Apples, apples and more apples!!

So last week when I made apple dumplings my Greek neighbor, Albert, happened to stop over and I sent him home with an apple dumpling. He had never had one and showed up at our door an hour later with stars in his eyes asking me how I make them and what kind of apples I use. Fast forward to yesterday..... about 1:00pm the doorbell goes off and it's Albert with a case, yes a case, of 100 Granny Smith apples! He owns a local diner and asked his vendor to get him a case. I was shocked! He didn't want money for them and his only request is that I teach the girls how to make apple dumplings one day. Soooo, guess what I'm doing today? I pulled out my largest crock pot and filled it with apples for sauce and I have a double batch of apple crisp cooking away in the oven. He's never had apple crisp either so I'll be sending a batch over to him later. So now I only have 50 apples in my fridge, lol. Hmmm, I wonder what I'll make tomorrow!

It's hockey time!!!

Wohoo, it's almost hockey season!! Now, I really could care less about NHL hockey but for some reason we got hooked on minor league hockey a few years ago and now it's become one of our favorite winter activities. The girls absolutely love going and have so much fun while we are there. We have the same seats for every game so we know everyone that sits around us and the girls have a blast cheering with everyone. Our team is of course our local team, the Reading Royals. They are training a few miles from our house and Sunday they had a meet and greet session after practice so we decided to surprise the girls by going. Before we went in to meet the players daddy had another surprise for Rylee, her very own jersey!! She was so excited and had every player sign it during the meet and greet. There are a few returning players but it's mostly a new team so hopefully that's a good sign that this season will be better than last year. Pre-season games start next weekend so look for lots of pictures soon! LETS GO ROYALS!!!

Rylee and daddy showing off their new jerseys while waiting for the players to come off the ice.

With Scott Langdon, one of last years returning players

With Rob LaLonde, another returning player.