The art of leaf blowing

The art of leaf blowing sounds like a new class offered at Michaels or JoAnn Fabrics right? Its not. It is the ability to successful blow leaves in a surrounding area into a condensed pile with a leaf blower. How hard can that be? Very hard...for me at least. I was kinda pumped about using a leaf blower to gather the fall leaves from my massive yard, however I soon found out its wasnt quite as easy as I imagined. I definitely underestimated the technical skills required in aiming the current from the leaf blower just right so that the leaves flow in the direction you are intending them to flow. I ended up running in circles and trying to move the leaves in an orderly fashion toward the pile I designated, verses scattering them all over the yard. I admire those who can are able to accomplish the technique in a more efficient manner and now understand it takes some mad skills. If you are wondering how long it took me to make one little pile; just know it was daytime when I started.

Dont remind me

Today Abby came home from school and told me that she told everyone at school that it was my birthday today. I asked her how old she told people I was and she said, "6o." Close enough child, close enough.

October awesomeness

Jonas Brother

Abby is 5!

3 Musketeers

Fall has been filled with...

School (lots of school),

Ballet,

Soccer

Annoying Randall at her X-C meets, (she would yell at me WHILE SHE WAS RACING to shut up when I was cheering for her)

And whip cream fights!

Fall

Seriously the last 2 months have flown by! School started and I feel like there are not nearly enough hours in any given day. But, things have been going well, I just realized in order to maintain a hectic schedule one must be organized, so I bought a planner, unfortunately I still think I know what is going on and forget I have the memory of a goldfish. Today for instance, I was certain Abby's soccer game was at 2, but no it was at 1 and I checked my planner when we were at the game watching her teammates leave and decided it was a little late to be checking the planner. Oh, well life goes on. I also just found a box in my garage and it contained, no joke, 5 planners from years past. All had the first month all filled out and orderly and then blank for the rest of the year. See I cant even remember that planners dont work for me!

Scary!

Emma was climbing up her bunk bed on the wrong side and I asked her why she was doing it since she could get hurt. She answered, "The prophet taught me how to climb up here this way." And I asked her if she was telling the truth and she said, "I think so."

Shout out to uncropped photography

My friend Jessica Rentzschke Prindle has a photography company called uncropped and she is amazing she took some great shots of us girls which is pretty much impossible. If you need a great photographer look her up.