So when we bought this house one of the things I loved about it was the backyard. The house is 10 years old and the trees are full sized and beauitful. Ahhhhhhhh... but we forgot about the fall. 12 large sized garbage bags of leaves later, our yard is no longer crunchy. But before we raked it all up, we had to introduce Ava to her first fall... as you can see she was not amused. :) And as usual - we were!