My morning so far...

Step 1: wake up way later than I wanted...I guess I might need to start setting that alarm clock again.

Step 2: rush to shower while the baby is still sleeping. With this I had success.

Step 3: Put pajamas back on (they haven't been spit-up or pooped on yet, so I can't be frivilously changing clothes. I already have way too much laundry as it is).

Step 4: Hurry to make coffee. This is a long process lately since the house is on the market. We have our coffee maker put away, so I actually have to boil water and pour it through the little plastic coffee filter. I forgot what it's like to live without the automatic coffee maker. I don't like it.

Step 5: Retrieve baby. He woke up!

Step 6: Get baby ready for day...this involves details that I'm sure you'd rather not read....

Step 7: Get newspaper off porch, realize that there are two days worth of newspaper still on the coffee table. Venture outside with baby to put them in the recycle bin

Step 8: Get socks wet outside

Step 9: Realize the door is locked! STUPID HABIT!

Step 10: Realize all doors to house are locked.

Step 11: Begin to panic! I have no key to get in, and most importantly NO DIAPERS! No matter what I figure out to do, the baby cannot make it through a whole day without a fresh diaper. Even if I could get to the store, I can't go in wearing wet socks. Plus I have no phone. I could go to my neighbor's house, but even if I had a phone I couldn't call Troy to come since he's administering standardized tests at school. The baby is starting to get cold.

Step 12: Start checking windows in vain. I am a compulsive window locker. WAIT! Troy isn't a window locker. The two bathroom windows are unlocked!

Step 13: Try to figure out how to climb up on the stool outside and through one of two tiny windows with a baby, lower myself down onto the toilet (yes, it's under the window in both cases, and yes the lids are up on both), and not hurt/drop the baby. Meanwhile, the dogs escape out of the backyard and start to pee in the neighbor's yard.

Step 14: Put dogs back in yard, decide the window-with-baby maneuver is too risky.

Step 15: Look around to find somewhere to put the baby while I climb through the window. The car is out of the question...you guessed it: LOCKED! The grass won't work, it's cold and wet, the patio furniture is hard and the baby could roll off....but, Ah-HAH! The recycle bin (why this whole mess started) might be just the ticket!

Step 16: Re-arrange the newspapers in the bin, covering plastic juice bottles, glass root-beer bottles and milk cartons the best I can.
Try to line the side of the sticky recycle bin so the baby won't get any gunk on his face in the event that he tips.

Step 17: Prop baby up on garbage inside the recycle bin which I have lovingly placed on the porch so I can get him out as soon as possible.

Step 18: Run and wiggle myself up and over the window in a limbo-type move that I thought I couldn't perform anymore. Barely avoid sticking my muddy socks in the toilet bowl. Forget to shut window (which I discovered later).

Step 19: Retrieve baby, feeling like a terrible mother, from the recycle bin. He's a little cold, but otherwise seems happy.

Step 20: JOY OF JOYS! My coffee is still warm, so my water-boiling has not been in vain!

Step1: Sell House...done.

We put our house on the market on Friday. We received two full price offers on Saturday! Then, one of the offers increased to $2500 more than our asking price.

This makes two homes now that we have sold in less than two days at or above our asking price! If you'd like to know our real estate secret, it's easy...pray...a lot! God is good!

Moving to Austin

Well, we are moving to Austin this summer. Troy will be working at a classical Christian School in Austin called Veritas Academy. This first year his official job is as a part-time teacher and a part-time vice principal. The school has communicated that the long term goal is that he would grow into a leadership position in the high school, but that is a few years away.



In the mean time, we need to sell our home, pack our stuff, find a new home in Austin, and move. Looks to be a busy couple of months in the Schuknecht household!

We are incredibly sad to be leaving our friends, our church, and the seminary. We love it here in Louisville. That said, Troy will be able to continue his seminary coursework long distance and this job is something he would really like to do long term. Also, it helps that Troy's entire family lives in Austin. In any case, there are definitely mixed emotions about the move.

Hey Jude

Meeting Grandpa and Aunt Leah

Grandpa Hanenburg (my dad) and Leah left on Monday morning. We had a great visit, and enjoyed lots of rainy days together.


Here, Jude is playing in his gym. You can see he's very serious about it....

Meeting Grandpa the night they arrived....

Yes, this is at the zoo, and yes, it's the less-lovely end of a gorilla...


Jude thought Leah was almost as good as me...I guess she looks close enough!

Taking a nap with Grandpa...
It was great to enjoy some basketball games together as well, although unfortunately I'm still dead last in the family bracket! Come on Kansas!

Thanks for praying..

It seems that God is already answering. Her heart is softer than before. She even came for dinner yesterday. Just keep praying. It still seems that she needs the gospel and doesn't quite believe that God is bigger than her problems.

Thank you friends! Your prayers accomplish much!

Please Pray Again!

Hey Everyone,

Troy's student who is pregnant with twins called last night. After a week of despairing, and struggling through some treatment (she found out not long ago that she has sickle cell), she said that she's decided to get an abortion and she's not changing her mind.

Please pray that God would soften her heart and change her mind. Please pray that we would know how to move forward and witness to her if she does it. It's hard for me not to hate her right now, but I know Jesus died for this too.

Today and tomorrow are critical. I am not sure which day she's planning to have the abortion, but I think it will probably be Saturday. Her other appointments to do it (both of which she's skipped), have both been on Saturdays.

Thank you!