There's a SNAKE In My Boot...I Mean My POOL!

I've heard it can happen but was hoping it wouldn't happen to US! I can handle the fire ants, and geckos, and frogs, and armadillos....but I am so not into snakes! Last evening after dinner, Isabella and Jonah were in the pool when we heard great screams of terror as they both came running in to let us know there was a snake in the pool! Fortunately, it was your garden variety, non-venomous, less than 12 inch water snake, but when you're out enjoying yourself in the pool, and one of those little buggers slithers past you, it can be quite alarming! Not one to miss blog fodder, I grabbed my camera then headed out to capture the slippery little beast. No sooner would we get him in the net then he would slide out like a piece of cooked spaghetti...he enjoys our pool as much as we do!!