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Hippity, hoppity and I don't mean the famous Easter Bunny. I am talking about frogs. Big ones, little ones, green, bumpy, and full of loud croak ones. Frogs at Easter you ask? Well yep...and LOTS of them. We went for Easter to the southern part of our state where it is warm. We didn't get to stay as long as hoped due to church commitments, but we squeezed a few good days in. Anyway, we stayed at my parents winter home. There is a man made pond in their back yard. This year, the pond was FILLED with frogs. At night, they would sing and sing loudly! You could hear them in the house with the doors and windows closed.



Of course, this was too much for my two boys. When I say boys, I mean Alex and Jay. They were out every night with flashlights catching tons of frogs. They grossed out me and Austin and Kenzie, but Maylin would pet them with one finger and giggle. They had a great time. They loved making us squirm by bring the frogs close to us. Oh well, boys will be boys. Even when they are over 40. ** No frogs were hurt or kept in their catching. All were left healthy and free. 
 
 
 
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We had a nice trip. I was bummed though. Sunday night I read an email from my friend who lives in Vegas. She had been in the same city we were then in the day before. Why do things always work out that way? I would have loved to see her. Instead of my friend, I got frogs.

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M3 said…
Funny!! That jar full of frogs just cracks me up!
April 15, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Anonymous said…
Yuck! Happy Birthday (and tax day)to Jay!
April 15, 2009 at 9:12 PM
The Brown Family said…
Wow! The frogs bring back childhood memories. In Hawaii we had HUGE toads that were everywhere and my brothers would go toad hunting at night. YUCK! Same idea, just for the hunt and then they would let them go for the next night's adventures.

I'm glad that you got to take a quick vacation. I'm sure coming back to SNOW today wasn't fun.

Kim
April 15, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Dione said…
I watched a PBS show on frogs. It was fascinating. They are a good thing, ya know! We always catch frogs when we visit John's sister in Leeds (St. George). Not me, of course. They're fascinating and good, but I'm not about to go feeling them.
April 16, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Erin said…
Hilarious. Those are really big ugly frogs. Like the kind you see in movies. My boys would have loved that! Maylin is fearless, isn't she?
April 16, 2009 at 8:15 AM
The Stanley's said…
Do you can frogs? ha ha
Reminds me of our ponds in Minnesota!! Sorry but they are noisy :)
April 17, 2009 at 8:49 AM
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