Hail, Glasses, and Tarantula... Oh My!

Today was an eventful day...

It started out with a good thunderstorm in the morning, which included some pea size hail. It was very nice and dark outside. There has been a lot of rain this month which has been very welcomed since we have been so dry!

I tried to get a picture of the rain/hail, but it's hard to see.

Saturday night Grant broke his glasses :(. I guess I wasn't surprised, he can be very active! He had actually broken off a nose piece Friday so I guess it was good I hadn't gotten them fixed yet.

Oh, and it was a non-repairable break ;).

After school we went to they glasses store and got new frames (I knew it was a good idea to have breakage coverage :)). He's happy and hopefully these glasses (same style) will last a little longer.

Once we got home from the glasses store we had a snack and I started on dinner (if that makes sense?). Sandra was over at the window and started talking about a spider in the grass. The boys were interested and went to check it out too. They started saying it was a tarantula. I was a bit surprised and had to stop to go check it out. Yup...

There he was:
Crawling through our tall grass!
A bit creepy if I do say so myself!

He stayed in the tall grass until Jeff came home from work (an hour later) and got a shovel to dispose of him.

Now you have some size perspective:

Seriously creepy!
So, if you couldn't tell we aren't spider lovers! Jeff tried drowning him and eventually the shovel ended up through his back. I'm glad I don't have to wonder if there's a tarantula outside in my grass (as long as he doesn't have friends), but he really wasn't dangerous so it's sad to have to kill him. I think they should stay in the wild, not my backyard! In case you're curious he was a Texas Tarantula.

I think this is extra motivation to mow the grass!