Apples, Apples, Apples!

My mom and dad have an apple tree in their front yard that was just full of tasty looking apples! We had big plans for those apples...pie, dried apples, applesauce, muffins and whatever else we could come up with! 

The first step was picking the apples. Mama, Annaliese and I tried to do it one day but quickly found out that we weren't tall enough to reach the majority of apples. But we did get enough to make a pie!

 Peeling and coring the apples with Mama

Eating the pie crust first:)

Yesterday, Auntie Kim and Elias came over to join in on the apple fun. We enlisted the help of Bapa and Kyle to pick some more apples. They ended up cutting down a few branches to get us the really good apples that were way up at the top of the tree. After all, the tree was way to big anyways!

And then we were able to get to work! Chopping, boiling, canning, drying...it was all happening at the same time!

Unfortunately, we didn't get as much applesauce made and canned as we had hoped because things got a bit too warm on the stove and we ended up melting the microwave door. We thought about using the crock-pot but that was too slow; and we thought about using the grill but decided to just call it quits for the day. 

 Our little taste-tester...she approves of the applesauce!