Beary unusual

Yesterday our neighbors called and said they saw two black bears near our house. I hurried and hung up the phone because Zach and Ethan were outside nailing a target to the tree so we could shoot the BB gun. I instantly went out and told them to get back in the house. I called the neighbor back to see where exactly they saw them and then she said she was looking out her window and she could see them on my neighbors porch. We went out front and sure enough they had just gotten down from their porch. I had Caleb and Zach come outside to see and they thought it was the COOLEST thing ever. One of the bears stood up and put its front feet on their tree and the other stood up and touched their t.v. dish thing. I have never been so close to a bear before besides the zoo.

I got all the kids in the car and we drove to the neighbors house to let them know. I wasn't sure they even knew because their garbage can was tipped over. The bears, by this time, had left and gone across the street. The neighbor said they were not going to leave their cat food out there anymore.

Ethan and Rachel were very sad that they did not get to see so we drove up the road to see if we could still see them and they had just gone into the forest when we drove around the corner. They didn't see them.

We got back home and called the neighbor again. He said he had been outside with his dog and that his dog was going crazy and barking and that is when he noticed the bears. He said they tipped the neighbors garbage can over and then went into the area of trees that separate his home from ours. The part that makes my heart jump is that is the exact spot that Zach was putting up his target. He said he had dropped a couple of nails and had to go a bit into the trees to get them. I have NO idea if the bears heard him and left or if they just didn't smell anything good at our place but I am so grateful they decided not to come closer. That is a bit scary.

I guess our kids won't be playing outside by themselves anytime soon. Those darn bears. I think they are trying to get as much food as they can before they hibernate so I am sure they may be back. This all happened at about 6:30-7:00 p.m.

WE have heard a few bear horror stories from this area so I am not too excited that they are here.

They were cute though. But ONLY from a distance.

On a side note:::: Caleb got up this morning and made sausage gravy. I made biscuits from scratch. This is Caleb's ALL time favorite meal ever. As we were eating breakfast he said he was going to make biscuits and gravy every day on his mission. YUM.