A few more pics

Here some pics from this weekend.

The 1st day with Teresa and Amy

They have finally arrived. Friday was Grandparent's Day at Christian Center School. Teresa and Amy came to eat lunch with us and the Amy and Alex went to the mall. Imagine that.

No they didn't go to Victoria Secret, it's just a bag. Teresa stayed with Tymothy in his class and watched them do show and tell and a few other things, then we had an assembly.

We finally went to the church and got Mike out of work. We went to Johnny Carino's for dinner. Wonderful Italian food if you haven't ever been there. Then we came home and made brownies and watched IronMan.

After all that we were exhausted and we all fell asleep during the movie. We have lots of things planned for Saturday. We'll keep you posted.

Another Thursday

Yesterday was another big day for us. We had 80 again at youth last night. We are doing really well so far. Mike is happy with that but would like to get more adult help I think. Not that we really need it here. The students are so great and they just do their own thing. They don't really need supervision. What a change from before, huh? Teresa and Amy are on their way here and the kids are about to jump out of their skin. They are so excited to see some familiar faces and probably can't focus too well in school today. They talked with them on the way to school this morning just to make sure that they were on the road. We'll take lots of pictures of Grandparent's Day at school for you grandparents that couldn't be here. We will be thinking of you and missing you all very much. I'll let Teresa know how much you appreciate her for filling in for you:).
With much love...

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.