Trigger vs. the Grackle...Happy Mother's Day

This dog seriously NEVER seems to surprise me. This Saturday we left the house at 6am to head to Lufkin for the day for Mother's Day. We decided just to drop the dogs off at my Mom and Dad's for a day with Mimi and Uncle Bub.

At about 7:30am my Mom calls me laughing. She is laughing so hard she can barely get the story out. As we all know Trigger has had an issue with a skunk at my Mom's house in the past. This time he had a new friend. My Mom said she let him and Millie in the backyard and she was sitting in the living room. She looked out the windows and saw a swarm of birds swooping down and pecking at Trigger. Of course he was just looking around at them like his normal tard self. After further investigation Mom found he had found a baby Grackle bird in the backyard. Mommy bird and her friends decided to attack the crazy dog. He was just smelling the baby bird, or maybe even picked it up. Seriously there is no telling with this dog what really went on! She said Millie was just sitting by the door scared, as the 10-15 Grackles attacked Trigger. I am sure he thought of this as more of a game, then an attack. Of course he was just looking up at them, most likely thinking "oh look friends". My Mom said then a swarm of Grackles perched in the trees and sat there all afternoon waiting for Trigger to come back out. He had to go to the bathroom in the front yard for the rest of the afternoon. I have a visual of this in my head and I laugh every time I think about it. I wish she could have got this on camera!

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Dustin and I both had a wonderful time in Lufkin! Dustin and Dennis went to the deer lease to clean up some of the fallen trees from the last bad storm that came through, and put out protein feed for the deer. Phyllis and I went to Nacogdoches to meet Pam, Whitney, and Tonya at a really great baby boutique. Again, Kaylee came out like a champ. She got so many cute things that of course she could not LIVE without. I also got some really cute new flip flops from my wonderful Mother-in-Law for Mother's Day. We had a great day of shopping! We met the men back at the house before we headed to Shrimp Boat Mannie's in Livingston for dinner. It was a long, but super fun day!

Tomorrow Dustin and I head to Weimar for Mother's Day and Popo's 86th Birthday. The Reeve family is also going to make an appearance. Dustin has not had a chance to meet baby Bear yet so he is pretty excited.

Happy Mother's Day to all the lovely and loving Mommies out there!!!