apple time

Apple season is upon us. We narrowed it down to 5 bins this year, or just under 5000lbs. I spent two lovely days with two of my favorite people, Stacey Stone and Betina making apple pie filling. Inevitably the weather turned FREEZING cold so our cider production was down. It doesn't make it any less fun for us and the cider is delicious. Yesterday we had a mock Thanksgiving with all the Rippys--sort of a trial run. It was utter cousin chaos. Maren, Kolby and Evalie disappear to the dress-ups. Eliza and Addy do make-up and hair. Charlie and Millie wrestle like WWF stars. Max, Kimball and Corbin played apple baseball, apple golf and apple hockey with their leader Cooper. Marcos and Lane played cars and all the rest of us sat around being entertained by the Riplets. Wilson escaped to a Stake Dance. I think we might have overwhelmed Mom and Dad a bit, but they were very good sports. Everyone was happy to meet cousin Reggie (except Emelia--she is not a fan of small white dogs.)