mommy, there's a big spider outside

this is what i heard the other morning when sam and elise ran outside, excited to get to ride their bikes in the front yard. sometimes we get ugly spiders in the trees august through oct. so that is what i was expecting to see. look in the picture of elise on her push toy.


see that black thing to the left of her. the next picture shows a closer view.



yuck!! apparently he was already dead and keith buried him. i didn't even know we had tarantulas around here. i wish i knew where this guy was living.