Homemade Applesauce

My mother-in-law always has the most fabulous applesauce. When I found out she makes her own, I had to learn how. The past few years I have been bottling applesauce. Last year, I thought I was so amazing that I could work on three batches at once. I ended up burning a few apples in two of those batches. They had to be thrown out. This year I decided to take my time to make sure it turned out great. It took a little longer, but it is finished!! It also tastes delicious:)

This is the most fabulous machine. It makes all different kinds of sauces, but it is my applesauce machine. We were so so excited to add this to our canning supplies this year. It is amazing!

I used one bushel of apples this year. Gpa Allan always has the most tasty apples.

You cut them up (seeds, core, stem, and all) and let them steam until they are soft.

Put it through the amazing sauce machine, add a little (or a lot) of cinnamon and sugar and bottle. The hot water bath to seal. Delish! One more item off of my check list. Happy Fall Y'all!

The Pumpkin Patch

The Peterson clan headed to the Red Barn a few weeks ago. We had an amazing time! All of the kids loved going to the pumpkin patch. Each got to choose a pumpkin to bring home. The hayride was so much fun! Gavin thought he could lift any pumpkin and carry it. Braiden loved the little hay maze. Thanks everyone for inviting us. We loved spending time together:)

I love this picture of Cortlynn on the hay wagon

Gavin as a ghost

Braiden showing us his pumpkin

Daddy and Gavin

Cortlynn, Braiden and Maddox

Dad, Mom, Alecia and Hayden

The Collett Family:)

Braiden's School Picture

My little boy is growing up. He had his picture taken with his school class this year. Isn't he so cute:)

A Fascination with Flying

The other day we went for a ride up the canyon. They are replacing the power poles and had to use the helicopter to bring dirt up to the workers. Gavin loves airplanes. That is one thing I love about where we live. We have helicopters and airplanes flying over our house all of the time. He was fascinated by this. He was so excited when he would see it coming around the mountain to get more dirt. It was so fun to see him get so excited.

Go ROOKIES!

JT, Gavin and I after a 9:30 game. (Braiden was over by the garbage can throwing up!)

Jenny, Brad, Katie, Bryan, Me, JT, Alex and Mike
(I still need to get the picture of the whole team with kids from Alex, I will post that later)

I don't know how this happened, but somehow my brother-in-law and sister-in-law talked me into playing co-ed softball. I haven't played since 5th grade with Julie. I was horrible then. That is why I had never played again. Why I thought I would be any better now? Maybe because I have watched my Dad play softball since I was a baby, I thought I understood the game pretty well. I guess I figured that would make me a better player. NOPE, I was wrong. I am still not very good. I struck out a few times, but I did hit it a few times. I got out running (apparently I am not the faster runner) to first many times, but I did make it to first a few times. I even scored a few times. When playing in the field I would always pray that it wasn't hit to me. I was scared of the ball taking my head off I guess. I missed a few and made a few mistakes, but I also fielded a few and got a few people out. All in all, it was a good experience for me. It brought me out of my shell and made me do something I never thought I would do. The best thing about being on the Rookies is all of the Utah county Collett kids and spouses played. That was really fun. It was also fun to feel apart of a team. I am glad JT and I were apart of it together. Even though it scared me to pieces, I survived and now I can say I did it. A huge thanks to my Mom and Dad and Jim and Carol for watching the boys while we played. That was a challenge in and of itself. Will I ever play again? If I could choose right now, probably not, but who knows what the future will hold!

Splish Splash

I have been really behind on my blogging. While Gavin is napping, I am going to try and catch up. At the end of the summer a new splash pad opened. We absolutely LOVE it! We were able to go a few different times. The first was with the Peterson side. Cortlynn, Maddox, Braiden and Gavin loved running around in the water. Kyson and Hayden were still a little too small. It was so fun to see how brave my boys were. They actually would get up close and let it spray them in the face. That is unusual for them.

Maddox showing us his muscles

Braiden

Gavin, Braiden and Cortlynn

Braiden and Cortlynn (behind the water)

The second time we went, Kristy, Ellie and Dillon came down. We went and got some lunch and then headed to the splash pad to play. It was so fun to watch Ellie play there for the first time. She loved it! My boys had so much fun playing with her. Gavin was still so brave. He even went into the center this time.

Ellie, Braiden and Gavin

This just makes me smile!

Ellie and Braiden

We are excited for next year when it opens again!

This free digital slideshow made with Smilebox

On Labor Day, we went with Jim and Carol to the Dinosaur Museum in Ogden. It was fabulous! The boys absolutely loved it. Braiden's preschool teacher has been using Smilebox to make slide shows for his class. I thought I would try it out. Enjoy!