Wow, have we been busy this fall!!! Some of our activities have included: getting firewood, picking apples and making applesauce from them (29 quarts to be exact!), hauling rock to landscape the yard, building a deck, finishing random outside projects before the snow flies, soccer games and practice, the boys hunting with Uncle Jason and many other fun and not so fun activities!
Last week we went to the ward trunk-or-treat and had a great time watching all the little munchkins and visiting with friends. I'm posting some pictures of pumpkin carving and our costumes. Olivia decided she wanted to be a "hula girl" and put her costume together. Mike was Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes, we had fun spiking his hair. Since Olivia backed out at the last minute I was Hobbes. It actually worked well because he's always bigger than Calvin. Of course everyone kept calling me Tigger! Emily was the "grouchy ladybug" and wouldn't look at Daddy for the picture, she was mad at him. It was a fun evening!
Stay tuned for Emily's latest adventures with Daddy and her new big girl bed!!
3 comments:
you guys look awesome!!
Great costumes! So . . . how long do you cook the apples? I have a huge bucket of $15/lb fuji apples!
My Mom in law let me borrow all or her applesauce making stuff. I cooked the apples about 45-60 minutes in the steam process juice extractor, you can't really overcook them because the mushier the better. Then I put them through the victoria strainer. Applesauce comes out one side and all the seeds and yucky stuff go out the other. It's SO easy.
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