Leaves for Days

This fall we discovered that Jett might like rolling in the leaves just as much as the kids.  Make a pile of leaves and you can expect the kids to enjoy it for a while.  I loved watching Isaac plop down on a pile of leaves and lean back into it while splashing leaves all around.  

Can you see Jett between the two kids?  He never missed out on a good pile of leaves. 

Pictured below is what half our yard looked like before we started attacking it with rakes and leaf blowers.  This year we paid Ryan and his neighbor Spencer to rake up our backyard.  That was $20 well spent!  It made clean up much easier having so much help.   

Working hard!

That evening we reached about 30 bags of leaves.  Pictured below is what our yard looked like a few days after raking.  See all the leaves blowing in the air?  Isaac was by the fence yelling with excitement at all the leaves flying around.

Channing has been trying out some Taekwondo classes.  He's been really enjoying it.  Justin and I enjoy watching too!  He's a super good listener and has some powerful kicks!

Okay, I gotta talk about Tauna.  Who's Tauna?  Well let me tell ya.  She's Mckenzie's best friend.  She is also a peeing doll that Cici bought for her last Christmas.  In the last month or so Mckenzie brings this doll everywhere.  She even has started putting Tauna on the kids potty and then goes back to wipe Tauna's bum a few minutes later.  She brushes Tauna's teeth, gives her a bath, helps her color, and sleeps with her.  I love this adorable stage of life Mckenzie is in. 

"Look mom Tauna's coloring!"

Justin took Channing shooting a few weeks ago.  This is Channing shooting his very intimidating pellet gun he got from Papa.  Justin said Channing was surprisingly good at hitting the glass bottles they brought as targets.  After rolling up to their first spot a truck pulled up next to them.  A Staff Seargant got out and said that his troops are doing live practice and request they move to a safer spot.  On Channing's behalf Justin asked what the most powerful tank was.  He said it's the M1A2 Abrams.  They could hear loud shots being fired while they were shooting.  Channing was in heaven and has been drawing pictures of tanks since then.  

Up next are some random pictures that I love from this month so far.

Isaac is officially 18 months old.  He's so cute and sweet.  He loves giving kisses.  And yes, he's still super loud.

This was cool!  Channing spotted an X in the sky made by two jets.  

This is my adorable husband and his new work picture. 

This is how Isaac likes to spend sacrament meeting.  I was giving a talk in church and he was super sad that daddy won't let him run up to the pulpit.

These are the silly things the kids do before bedtime.  Practicing their head balancing skills. 

This is what we currently have out front.  48 bags!  And there's still a few bags in the backyard needing to be filled....  Wow!