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Month: September 2018

Apple Picking

Apple Picking

This past week we went on our first of 2 apple picking trips. In about 10 minutes, the boys picked 108 pounds of apples. No, I am not making use of hyperbole – the cashier weighed it out and we have 108 pounds of apples. To be sure, we usually pick a good 50 or 60 pounds every year to make apple sauce, and it’s usually over the course of (what seems like) many hours of whining, weedling, and trips…

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What Have We Been Up Too?

What Have We Been Up Too?

That’s a very good question – we’ve been involved in so much that I’m not even sure what we’ve been up to. August flew by so fast and was such a blur that I can’t confidently say that August happened. Yet as it is Labor Day weekend I have to come to the conclusion that it must have. I feel like we’ve accomplished nothing, yet I know that is not true – we have done a TON! We’ve had one…

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