Falling Into Fall...

For the past several weeks, I've been trying to get Sam to get out in the front yard and help me rake up the plethera of leaves that have been accumulating into 3 foot drifts in various sections of our yard.  We only actually have ONE tree in our front yard (compared with the 4 in the back...) but we are at the end of a hill with a lovely fence (insert slightly sarcastic tone) bordering our front yard, so I'm pretty sure our yard catches about 95% of the leaves that fall from ALL of the trees on our entire street. Sam kept saying he wanted to wait until "the leaves are all done falling" but I just couldn't stand not seeing my flowers, shrubs, yard anymore, so Sunday afternoon I got out there with the rake and he reluctantly joined me.  I forgot to take a picture of what the yard looked like before the raking commenced, but I guarantee you that you could see NOTHING but leaves on every level of our flower bed. 

Here's a picture of the MOUNTAIN we raked up just in the front of the front yard (we haven't even touched the side of the house or the backyard yet).  Please note the look of sheer elation on Sam's face.

Right after I took the picture above, my man-child husband's attitude shifted 180 degrees as he realized that he had an incredibly huge pile of leaves to use as a stunt prop.  And this is what ensued...

The Undisturbed Pile (and the aforementioned "lovely fence")

Sam's Dive #1: The Blur (I took the picture too late...)

Sam's Dive #2: The Burrough

Sam's Dive #3: The Pointed-Toes Olympian Dive

Sam's Dive #4: The Belly Buster (action shots on the iPhone aren't great...)

Sam lounging in his leaf heaven...

Zoey being really confused about what is going on in her front yard...

At the end of the day, we did manage to bag up over FIFTEEN bags of leaves before it got dark, leaving the front yard in a much more appealing state than before.  And I've decided that although we don't have kids yet, sometimes being married to Sam is like living with a big kid.  And I love it.  He is the best at making not-so-fun tasks a lot more fun than they ever should have been! :)