What A Mess - Get A Rake

What a Mess - Get A Rake 

As a mommy of seven children I learned 
a few things about messes. 

We lived in small houses and the front room was 
the main play area. 

1. Rake up the toys 

I got a carpet rake. 
We had shag carpet in those days and 
a carpet rake worked great. 

2. Put a basket behind the couch or
 someplace inconspicuous. 

3. Then take the rake and rake everything to the basket. 

4. Now the little people get to play vacuum and pick up the toys 
and put them in the basket. 

I used to set the timer and we would see if we could pick up 
twenty things each and get them in the basket
before the timer went off. 

And then we had a Happy Helper Treat for all of 
our fun work and a pretty room. 

One more thing that really helped.
I kept playdough, puzzles, and crayons, etc.  
UP high on a shelf that only I could reach. 

That really helped a lot.

Happy Raking.

Love,
Grammy T.

Heavenly Father Sent Us Two Black Cows

Cutest, Toughest  Little Calf  Ever

I've always loved looking at the faces of cows. 

So when I was reading Ree Drummond's Blog and looking up a 

yummy recipe that I just had to have to cook for dinner.

 I stumbled upon this little guy. 

Adorable right?

That jogged my memory back in-time when we had just moved to 

Loomis California. 

It was a hundred years ago in 

about 1987. 

One night when we were kneeling down for family prayer my husband 

asked my little girl Amy if she would like to say the prayer.  

"Sure" she said. 

During the prayer she asked Heavenly Father to please send us 

some cows because they were so cute and 

their faces were so sweet. 

Of course I was thinking not a chance that would happen, 

Right? 

 In the middle of the night there was such a ruckus going on outside. 

Dogs were barking, coyotes were howling, 

the whole works. 

I couldn't see a thing out there it was so dark. 

We had no street lights, we lived in the country for pitty sake. 

Well low and behold the next morning standing in our front pasture were two

Big Black Angus girls.

Really

Honest 

No kidding

Unforgettable.

The End

Love, 

Grammy T.