought for sure it was a snack, and I DO NOT like snakes. When Jonathan came home, he grabbed a shovel and dug the little guy out and low and behold- it was just a little turtle, who we scared to death digging him up. Katelynn thought he was the greatest and was very sad when she had to leave her new friend alone and come inside.