Still raking leaves in Texas

We thought our leaf raking days were over when we left WV. We had a few really, really big trees in our front and back yards in Vienna and we had piles and piles of leaves to clean up. We thought we could just rake them and bag them but it didn't take long to realize that this was impossible. One day Chris had 19 trash bags lined up at the curb! That barely put a dent in it so, we invested in a leaf blower/vac. That made things much easier but still took a lot of time. In fact, we still had a large pile in the back yard right before we listed our house for sale (that was in April!)

Our pile in Texas was much smaller but I have to tell you that the little sprinkling of leaves has been pretty constant. They all seem to blow right up to our front door. The kids had fun using their little rakes to make a pile (a very modest pile). This was the first time Jaden was able to participate and he jumped right in! Too bad there wasn't enough to actually jump in - he would have loved it.