It finally feels like fall around here and fall in Arkansas means two things, beautiful colors as the trees change and LOTS of leaves. We haven't seen trees or leaves for 6 years now and the kids got equally excited about both. One of the first things Presley said when she saw the new house was, "look at all my trees!" The trees started changing color a few weeks ago. Let me tell you, if you never experienced this process before you are truly missing out. I am amazed by the range of hues one can see on a mountainside. It's almost as if no two trees turn exactly the same color. It's one of those moments in life when you absolutely know something greater than ourselves is choreographing our world. The saddest part of this beautiful process is that once those trees start changing, they drop their leaves EVERYWHERE! The leaves had already started piling up in our driveway so I shoveled, (yes, shoveled because we don't own a rake seeing as we haven't had to use one since we moved away) them into a big pile and let the kids dive in. It warmed my heart to see them pouncing and playing together in a pile of dry, crunchy leaves. Don't worry kids, there's plenty more where these came from and I somehow think your daddy has a different opinion of leaves after spending most of last Sunday afternoon raking and bagging them. Happy fall y'all!
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