Apple Cider Time Again!

Well, it is that time again for the second annual apple pressing day. The Burley Petersons and the Filer Manwarings and Grandpa Manwaring got together to press apples. We waited longer this year because it was just not getting cold enough to pick apples and then 2 feet of snow later; most of the apples were frozen and mushy. Perfect for applesauce and apple cider. We picked apples Wed. night after school among a gander of geese. (I forgot my camera.) I picked apples with the kids Fri. night (I forgot my camera.) Brady got stung by a bee and Garret fell out of the tree, but we needed more apples. Saturday morning we arrived at Blake and Josie's and they were already going. We forged ahead. The kids hung in there until lunchtime and then they disappeared leaving the adults to finish. Shawn caught his finger in the press and ripped part of his nail out of the nailbed. The hornets buzzed around us. BUT we made almost 50 gallons of apple cider. They are safely tucked away in the freezer. We will love it come February. (I forgot my camera.)

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas....What!!!!!

When they said it was going to snow .....IT SNOWED. We woke up Saturday morning to about 6 inches of snow it continued to snow all day and all night. By Sun. morning we had close to 20 inches of snow. They canceled church for the day. I don't think we can hold out hope for school closing on Monday. Darn! Saturday the kids played and played in the snow. We decided that it was time for the air conditioners to come out of the windows and the bikes to be put away. Later that afternoon we pulled the kids around behind the snowmobile.(Thanks Grandpa) We played until dark outside. Sun. morning we had to hold the kids inside until it warmed up a little, but they still went outside to early. Shawn is still gone helping clean out driveways with the tractor. So we will see what the rest of Sunday brings......... Blakely is posing like a snow mermaid.

Bowling Fun

We got home Friday night from school and decided to go bowling. As we all know this is Shawn's favorite activity in the world and we can only convince him to go maybe once a year. So I was surprised when he said let's go! We jumped at the chance. We had fun and no one cried, so that was a bonus.