fall traditions

one of our many fall traditions is to make apple cider.  when I say make apple cider, i mean we physically make it.  no electricity involved, only man power!

the press we use looks a lot like this:

i couldn't find a good picture of the one we use, it was a bit dark this year so all my action photos are awful.

steve invited over some of her church friends and they brought their little kids, who I think had a blast.  when they started to tire of the cider process (we make lots of cider) we headed out back to let them chase chickens.  it was adorable.

then when I walking back up to the house, i caught the huz drinking the last bit of cider:

All was ok though, we had some leftover pizza from earlier in the morning.  and brownies!