Yup the snake is an Indigo. As soon as I saw it I called my dad to see what kind it was and if it was poisoinous (yes, I bugged him at work). I didn't really get that close to him, I just used a zoom lens but I was really on the other end of the patio.

Does your family have a farm or something? Lots of animals!!
We live on a small 50 acre ranch, my parents house is built on 5 acres on one end of the land then my grandfather and two aunts live on a house on the other end of the property, the majority of the land is woodland. But we have a several acres cleared out for the goats and sheep and other animals.