Came home Monday and not even cleaned up from camping and back to work...On Tuesday my Mom came over to help make applesauce (thank you so much, Mom). I couldn't do it without her, or it would take forever, even though I get the rest of the family helping out. Notice no sarcasm"" because they are really helping...

...even if it is just staying out of the way and keeping themselves amused. It was just a bread knife, almost impossible to cut herself with, it's just the glint of the knife makes it look dangerous

Timothy was a great help, in fact, he did almost all the turning in the food mill for me. It's always a long, tiring day making applesauce, but it is sure nice to serve it to the kids, they all love it so much. We could go through a jar a meal if they all had as much as they wanted. I always find myself so thankful to have all this food in my cupboards, so many people live day by day and I have so much stored. It is also such a blessing to have this apple tree in my backyard, nothing beats free fruit.