Annual Norquist Family Cider Bee, 2025 Edition

 

The weather was good! Dry is always good. 

The apples had been fetched from east of the mountains. Thank you, Ben and Laurie.

The clan began to gather. Coffee and yummy bakery goods were available to get us going. 

While this is the Norquist Clan, no one here has that surname any more. Since the brothers moved east, it is the sisters and their families who are maintaining the tradition.

Manning the apple presses.

Tom, Jake, Isaac, Andy, and Coral. 

Troy and Nora's boyfriend, whose name I should know but don't. :-/

Bottling the cider,

Laurie and Heidi

Drinking coffee and supervising. 

Tom

Supplying cuteness.

Cutting apples.

Laurie, Hannah, Jill, Stewart, Seila

Coral, Linda, Stewart, Kathy

Brothers. Ben and Andy

Sisters, Heidi, Nora, Hannah

Group selfie. Thanks, Katie, for many of these photos. 

Seila, Isaac, and Jill

Laurie's daughter Katie, Troy, and their family

Linda, Tom and their "kids".

Ilene's sons Stewart and Tim with some of the Grady bunch (DJ, Kathy, and Tim and Kathy's grandson.)
Laurie and her "kids".

Our hosts, Ben and Ericka. Their daughter Mia and Ilene's granddaughter Stephanie joined us later via Zoon for the cabin meeting. 

The product, lots of fresh apple cider. 

Once again we enjoyed lots of visiting and laughing and eating and some Rockaway cabin business, a legacy we all share.