Apple Butter Pork Chops

So Mike decided to be a chef this evening. Some of you know what that means. That's when I miss having Brittan Bush around. He used to eat all of the leftovers. Tonight on the menu we had Organic Corn on the Cob, Garden fresh Green beans, Mini sweet potatoe fries, and Apple Butter BBQ covered pork chops filled with shredded cinnamon apples in the middle. WOW!!!! It was amazing and so was doing the dishes afterward.

BEES!!!

Well, we are officially South Dakota residents. We went and got our license plates today. Now we have the faces of Mt. Rushmore on our vehicles. Yes I said vehiclessssss. The blue car is still alive but not moving. Our car guy, Dennis, is looking for a new engine for it. He said that he has been able to get engines for 400 or so bucks over in Japan. They can only drive the toyota's over there up to 50,000 miles then they have to replace the engine. So, he's trying to get us one and then we'll pay for the shipping. At the end of it we will only pay 1,000 instead of 2,500 for a new car. I can dig it. The car is in great shape except that it doesn't run.

So today was Mike's day off. Monday is always that day in case you have tried to contact him and he doesn't respond. After we went to get our plates we went to the driving range. It was really windy but very beautiful. Alex and I both hit some balls today before we went to school. Before we even got onto the range Alex was stung by a bee for the first time. Her middle finger of all places. It's pretty swollen but she has taken it pretty well. Not much else is going on here. We are gearing up for Grandparent's Day at school. We don't have an official grandparent coming but she might as well be...Teresa Francis, who is teacher of the year in Grand County. Congrats!!! Teresa and Amy are coming this weekend and we are soooooo excited to see them. If any of you Hoosiers need to get something to us let her know. She's leaving on Thursday.
Love you all.

A Beautiful Day

We have had some beautiful days here in SD lately. I'm afraid that they will be saying goodbye soon. We have finished another week at school. Everything seems to be going well so far. Can you believe that in 2 weeks I will be starting to teach the Christmas program? Wow!!

Well, not much else is going on. We are just hangin' out tonight and the kids are playing (trying to find a new frog).

Phones

Just so you are all aware...If you have tried or are currently trying to reach us on our old IN numbers, you will not get us. We had those phones terminated due to absolutely no service here in SD. Please call us at home: 605-743-5856 for now. Mike has a work phone through Verizon. He will contact you with that number if he already hasn't done so. Kristen now has Alltel and will be entering some numbers in her phone for her MyCircle. That means free mobile to mobile with the 10 people she chooses no matter what type of phone service they have. She will also be contacting you with her new number. Sorry for the inconvenience, just another hiccup in moving around the states.

APPLES!!

Today we decided to swing by the apple orchard on the way home. We went into the shop they have there and it smelled like home (NY). The orchard is just around the corner from home. I love taking Mike to those kinds of things because his smeller says "buy me, you smell good enough to eat". So, for dessert tonight we will be eating a fresh baked apple pie. They make it and freeze it, then you bring it home to bake. The house smells wonderful. Then we got some Macintosh apples. Wow, I can't wait to make Grandma Van's homemade applesauce, even with the red hots. We also got some apple barbeque sauce. We'll let you know what that tastes like. We will try it soon...

A Brand New Week

We enjoyed some cookie dough this weekend:)

It's Monday again. How does that happen so fast? I don't even remember the weekend so I don't really think I had one. Not much is going on here in South Dakota. We are all just doing our thing. It's been pretty windy here lately, 35 mph winds all the time. It makes your head spin. I guess it's like that all the time here so I just can't wait to have that with -30 degree temp.



Don't forget that See You at the Pole is this Wednesday for all you Youth Sponsors and Pastors. We'll let you all know if something exciting goes on.
We do have a new home phone. If you want it let us know and we can get it to you. We are also in the process of getting local cell phones. We will be texting or calling you to let you know of the change. Love you all.

Our precious car!!!

BLUES CLUES

1994-2008

We have been informed that our car has died. It suffered a few blown rods and will cost much to replace. We ask for your prayers while we deal with this extreme loss in our family. Survivors are Mike, Kristen, Tymothy, Alex, Joe Joe, Oddie (in IN), and Goldie the Jeep. Donations can be sent to Car Fund, Hoferland, USA.

The day after!

Today is another Thursday. The day after the crazy Wednesday. You all know what I'm talking about. It's always hard to wake up and get going the following morning and last all day long. We had another great Wednesday night. The worship and the word were much more prepared and the students really did a great job in leading us into the word. Tymothy and Alex are really loving the children's church area. They are being challenged and come home with bible verses memorized and stories of the bible to tell. Tymothy said "Mom, I know something that you don't know...did you know that Noah was 600 years old?" My son is able to retain a whole lot of info and I'm glad that those things are exciting for him to remember.

Our Toyota finally bit the big one. It is at the shop and probably not going to return. We are now praying for a new, cheap car that Mike can drive to work. Right now we are having to commute across the city every morning. That gets a little crazy in the Hofer household in the morning as all of you know that we are so punctual all the time :). So, if you know anyone who has a car for cheap or free we would love to have it.
For now that is all that is going on. I'll keep you all posted.
Much love.

New Pics

South Dakota Football. WOW!!! This was just high school.

Who's kid is that?

Alex was just chillin' at Life Light listening to Building 429.First day of school.

Tymothy got to ride the pony at the zoo here in Sioux Falls.

Finally Friday!

Well, I guess it's my turn to get on here and fill you in. The Hofer's are moving right along with life here in Sioux Falls, SD. Although the pace of life is much slower here I feel like we are going 100 mph. Of course we wouldn't know what to do with ourselves if we weren't doing that. Tymothy and Alex are doing great. They love their new school, Christian Center Elementary School. I (Kristen) am teaching Music K-5 now at the school so it's nice that we can all be together during the day. Mike had his first big Wednesday night at The Filling Station. We had a wopping 115 show up to our grand opening. Wow, 5 adults just doesn't do it for that amount of students. We had fun getting to know our new students and feeling as unprepared for music and the word as we ever were. We definately were not ready for that many students to show up. This weekend we will be going to the President's Bowl here in Sioux Falls. All of the high schools here are named after presidents, just like Mt. Rushmore. They all rival and have a huge football bowl and that is what we are attending on Saturday. They also have the marching bands play and all that fun stuff. I am excited to hear the bands of course but Alex can't wait to see the cheerleaders. I think she will wear her Indy Colts cheerleader outfit. Some of the cheerleaders go to our church and are really encouraging her in that way:).

We have a few new pics to put on here from lately. Of course we are in delay with that. They will get on here soon. I hope as you read this blog you are having a blessed day and just remember to pray for us whenever you have a minute. We are missing home, family and friends so much. We've missed funerals and babies being born...Madelyn Carpenter. We love you all and just know their have been tears shed by us for you.