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I made a last trip to the apple orchard before they close for the spring... and came back with a bushel of apples! I bought 2 bags of Winesap, a bag of yellow delicious and a bag of roma. Mmmmmm!


Colt loves homemade applesauce and has eaten every jar I canned in the Fall. This time around I decided to can them in quart jars rather than pints since he can eat a pint all on his own!


It took 3 days since I burn it every time I try to cook it on the stove.When I make it again in the Fall I'm going to borrow my Mom's slow cooker also so I can knock out double batches! We like ours chunky (see below), but when I make apple butter I puree it in the blender and it turns all smooth!



I ended up with 17 quart jars and 1 pint (which I gave to my neighbors Nikki & Andy) so we should have plenty to last us through the summer! I think they look so pretty all lined up. My favorite part of canning is hearing the lids pop as they seal! It gives me such a feeling of accomplishment!




This month was my cousin's prom so I was sent to get pictures of her for my Mom who had to work. She was so freakin' cute I feel the need to share with you all! Isn't she adorable!?!?!






Colt and Charlie caught some golden rainbow trout (I think that's what they told me) . We ate some several days ago and they tasted like regular trout to me.






Caitlyn turned 13 this month! I know the big 1, 3!!!!
I feel old. She's so mature for her age anyway and now she's 13. Thankfully she's not all boy crazy yet, but I seem to remember REALLY liking boys in 8th grade so we'll see where that all goes.

We had a beautiful quiet Easter. My sister was home and my Aunt Linda, Uncle Rich & Uncle David came for dinner. We had stuffed shells, salad, texas toast and a coconut bunny cake for dessert! Yum! Charlie had work, but I slipped away and took him food for lunch so he at least got a nice hot meal and some cake! Plus he'd rather work holidays b/c he makes extra pay on those days and I usually take him dinner or lunch. Holidays aren't special for him as they are for me. :(
He tried for the kids, but he jus wasn't brought up the way I was. He's damned cute so I let it slide. ;)