Hello Fall, Part 1

We've been really making an effort this year to take advantage of the fall season.  It seems like it just slips by most years. We've had a great month or more of weekend outings in the perfect weather.  In fact, there are so many pictures I wanted to load that I ran out of "free storage" space on blogger and was instructed to purchase more, but I declined.  So, these fall pictures will have to be split up into a couple posts. 

Here's part 1: Apple Picking and Eating with friends

Ta-da!

Several weeks ago, I made homemade spaghetti sauce using a friend's recipe.  I thought it might be fun to document how long it took me to finish this one task with 2 kids involved.  So here you go:

1. Blanch and peel tomatoes.

  2. Chop all vegetables and saute.

 3. Cook and then puree.

 3.

 4. Congratulate self on job well done....then start to clean up the mess!

Total time:  roughly 3 hours and 15 min.

Result: EXCELLENT sauce to put in the freezer (thanks for the recipe, Reardons!) and a feeling of accomplishment:)