A moment to remember!

4 years of school and now it all comes to an end. We will be spending the next couple of weeks saying good bye to friends who we will surly miss.

Theological Dipolma Service

Ryan is officially certified to become a Pastor!!
The service was on the Seminary Campus and after wards we celebrated with a picnic. On June 3rd he will be ordained as a pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Wisconsin.

One of Ryan's favorite pastimes

Spinning at the YMCA (well, he would rather be on this road bike, but his pregnant wife cannot ride a real bike at this point of pregnancy). The baby sure gets a bumpy ride...well no, now that I think about it the baby sleeps the whole hour we spin. I haven't fallen off the bike yet! Yes, Ryan is in spandex and isn't he cute! (ok, well I think so)

Random Events

We had a 4th year Seminary Class banquet to celebrate the accomplishments of the guy's hard work and dedication. We had a buffet dinner, interviewed a couple professors (very funny questions and answers) and then for 30 minutes 2 of the guys performed song parodies (we had a lot of laughs)
Hannah, our God child is moving to California in 3 weeks-we sure will miss her. She tested out some of our baby toys just to make sure they worked.

Go Cardinals!! We spent the afternoon in luxury (Legends Party room...free food and drink) with our friends Joel, Karen, Audrey, and Jennifer. We even got to meet up with Jordan and Mrs. Boessling after the game. Then to Erin and Brian's house for a home made Slovak dinner and enjoyed fellowship time with them and the Cima's (JP, Aimee and Celeste). What a busy weekend!

Jake and Melissa Hower's Wedding in Iowa

We traveled the 6 hours to Iowa, but it was worth the trip. Over all we had a fantastic weekend. The rehearsal dinner was on the Iowa River so we got a good photo of us right before sunset.


Here I am at 26 weeks pregnant. They were all surprised that I was still on the dance floor dancing the night away.

Ryan has known Jake since his freshman year in college and they have remained friends and have also been in Seminary together. The ironic thing is Jake's Dad is the Senior Pastor at St. John where Ryan will be the associate. We got to know Melissa through Outpost Maplewood and she is sweet as can be. Jake and Melissa met at Outpost, and there was no turning back. :)

Overall, we had a great weekend in Iowa celebrating.

One project after another

Ryan the Landscaper! We spent a beautiful Saturday out in the yard (after a trip to Home Depot to buy the plants). Good thing he used to work for his brother in law, Matt who owns a landscaping business--he really learned a lot from you Matt. You would be proud!

Above: All those pink little flowers came from our tree. They have all blown away now.

To the left is the before picture.

It's Official!

Ryan received a call to St. John

Lutheran Church...Ellisville MO as the Associate Pastor!

We went to dinner at PF Chang's with Mom and Dad Peterson and Friends from church. Very good! Here is a picture of some of the guys hanging out before service.

The Chapel was crowded and filled with anticipation! The Zeman clan watched the service via the Internet.

More details about CALL DAY

It is a little difficult to read so I will recap where all of our friends will be going.... Kevin and Aldeberan= California. Heather and Eric=Texas. Tom and Tami=Florida. Erin and Brian=Texas. Jamie and Greg=Texas. Krista and Ryan=Nebraska.
Frank and Lee= MO. We are so excited for them all, but will deeply miss them. Most of them will be moving in the beginning of June, which is right around the corner.
Tom, Brian and Ryan all dressed in their clericals...aren't they handsome?
And then us wives: Tami, Erin and Kristy...soon to be pastors wives...yikes!
Mom and Dad Peterson came from Wisconsin to help us celebrate. The day wouldn't have been the same with out them. We are so glad they made the long trip!
Here is Pastor Pete, the "other" associate pastor! We are excited to continue to do ministry with him and Pastor Hower (He was unable to make it because his son was getting married out of town).

Preparing for the baby

Here is the baby room; the ceiling is green and the walls are yellow. We will post more pictures once we get further along.
What stroller? What car seat? No one told us that this was going to be so hard!
We went for dinner and then spent the whole rest of our Friday Night registering at Baby's R Us. One of the ladies who worked there was our personal educator. We spent more than 2 hours with her as she explained pros/cons, safety etc. Don't look at our registery yet..we aren't finished!

Just a couple more Easter pictures

Thank you Noah and Annika for the home made placemats that you made for us. We loved them.

More Pictures from Easter Weekend

Easter Blessings

The Zeman family came to visit us for Easter weekend (Unfortunately Jenni, Chris, Noah and Annika were not able to make it because they were sick...we missed you). We sure had a full house and unfortunately the weather was frigid so didn't get to spend much time outside.

The extended weekend was packed...Holy week services, Purina Farm, Budweiser Tour, Soulard Market, the Basillica, Cici's lunch, playing darts, dying easter eggs, enjoying a wonderful family Easter brunch, etc. We had a lot of fun and we were exhausted by the time they left.

Pictures of the kitchen thus far

Here is the kitchen before and here is the kitchen half way done!!