Our Home

Well it only took 2 months to show a spec of our home in G-ville, but here it is. This is our home, where we hang our gator gear, you know the usual. But John and I love our home, and it is our haven of Teten love!


location of amazing meal production! Or at least I am working on it.
It is a tiny little kitchen with no airflow, but who doesn't like to sweat in the kitchen . . . wait I sweat everywhere, I love in Florida.
Where we ate most of our meals until we finally bought our table. And not only is it our dining room, but our guest bedroom too. Please take a long look at your future accomodations at the Teten home!
It is really pretty spacious. All-inclusive hide-a-bed room with view overlooking what might be a ghetto, we are still not sure. Site features free bike use, outdoor pool, laundry room and bi-monthly pest control. (only 3 roaches have graced us with their ugliness since we moved in) another one of the reasons why the Teten abode is ranked highest among the best places to visit family and friends.

Just me, Mrs. Teten about to enjoy our date night of sushi, pinot grigio, and Monsters Inc. What else are you looking for in your vacation destination?
Anyways we love our home, and we love being married. And we want to share it with you even if it is through pictures and not in person.

Our Trip to Tampa

Last weekend we drove to Tampa (about 2 hours south of Gainesville) for a Florida Regional Staff Meeting. We spent the weekend at a hotel on the beach of St. Pete. I have never been to such a fun conference. We had time at the beach, and learned a lot about doing ministry on college campuses.This is outside our room . . . gorgeous huh?

And to top it all off we got to go to a Yankees game, they were playing the SunDevils. Oh Baseball . . .
Thanks to our regional director and his beautiful wife, Dave and Jan. John and I had a wonderful time and I cannot wait to spend more time with our Florida team.

UF Campus

The University of Florida campus is gorgeous. There is lush greenery and palm trees everywhere of course. But the buildings are beautiful and old as well. Not to mention there is a huge stadium right on campus. For those who live in Fort Collins: imagine driving down Laurel St. going west and looking to your left you see a stadium that seats 90,000 (bigger than hughes and invesco combined) instead of Parmelee. How crazy is that. And of course all of their games are sold out here. We will be lucky to get to be in "the swamp" for a home game.

This is our new bike. New for us because we bought it at Goodwill for $10

This is one of many ponds around campus. I guess at any time a gator could be hanging out in one of them. Today it rained the whole time we were on campus from 7am to 3pm.


John and I working our table at a Student Organization Fair on Wednesday. We were giving away $50 to Moe's (a very popular burrito place) It was enough to get plenty of students to fill out our survey and we had the chance to meet a bunch of great students.

My Husband

This is just a quick tribute to my greatest friend, John. I was just pondering the other day how smooth and easy it has been to be so far away from everything that I know and love so much. My friends, family, and free drinks at Chipotle. And truthfully there is only one reason why I have been doing so well. The Lord is showing me His love in wonderful ways through John. Without him I would for sure be a wreck. But his personality and patience enables me to slow down. He is also my biggest encourager. John makes me feel validated as a woman, a wife, a minister and a daughter of Christ. Man I love my husband.

Ocoee Rafting In Tennessee

For Labor Day weekend we took students on the annual Florida Navigators rafting trip in Ocoee Tennessee which is about 7 hrs from Gainesville. It was so much fun we camped for two nights and rafted in between. The Ocoee River plunges 269ft across 5 miles. It is the same river than olympian kayakers competed in for the '96 summer olympics in Atlanta. It had up to class 5 rapids. It was a little intimidating with that kind of background but so much fun. I cannot wait until next fall to do it again. I am sorry that none of the actual rafting could be captured. So our campsite will have to do.

A Weekend of Fun: Photo Edition

So the weekend is over, my sister is married, and we have to return to Florida. We had to take every picture possible before everyone headed home. Here are a couple of them.


Oh goodness, those Tetens are cute! Just my husband and I.
Brandon and John had to exert their manliness, they showed Steamboat who is boss.
John's cuddlier side . . . these are the men in my family. Good lookin group.
Oh the womens. What a strong group of amazing mothers, daughters, sisters and friends.
Whoa, who thought it would be funny to take a picture where everyone is kissing their other? Lets hope my brother finds a better mate for next time. Actually forget that . . . stay away from those girls Brandon, they fog the mind. No good. Just keep lifting weights.

John and I enjoyed every moment of this weekend. It was a beautiful wedding and it was so good to get some family time. Best wishes to the Hofmanns and i cannot wait to see my family again.

A weekend of fun: Reception Edition

The wedding was beautiful, until I have pics of the actual ceremony you will have to believe me. But we can go straight to the reception! April looked amazing, she was so calm and collected to whole time, and she was the star of the dance floor too. Things got started at 6 pm and I hear the last late nighters were out until 2amApril looking rediculously good, and myself, we are just cuttin up the dance floor.
Uncle Darin, Aunt Lanae and Grandma watching the hooligans on the dance floor before showing them how its really done.
the bride, mother of the bride, and matron of honor!
John and Brandon, enough said.
The beauty.

Oh just us!

What a fun night, there was enough dancing to last me a couple of weeks. There was enough laughter to last me the night.

But there was not enough family to last me 3 months!

More pics to come!

A Weekend of Fun! Rehearsal edition

So the location for this weekends festivities, is in beautiful Steamboat Colorado. On the hillside overlooking the valley. We have 26 people staying up here in the two houses we rented. It has been a little colder than we wanted, but the view is still unbelievable!

Our View
The couple practicing those important ceremony moments.
My family: Dawn, Grandma, Darin and Gary. Spectating the practice.
The back of our weekend home. All set up for the dinner. We even had live entertainment. A local country band serenaded us into the week hours of the morning.
Our dinner was catered by a local chef. It was amazing. Corn on the cob, brisket, beans, and beer.
My two favorite men! My bro Brandon and my hubbie!
One night down, the next one two lives will join into one. We cannot wait for some Hofmanns.

The Bachelorette Party

We had a blast celebrating April's end of singlehood. The bridesmaids took her out to enjoy being girls!
Kate, Cindy, April and I eating delicious cheese and dessert at the Melting Pot. Man they sure know how to sell those specials to you!
We went out to wash bar, I have lived in Fort Collins all of my life, and that was my first wash bar experience. We even saw John from the Real World Key West. That is him on the left. Who knew celebrities hung out at dumpy college town bars?
We also saw my beautiful friend Jen there too, with her friend Megan. Good Dancers!
And then we saw little Amy Heilig. Man I miss her.
And to top it all off, I saw a girl I went to Junior High with. Her name is Brittany and I went with her family to Arizona back in the day. She is still so beautiful! I never imagined to see so many familiar faces.
Congrats April, you are so soon to be married, and I am privileged to share these days with you. Love you. What an excellent night.

Here is to 50 great years.

My grandparents would be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary today. 50 years ago they fell in love and were the beginning of a legacy of love, integrity, faith, hard work and devotion.

My grandpa died in March of 2003. He was an amazing man who loved his family, loved to work, bowl, and golf. But most of all he loved his wife.






I am so proud of my grandparents. To me they have been an example of a long lasting, fulfilling and selfless marriage. They set the bar high for future generations to put their spouse above themselves. I saw this over and over again in the way they cared for each other.


I had to throw this in, because it would not be my blog without a Melissa plug-in. What a cute little thing i am, and what an amazing grandpa I have pushing my swing.









Here is to an amazing couple, a loving example and the most encouraging picture of an eternal commitment I know of.I love you grandma and grandpa!

Bowling Buddies

Today was our first official Nav event at UF. We had students over to the Nugents for some food, ice cream, and just getting to know each other on a spiritual and social level. There are some awesome students here who have been doing a great job in the ministry.

We took them bowling afterward, in the game room of UF's student center. How cool, lanes on campus.

Me doing the dang thing. I have bowling talent coursing through my veins.


One of the returning students, Claire, such a fun and great girl!

John, freshman Chase, and Ben Nugent (the high scorers of the game)!

So much fun!

My new home

You will have to forgive my lack of current photos. I have neglected to carry my camera around and capture our new life. So this picture is actually from my honeymoon! But good news Florida is okay. And I think I will make it. Our apartment is fun to live in. It is slowly becoming a teten creation. And best of all I have not seen a roach anywhere. We have spent everyday of the two weeks we have been here unpacking, buying, returning, furniture window shopping, re-window shopping, and pulling u-turns around town as we figure it all out! We have met a couple of students and I have even had the privilege of getting food with a wonderful student named Kate. I cannot wait to meet more amazing people and get our feet wet on campus (but not in Lake Alice, which is on campus and is the proud home of alligators) Stay posted for some pictures!