I spent a big chunk of this month visiting family in Texas and meeting their pet spiders. Everything is bigger in Texas, especially the spiders. The spider I met in my mother's entryway on my last day there must have been living out his retirement after starring as Aragog in the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie. I had my mother cut his retirement short while I stood on a chair succumbing to the symptoms of a panic attack-nausea, racing heart, etc. Niall found this extremely funny- laugh it up, buddy!
Sadly, I only have one photo to share. I generally did not take time to document these meetings- I was too busy running and shrieking. I took this photo because I was worried that no one would believe that it really had a green body. It is guarding it's egg sack. Lovely.
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Grandpa Lane teaches Niall the finer points of checkers.jpg)
Leith paints with Grandma in her studio
The boys look for fossils at the 7D ranch 
Roselyn and the boys dress up 
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Hattie, Bonnie, & Lane- all the kids are getting so big
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Etienne, Mimi, Leith, & Niall at the Garden of the Gods
Niall makes Pascal laugh- a lot!
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