Apple Picking

Last Sunday after church, Brody, Colt & I joined the Welke's (minus Karl) to go apple picking.  We drove with Lori to a place near Tacoma.  The drive was long but the kids were very good.  When we arrived they told us they just ran out of apples.   Both Lori and I wanted to throw a fit but we managed to stay calm.  They did tell us if we were just going to make applesauce with the apples we could always pick up the ones that had fallen on the ground.  Since that is what we were planning on making this worked for us.  It ended up being the perfect thing for the kids, since they could actually pick up the apples off the ground.

There were a few battered and bruised ones but we did get two full buckets.

Colt, Brody, Annika & Ryker with their apples.

Ollie stayed home with Brad. 

Yesterday we went to the Welke's and successfully made applesauce and canned quite a few.   It was such a fun time and we hope to do it again next year (although we might double check on the availability of apples).