Canning!!

I completely forgot to blog about canning! What was I thinking?

Earlier in September, Joe's mom found a family who have two mature and very productive apple trees in their yard. They told her that we could come and pick all the fruit we wanted for free. So we loaded up the kiddos in the van and headed over to their house. We picked TONS of apples! Gracie thought it was some kind of amazing miracle (which is totally is, if you think about it) that food as yummy as apples just grows on trees. Janie just loved to pick up an apple on the ground and gnaw on it for a few minutes before moving on to the next one. It was pretty cute.

Anyway, the point of all the picking, was to make some applesauce for our food storage. I'd never canned anything before, so Sue taught me how! Dave did all the peeling, we did the cooking and canning, and Ta Da!!! Lots of delicious, chunky, cinnamon applesauce to eat through the winter. Delish!! Thanks for helping us do such an awesome project GrandpaSue! (That's what Janie calls Grandma Sue and Papa Dave, collectively.)

Quote of the Day:
"Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I'm halfway through my fishburger and I realize, Oh my God. I could be eating a slow learner." ~Lynda Montgomery

song of the day, super trooper, abba - my favorite abba song :)