Thanksgiving

You know you are a pastor's family when: yoru son asks "Why doesn't Caillou say a prayer before dinner?"

We have so much to be thankful for. I feel like this is a very generic post, but it is just so important to remind ourselves of the absolute abundance that we live in. We have felt so blessed this year for so many things:

1) Direction to our call here in Florida this spring
2) Celebrating the end (finally!) of Zach's seminary
3) Safely packing up, moving down, buying a home, moving in, getting settled.
4) Weddings of our siblings Charista Zehnder to Peter Baye and Peter Buck to Teesh Baudhuin
5) Announcing the birth of our second son in April, bringing me (Allison) through the first half of pregnancy which was pretty rough
6) the Hoyer family: Paul and Betty and Ben and Megan who have been so essential in our transition to Florida. We treasure their friendship so much.
7) The Cross East Lake, our new church plant and MOST specifically the people who join with us hand-in-hand: the Buntzs, the Nutters, the Bergmanns, the Starks, the Africanos, the Glienkes, Tiffany Guido, the Moores, Frank Kipp, Beth Thorton, the Stephans, the Seiglers: you guys are amazing.
8) Our supportive family and friends back in St. Louis, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and all over the States. We love you so much, and love to hear from you and feel your prayers.

Happy Thanksgiving!

First Florida Blog

We have been a little lazy with our blog because facebook is just so much easier, but we are going to get back into it, (thanks for the inspiration Charista and Peter!)
I don't think we need to catch anyone up on any information since I have been posting pretty regularly on Facebook, but I am going to try to use our blog again. I am going to keep a running list of "you know you are a pastor's wife when..." stories. Here is the latest one:

Last night at 3:00 am Zach suddenly sat up and put his hand on my shoulder (waking me) and began praying that a family would be "sent a car so that they can use it abundantly for Your will. Amen" Then he layed back down and kept sleeping. This morning he has absolutely no recollection of any of this. I guess there was someone out there who really needed a car...he has NO idea were it came from, he doesn't know anyone who needs a car!

Homemade Pizza on a Friday Night! Yummy!

Our Last Days in St. Louis

Florida Move Update...

Because we put an offer on a short sale, we are still waiting to hear back from the bank. The average wait period is 60-75 days, and since it has only been about 30, we aren't surprised by this. Therefore, we are going to be renting a house in Florida while we wait to hear back from the bank.

We will either get our offer accepted from the bank on the house we want, or else we will just keep looking! The movers come Thursday, June 17, which is less than two weeks away now. We are excited to get this new chapter in our life started!

Another "Oh Nathan!" Moment

Anytime we drive by our normal stops: grocery store, gym, sub shop, bookstore, Target, etc. and don't stop, Nathan announces to anyone in the car that the particular establishment is closed.

Evidently, it would be unheard of to drive by Target without stopping if it were open.

Oh Nathan! :)
I bet there are people out there who completely adhere by Nathan's logic, I mean...if it's open...well, there is always SOMETHING you need at Target, right?

I play it safe and do not frequent Target more than once a month...

Play Dough