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Ahhh Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, a time to give thanks. Thanks for family, food, drinks, and football among other things. This Thanksgiving was no different. Everyone survived my cooking! I actually had a lot of fun entertaining and cooking. Probably a good thing, since we will be celebrating a lot of holidays at our house when Steve becomes a pastor. We have had a busy Thanksgiving holiday entertaining Steve's Mom, Dad and Sister. We have eaten a lot, shopped a little, visited a winery, and we are on our way to the brewery today! So as promised, here are the pictures of our Thanksgiving feast! Enjoy!

Here we are...

Here we are just a few days away from Thanksgiving. This year, I am in charge of Thanksgiving. Steve's parents and sister are flying in today for their first visit to St. Louis. Not only is it my first Thanksgiving doing all the cooking, it is my first Thanksgiving with my in-laws! Kind of hard to believe! Of course I will miss being on the farm with the full Seitzer household, but there's always next year!
If any of you know me really well, I tend to be overly organized and prepared for most everything. Thanksgiving is no exception. It has occupied my mind for about a month now, making sure I have everything I need from napkin rings to the turkey. I am really worried that I am not going to know what to do with myself after this is all over. Thank goodness for Christmas and the hussel and bussel of the season.
Anyway, Steve and I are excited to visit the St. Louis sites once again....it never hurts to visit a brewery! We should start a tally for the number of visits that we do, then again maybe that's lame!

All in all, I can't wait to share my first Thanksgiving with you all! You can bet there will be pictures! I want evidence of all of this planning, as I'm sure it will pay off!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I am thankful that we have people that actually read this!

Body Worlds

Now that classes are over, Calie and I were finally able to celebrate 2-years of wedded bliss. Saturday we went to Body Worlds 3 at the St. Louis Science Museum. It was a really cool experience. Check out their site: http://www.bodyworlds.com/. It features over 200 authentic human specimens--from entire bodies in dramatic poses to side-by-side comparisons of healthy and diseased organs. It was like staring at a person, stripped of their skin. It was amazing to see actual body parts and systems and all that jazz. They even had a newborn/embryo exhibit. I highly recommend checking it out when it comes to a city near you. You just look at it and think, "Man, God did some pretty impressive creating when He made the human body." It brought me to a new level of awe for the Creator. Of course, when He made me He was just showing off!

Our New Addition to the Family!

So we now have a "family" site. I should apologize to anyone that received our email and thought our "big news" was something else! There is no bun in the oven, but glad we could fool a bunch of you in the meantime! One thing at a time, so this is the new addition for now. I was just telling Calie last night that I am not much of a blogger. I'm not sure what I should write about or share with people. I have some friends that are posting and blogging every night, sometimes a couple of times per day. Lot's of it is very humorous or insightful. Guess that's just not me, but this should help keep you all afloat on the never-dull lives of Calie and I.

Today was my last day of classes at the seminary until after Turkey Day. Mmmmm, turkey! Anyways, our fall quarter is over and I can't believe how quickly it finished. My last few days consisted of some final exams and preaching my first official sermon. Aside from a minor brain-fart amidst my sermon all appears to have gone really well. Actually, grade wise I've never done better. It's amazing how well things go when you put in effort and actually learn material and do the work/readings. Makes me regret all the fun I had in high school and college. OK, maybe not, but it's always a bummer when I think, "I know I learned this stuff in college. I should know this stuff."

Our time at the seminary here in St. Louis is flying bye. As Calie mentioned earlier, we'll find out in April where we will spend our year of vicarage (internship). Selfishly I'm hoping to wind up back in Jersey or the Twin Cities area. I can't wait to get back into the parish and actually doing the Lord's work. Seminary is a wonderful place to be, and I have a lot left to learn. But there is nothing better than actually being able to touch people's lives with the love and grace of Christ. The Bible uses a Greek phrase called: kalou ergou. It is basically translated as a "noble task." That's what gets me through the tests, homework, and finals weeks. Knowing that God has a noble task out there waiting for me. Whether it's simply preaching the Good News, leading a study of His Word, or ministering to someone in a real hard spot. This is what it's all about and I can't wait! That's all for now; not bad for a first post, I guess. Blessings...

Our 2nd Anniversary

You would think that there would still be a bit of romance on our second anniversary, but not so much. It was a typical Monday night...run errands on the way home from work, quick rush to make supper, eat, and send Steve off to school. His day didn't go much differently, except that he took me out for lunch! That was such a nice surprise! We did squeeze in a few moments to enjoy our wedding cake....that we still have leftovers from and enchange cards.

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Today is our anniversary. Two short but long years ago we were all gathered together on an overcast Saturday as Steve and I got hitched! It seems like longer ago than just two years! We have had a lot of change in these two years. We got married and lived in Hudson, WI for 9 months. Then we moved to St. Louis, where we currently live and have lived for 1 year and 4 months. We will find out April 22nd where God will send us for the next 12 months of our lives.