Apples, Apples, Apples

So I went visiting teaching the other day and one sister said she had some left over apples on her trees if either of us was interested in them. The thought of fresh apple juice provoked me to take her up on free apples. So the kids and I picked a box full of apples. I've spent the last 3 days canning apples. Oddly enough, a whole steamer full of apples only yields about 2 qts of juice. Then I had all of these steamed apples left over. I didn't want to just toss them so I had the grand idea of running them through my strainer so I could make apple sauce and apple butter. Wow, I had a lot of apple pulp! All in all, I have 8 qts of apple juice, 7 qts of apple pie filling, 12 pts of apple butter and 11 pints of apple sauce. I was going to do some apple jelly from the juice, but once I was finished with the apple sauce, I was too appled out! Maybe next week I can make a batch of apple jelly!
As luck would have it, chicken has just come on sale. Just when I've had enough canning for a while, the chicken I've been waiting for is now on sale. So I guess I'm not quite done with canning!
Meanwhile, I still have laundry to do, a bathroom to clean and a sticky kitchen floor to mop. But not tonight, I'm too tired. :) We did, however, get our garage cleaned out! My kids are on Fall Break so they helped me with the garage. Buddy has been a great help with the canning too. But they were all tired tonight and said they'd be glad when school starts again. "Being home is too much work!" That was my goal!

First day of school

I know I'm WAY late posting this - but here goes:

It's that time of year again. We got the back packs cleaned out and clothes all set out and ready for the first day of school. Buddy and Noodle started on Aug 25 and Lewlew started on Sep 1. This will be a crazy year for our schedules. Buddy goes from 8:00 to 2:15, Noodle is 9:15 to 3:30 and Lewlew is 12:40 to 3:30. Then on Mondays, early out day, Buddy goes from 8:00 to 1:25, Noodle 9:15 to 2:40 and Lewlew 12:10 to 2:40. CRAZY. I had a little paper on my fridge for the first few weeks because I couldn't remember if I was coming or going!

Buddy on his first day of 4th grade. His teacher is Mrs. Spencer.

This is Noodle on her first day of 2nd grade. Her teacher is Mrs. Slade. Noodle's hair on the first day of school. This is Lewlew on her first day of Pre-Kindergarten. Her teacher is Mrs. Solorzano.

They go to Suncrest Elementary but I'm thinking of trying to transfer them to Orem Elem. next year. I don't know - we'll see how things go....