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.