St. Andrews Cross!!!!

So we arrived back from Iowa Monday evening, Chuck went out to the backyard to let the dogs for a run (potty) and came across a new friend....
needless to say...this lil lady freaked us out!!! We "disposed" of her before we could do any real research as we were afraid of her being a threat to the dogs. She had spun a beautiful web and was in the middle of forming her "Cross"
Oh by the way....the name of the spider is a St. Andrew's Cross Spider. They make pretty neat zig zag webs after they complete their huge web that catches flies, mosquitos and the other annoying lil bugs.
After all said and done I wish we would have relocated her instead of sending her to spider heaven....But I'm pretty sure we'll see her offspring...in the Spring since we haven't disposed of her web yet and it looks like there is a big sac!!!! Yikes!!!