Garden Visitor

So, I was trying to get the girls in their chairs for lunch this afternoon and, as always, it is a chore. When I finally went into the kitchen to tell them one last time to get into their chairs, they were both catatonic. Trying to get their attention, I told them that if they were not going to get into their chairs then they will go in time out, as we always threaten with. They both turned around and told me "SHHHHH!! Look!! A snake.". I thought, "whatever" and I went over and low-and-behold, there was a snake. Right smack dab between two of our grow boxes. I thought I was going to pee my pants!! My mom came down and I told her and she said to throw rocks at it to make it go away, nope, didn't work. I called Spencer at work and he told me to leave it alone so that he could see it and to take pictures and video (he was really excited, as for me I was thinking "SNAKE!!! RUN!!!). After we threw rocks at it, it squirmed more into our yard and I realized it wasn't a rattler, PHEW!!! I did, however, find out it is a Great Plains Rat Snake, I was thinking Boa and, in a way, I was right. It is a constrictor not venomous which made me feel a whole lot more at ease. It still is freaky though. I'm just happy it isn't a rattler, I don't think my children would ever have a life outside this house if it were.