If there ever was a photo story - this is it! The younger ones watching as their older siblings cheerfully share the jobs involved in getting animals tamed down and cleaned and groomed for showing at the fair! So familiar now as we have gone through about 20 years of showing with our 5. Now Simon will begin the third generation of showing in just a few short years! As I have said before... the roots run deep and are a cherished "family time". One of the most charming mental pictures I have of one of the "shared chores" that the little boys had - Pat told me of the times that the three boys inlcuding himself, his brother Paul who is about a year younger than he is, and then his brother Don, who was a year younger than Paul... well, when they were like 7,6, and 5... they would carry 5 gallon pails of feed - the three boys would carry 2 pails - one in the middle and two on each side. I had to sketch a picture of 3 little boys carrying two pails, because I thought it was a wonderful memory and witness to working as a family to accomplish the final goal! That is caring for God's creatures and all that involves.
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