Two totally crazy things....

My oldest, Kyle, is THIRTEEN today...CRAZY!!! I cannot believe that it has been that long and that I am now the mom of a TEENAGER! He'll be starting eighth grade this year, so next year he'll be starting HIGH SCHOOL....None of this seems right....It's all gone by way too fast. When the kids were babies, everyone would tell me to enjoy it because "they grow up so fast", and honestly I couldn't imagine that at the time, but now I catch myself telling new moms that all the time. It has flown by.

Yesterday, I was chased by a deer.......Yes, a deer....I came back from feeding and there was a doe and a pretty good sized fawn in the middle of our driveway up to the house. I had my dog with me, and I didn't want her to chase the baby, so we went down to the front of the 20 acre patch that the house is in to check the bulls, and I figured that when we came back, she would be gone.....Well, when we headed back up the road, she wasn't in our driveway anymore, but she was standing next to the fence line between us and our neighbor's place....I figured that we would just ease by her and be fine....I mean, she was a good 30 feet away, and I was going to give her plenty of room by cutting through the pasture. Well, when we got almost up even with her, and I was about to cut through to the house, she started running at me and pawing...I couldn't believe it. Rio had been in front of me, and yet she picked me....on the four-wheeler!!!! I cut through and out ran her, and when I left, she went after Rio. Rio ran back to the house and the crazy doe followed us. She stood right outside our yard fence for about 5 minutes chasing my dog. Rio didn't know whether to stand her ground and protect us, or to run....Thinking back on it, it was hilarious, but at the time, I was so scared for her. I was yelling at her to "get out", and Terry finally heard everything going on, so he opened the front door. When he did, the deer took off......and Rio chased her! I could have killed her. She wouldn't come back for anything...I called and called....Finally I just came to the house and put up the four-wheeler. About 5 minutes later after I told Terry what happened, Rio shows up. I chained her, and when I turned around to talk to Terry, the deer was IN OUR BACKYARD!!! She had followed Rio back here to "finish the job", I guess. She was so tired, her tongue was hanging out and she was breathing really heavy. Even when Terry walked toward her to make her get out of the yard, she STILL stood her ground. Finally after about 2 minutes (which seemed like FOREVER), she left the backyard, but she still stood behind our backyard fence for about 10 more minutes....I guess she was waiting for us to go in so that she could get to the dog. It was the craziest thing in the world. I know deer...There are tons of them here, and alot of doe raise here....We've never had any problems. It just blew me away because I was aware of her, I gave her plenty of room...even tried to "protect" them from my dog....and still got chased. We had to sit the kids down after the ordeal was over and explain what had happened and what they should do if they see a doe and her baby.....CRAZINESS!!!