Since we live in a townhouse, we don't have to rake our leaves. So, we decided to rake someone else's leaves. Through our church and a county program called Chores & More, we volunteered to rake someone's yard who couldn't do it themselves. With the beautiful weather we decided today was the day to fulfill our raking duties.
We had so much fun! We started off our morning picking up the kids' cousin Grace (who is 8 & from Wisconsin) in Woodbury. We get to have her with us until tomorrow while her dad is visiting his parents. We then made our way to the outer limits of Andover and tackled a pretty big yard (and while we all helped as much as we could, Gregg did a lot of the work!). The woman we helped was wheel chair bound but very kind and welcomed us and all our kids. The kids helped rake for a while and made a big pile of leaves to jump in and then enjoyed exploring her large yard. After lunch they also got a tour and learned more about what it's like to be in a wheel chair - how she can drive, get in & out of her shower, get downstairs via an automated lift and so forth.
We came away having helped someone else and learned a lot in the process too! I didn't take too many pictures, but here are a few...
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