Apple Marathon Day

Today was apple marathon day at the Weekly's. My friend Jayne has an apple orchard and graciously lets us pick apples. We started the day with the whole family going to her orchard to pick. I forgot my camera, so I don't have any pictures of us picking. The little kids had a great time carrying their bags around getting apples. The big boys had a great time using the apple pickers, and trying to outdo each other on who could find the best apples. We brought home 10 bags of apples, and then the fun really started.

We all had jobs to do. As you can see here, everybody is busy doing something. Braydon assesed the situation as he came through the kitchen early in the afternoon and asked me, "Why are you making all these people work?" I tried to tell him that they were choosing to work, and I wasn't making them. I'm not sure he believed me. Actually, I'm not sure anybody believed me.

Andy and Josh learned to make a mean pie crust, and make the applesauce. Jaime spent the entire time making the fillings for the pies and apples crisp. Mike, the boys, and Corrin took turns on the apple pealer / slicer gizmo. Corrin washed all the apples. Mike made all the topppings for the apple crisp, and I rolled out all the pie crusts.

Towards the end of our marathon, the little kids wanted in on the action too. Andy made pie crust for them, Jaime made the filling, and they did the rest. They did an amazing job! Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures of Breck's pie. Not sure if you can see it, but Braydon made a little pie crust man and put it on top of his pie! Lawson didn't have any interest in baking today.

Here are the totals for the day: 11 pies, 10 pans of apple crisp, 2 gallons of applesauce, and 6 pints of Caramel Apple Jam. Not bad for a kitchen that doesn't hold 6 adults, and two brothers who have to compete with each other over their applesauce and pie crust making abilities. Even though I am very tired, all in all it was a great day.