It's a Miracle...

What do you see?  a dessert?  maybe.  A counter?  Yep.  What do I see?  A CLEARED OFF counter.  For anyone who has been in our house, you know what I am saying.  We didn't think to take a before picture, but the before picture would have let you see one of our  family's downfall.  This counter normally is the catch all area of our kitchen.  Everyone has one.  Most are able to control it.  Not us.  Papers, newspaper ads, pens, pencils, jewelry, school assignments, tools, diapers (new, not used), empty water bottles, half full water bottles, dog tags, notes, computer wires, earphones, note cards, notes from us, Ensign, crayons, pictures, dryer sheets, toys, things we don't want Payton to get, baking dishes, marbles, silverware...you get the idea.  The miracle I speak of is not just the fact that it is cleared off, but how it got that way.  thanks to my wonderful wife, and her simple but brilliant idea.  Last night was Family Home Evening.  But last week, we forgot to assign the different parts.  So, when it was time , no one had a lesson planned.  In the past, we would be tempted to just skip it.  But we are trying to get better at it, and Tasha has tried hard to get us to do it.  So, Helena came up with: "Since we do not have a lesson, we are going to have an activity.  Tonight, as we sing songs as we work, we are going to clean off the counter."  WE ALL GROANED.  This is no easy task.  But we did it.  Singing renditions of the ABC song, Bah Bah Black Sheep, and Twinkle Twinkle, and of course, I Am a Child of God (we all can sing that one), we went to work.  Pile after pile disappeared.  The mountain became a mole hill.  And finally, a CLEAR COUNTER!  We quickly wiped it down, then polished it.  next was the moment of silence and the wiping away of tears.  WE DID IT!  We have our counter back.  All thanks to a miracle of an idea.  How simple.  My wife is the best.   Our family rocks!