Cows...........and the name MooMoo.

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter. We went to my sister's for lunch after church. Everyone had a great time and the food was delicious! It's always good when the family can get together and everyone LOVES to eat (even my nephews who ate about 3 lbs. of bar-be-que together!). After the Easter festivities were over, John and I went to our farm in Hickman Co. Now, I'll admit I haven't been there in 3 or more years. There is a farm house on the property but it's not one of my favorite places to spend time........it SMELLS! It's usually used for the guys that like to hunt and fish so it's always had this musty, outdoorsy smell in the house. We've had the carpet replaced and other things fixed but it still smells yucky to me. I know that probably sounds like I'm being snobby and uppity about not wanting to stay there, which I guess I am! I can usually roll with the punches in life but this is one smelly punch I don't have to roll with. If I could tear down the house and start from scratch, that would be perfect. I have a million ideas of the kind of farm house I would build and it could be sooooo cute. But then it wouldn't be so outdoorsy and farmsy which is what John and the guys like. Anyway, I decided to make the trip out there because we have new occupants at the farm............COWS! I love cows and yes, I know they smell but they're outside so it's not so bad, (unless the wind is blowing in the direction of the BIG piles of stuff on the ground). Most of the cows are black with one brown cow.

There are 2 adorable babies and one VERY LARGE BULL! And I mean large in every way!! John started calling the cows to the barn for feeding time......"ouuu cows, ouuu cows." A couple of them started moving from the field towards the barn. I decided since the rest of them were not moving I'd try my hand at calling them. "Come on cows, time to eat," they looked up to see the strange voice calling them. And you know what, they all started running to the barn. I've decided if I need a job in the near future, I can be a "cow caller" when it's time for them to eat! While they were chowing down, I made some pictures. I used my sweet cow calling voice and asked them to look at my camera. Here's the results.......

See how photogenic these cows are!! Even one of the babies looked at me.........sort of. Well, I had a great time with the cows and look forward to more great times with them. Some of the mothers are ready to "drop calves" anytime now. More babies, how fun!

Now I want to talk about the grandmother names that have been submitted to me. First, I have to give Betty Townsend a "big shout out" for sending the name that gave me the biggest laugh. Leave it to her to come up with the name MooMoo, because of the dairy. In reality, it fits the best because I love cows and my back end could be mistaken for one! My loving little brother sent in "Granny, because you're old." I will get him back some day for that one. Leslie Simmons sent in the name "Naunee" which is a really pretty name. My sister in law, Janene, sent in "Momma T or GrandTerrie." Both of which are good. Beth is still pushing TeTe but Clay brought up a good point about that name. He said he would not be calling his grandmother TeTe at the age of 29. It's too embarassing........I agree! I had several other good names submitted, MeHe, MeMaw, ReRe and Nonnie. I thank everyone for their contribution to my grandmother name search!! Right now, I am thinking I would like to be called "Nonna" which is Italian for grandmother. I'm not Italian, but I don't think they would mind if I borrowed from their language. Of course, sweet Elliotte Lynn may decide to call me something completely different. And what ever she wants to call me, will be just fine with me, (unless it's TeTe in which case I will stear her in another direction). It's getting closer and I'm getting more excited! Again, thank you all for your response and until next time, have a blessed week!