Merlin

I am so not a lizard/snake person.

But my kids are.

When hiking the Cress Creek trail (by Heise Hot Springs), we ran into a young couple (not that we are an old couple, they were just really young). Anyways, they were hunting lizards and our kids were enthralled. They caught this little guy and then gunned it up the mountain just so they could catch up to us and give us this lizard.

His name is Merlin and we ended up getting talked into bringing him home. See how there is no fear there for Ashlyn to pick him up?

After a week of captivity and not actually seeing the little guy eat, I was worried that he might die. Ian was worried that he missed his family, but Ashlyn didn't want to let him go. Zac told her that he would stay close by and we would probably see him again. But she still bawled and cried for hours on end over his departure... sigh.... I guess we should get a dog.