Saturday Morning Fun

So thanks to having a dog who is bred for ratting, Sam showed us that we had some rats visiting at night and hanging out in our rock wall. He has been running straight to the rock wall and sniffing like crazy. When I sprayed water in it, I saw a huge rat run into another crack of the wall. I decided to go buy a live trap so I could make sure he had that "ratter" instinct. Sure enough! Here is a pretty funny video of Sam having his way with a little rat. We're hoping to catch the bigger one soon.

Campout with Ben and the scouts

I took Ben camping with the scout troop. He turned out to be a mountain goat in training. On Saturday when we woke up we went on a 10 mile hike and Ben hiked the WHOLE 10 miles! He kept pace with the fastest scouts and kept a better pace than most scouts! He didn't complain even once (unlike the scouts) and didn't ask me to carry him at all. He is a great hiker!

Here he is eating some trail mix at mile post 4.

Here is a short video of Ben running down the trail. It was a beautiful area!

Halloween Costumes

Here are some pics of Will, Lauren, and Ben. Rachel was already out of her dinosaur costume by the time I got the camera out.

Will made a very cute little lamb.


Lauren dressed up as Glenda, the good witch of the north!

Ben wanted to be a punk rocker. I think he is a cross between Kiss and Pink.