We made it to Escondido in the afternoon, around 2:30. The Williams' house sits on about 8 acres at the top of the hill and it's a kids paradise with everything there is to do. Hiking the hill was one of the first things on the agenda and Brian & Cory took all 5 kids and the dog to the top. I was on the back deck using our super zoom 70-300mm lens. We don't use it often but it turned out to be a great lens for all the scenery during the weekend.
Not even an hour after we arrived, Brian & Curtis were driving down the driveway and saw a rattlesnake going across the pavement. It's become a tradition for us to kill rattlesnakes whenever we come to town. Last year we found two in one weekend and this creepy guy greeted us right away. 
It's so sad to kill any animal but you can't have rattlesnakes squirming their way around your property when you've got kids and animals running all around. This particular snake was a female and she was pregnant with 9 eggs. See those yellow oval shaped things below? Yup, those are baby rattlesnake eggs. So creepy. I was pretty grossed out but this was definitely a highlight of the trip for our kids.
The next day Cory caught some amazing photos of a hawk that was flying around. Much prettier than a rattlesnake.
Our kids play so well with Devin & Curtis. It's like a non-stop kid party all weekend long.
Cory was the resident photographer for most of the weekend and he captured some really sweet shots like this one of Reese:
and this one of Ryder (who was in hog heaven with all the fake guns around):
and another one of Reesey:
and this one of sassafras Ryan:
While Reese was shooting stuff Ryan was trying to collect eggs from the chicken coop in the background but got chased out by an angry hen. She was running like her life depended on it and I couldn't stop laughing.
Then it was time to pose and make gang signs on a pile of wood. They were all so funny together.
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