Shots, Apples and Raspberries...Oh My!!

Well, we were naughty but nice parents this last Friday. Will had gotten his Flu shot for free at Creighton last Wed. and then I got my Flu shot on Thursday. Well all three kids got their Flu shots on Friday morning. We decided that by the time we were all done fussing with them, and settling them down from the shot, it wouldn't be worth putting them back in classes, so we kept them out for the rest of the day to play hooky. SO we decided it was a great time to make our annual trek to the Apple Orchard. So we did. The kids had tons of fun, and enjoyed eating their Carmel apples, and raspberries. We had picked 3lbs of raspberries, but I think the kids ate about a pound in the field. They totally enjoyed themselves. We also picked 15lbs of apples. We got gala apples and melrose apples. Both very sweet apples and great for applesauce and cooking. Also eating fresh. I will be making applesauce here soon with our haul of apples. I will also be making quite a few of my famous apple tarts. I have eight requests already lined up. Hopefully next fruit season I will be back in Utah picking peaches as well as apples, and pears, and then making my famous tart with those fruits as well. With our raspberries, I made 5 pints of raspberry sauce. No sugar added, so we can pour it over our ice cream or waffles or cheesecake desserts. It is really good. In fact the kids had some chocolate cookies that they dipped in the remaining little bit of raspberry sauce, and they really loved it. So we will definitely be doing that again. Enjoy our pics. We all had a great time.