Homemade Apple Cider

Two Saturday's ago, we went to Sonny & Verona's to make apple cider. They started around 10 or something. I came after I got out of school. And of course I had Mom bring my camera! :)

Warning: picture overload!! (and maybe a video)

Alison

Bethany

Jesse

Would you look at that lusciousness? Pure apple cider :)

Andy

A. Jane going for a ride!

A. Mare and two of her sisters

Jennie

Sam waiting for a ride

Go A. Jane!

They're supposed to be working ;)

Sam trying to give Lanae a ride in her chair :)

Smile Sam!

Push Sam!

I whipped right through two buckets of apples ;)

Lily

Lanae

Carla

Mom

Who is that?!

Buell's

A long time ago On October 10th, my family and I went to Buell's Orchard in Eastford, CT. Columbus Day weekend they have a chicken/hamburg/hot dog cookout.

Here's some pics

This is the very large pumpkin they had there. 

The thing weighs about 10 times more than Carla!

The author of Tractor Mac books was there signing his books. He had a few other things there also. He writes and illustrates them. They are cute books!

You can't go to Buell's without going on a hayride. (Even if you are 20 years old an no one in your family is going to get a pumpkin) :)

Evan suggested he grabs one end, I'll grab the other and we take off so we can use it as firewood. Think anyone would notice? ;)

The best part! And you know what stunk this time? The place where they make these candy apples was closed. We couldn't watch them make them because of too many germs or something :(

My favorite kind

They always have some kind band there, usually jazz or folk music.

This is where they make the apple cider. Pretty soon we probably won't be able to watch that either, because of too many germs.

Mom tried for a decent picture of Carla and I, but she wasn't cooperating. What a surprise!

Those pictures aren't that great of myself, but I at least I was smiling!

David's Birthday

is today!

He turned 23. And since he is out in IL we won't bake him a cake or anything so we won't have any pictures :( So instead, I'm posting pictures from last year.

Out with the old...

I'm talking about my bedroom set :) It isn't actually out of my bedroom yet but I thought I would post pictures of what it looks like now. 

This set came from U. Alfred and A. Barb when they moved from their house in Tolland to the home. 

And just a request before I show the pictures: Please don't mind the mess. I didn't really think about that before I took the pictures. I could have made the bed, picked up the clothes and whatever else might be on the floor. Oh well, this is what it usually looks like anyhow.

View from the hallway

And then one from each corner of the room

This next picture is an up close and personal one of the dressers, so you can see the detail :)

The "In with the new" will come at a much later date.

I made applesauce!

All by myself!

I had to make applesauce for young group Saturday night. Since no one was home to help me I used the handy dandy apple corer, slicer and peeler all in one!

I started with this

This is the handy dandy apple thing I was talking about. It definitely made my applesauce making go a lot faster!

The part of the apple on the left is already sliced. All you have to do is cut the apple in half.

And it looks like this

 Then you put it in the microwave and get something like the picture below.

I ended with something like that, except in a bigger bowl and with much more applesauce. I thought I had made way too much for 25 people, but I came home with only about one serving left!