Leaves, Leaves, Leaves

When we first saw our house, before we bought it almost four years ago, I immediately fell in love with the mature trees in our front yard. I loved how pretty they looked, the shade they would provide, and the thought of one day hanging a baby swing from one of the limbs. We moved into our house in April 2010 and it wasn't until that fall we realized how "fun" two huge Sweet Gum trees can be. Between the thousands of gum balls that fall from the limbs (which means this country girl cannot even walk barefoot in her own yard) and the insane amount of leaves that clog the gutters and completely cover the yard, these two beautiful trees are A LOT of work. However, I decided to take advantage of all of the leaves and take Lyla out to play in them before Daddy cleaned them all up. She had a lot of fun crunching them in her hands and thought it was hilarious when I would grab a pile and let them fall on her head. Here are a few pics of our fun :)