Raking the Leaves ~

The Fall-Winter Season is SO beautiful! Matt and I really enjoy the changing of colors outside. Matt says that some places remind him of his mission and the beautiful scenery.

Our backyard was NEEDING some cleaning up, but it is hard because it is all paved. I would really love to have grass, but we deal with what we have! We were not prepared for an all paved backyard, so we had to use our rake on the pavement.

It is like Children have an instinct that when their Daddy rakes up the leaves in a pile, that they need to jump in it! I think back to my childhood and remember jumping in the leaves in our backyard MANY times! There are some nice pictures of my sisters and I in the leaves in Oklahoma.

Hailey loved helping rake the leaves as well. After we got the pavement MOSTLY clean, she decided it was a perfect time to ride her little Trike that she borrowed from cousin Rylie... (THANKS RYLIE) She is ALMOST tall enough to move the peddles alone!

One of her favorite outside toys is the Dinosaur Sandbox we bought when we moved into the house. We leave the top on, and Hailey climbs all over it. We were going to fill it with sand, but now that we are moving, we are not sure it would make much sense!

Hope you are able to enjoy the changing weather and seasons as much as we are! ~