Baby Woodyard!

For some of you this may be a surprise, but thanks to Facebook I think most of the world knows our good news already! We are “scheduled” to bring a beautiful (of course it’s going to be beautiful) baby into the world on December 29, 2008. Wow….
Lots of things have gone through my head over the last few weeks. Names, weight, height, hair color, whether he/she will arrive on time or early, are we ready, etc. Thoughts of amazement and praise that God has chosen to give us such a wonderful blessing run through my head constantly. We are officially through the first trimester, so we can breathe a little easier knowing that things (as far as we can know) are going smoothly.
I am so excited for my energy to start coming back. I feel like all I have been doing is sleeping the past 2 months. Lucky for me, I have a wonderful man by my side to pick up where I have slacked off:). I can get through the day now without taking a nap, but an early bed time is still a must.
Here is something that I would like to hear your opinion on: whether or not to find out the gender of your baby. Jonathon and I are on opposite ends of this decision. Not that one way is better than the other, but what do you think you would do? Jonathon wants to know, I do not. How do you compromise? Let me know your thoughts.

Hard Day at the Office

Block

Tell me what I should write about, because at this point in time my mind is blank!

Don't Kiss the Mirror

According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom.That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night the maintenance man would remove them, and the next day the girls would put them back.Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem forthe custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
There are teachers .... and then there are educators.

Thoughts about summer time...

A few things I am looking forward too now that spring/summer is here!
(the following are in no particular order)


1. Walking outside (gotta love walking the dogs)










2. Cookouts

3. Playing tennis (and winning, of course...haha....jk)

4. Eating ice cream

5. Going on vacation (to the beach!!!!)

6. Weddings:) Congratulations to all those getting married in the next few months.

7. Being more tan than I am right now

8. Long lunch breaks at work (shhh...don't tell)

9. Wearing sandals/flipflops/whatever you call them

10. Fresh air in the house!!

Enjoy your summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lilias Trotter

Hello Ladies!!!
I know that a lot of the girls in Ignite have a copy of the book "Faithful Women and Their Extrordinary God". One of the ladies in the book is Lilias Trotter. She has an amazing story of courage, commitment, and sacrifice of life in Algeria.
During our conversation about her we came to the conclusion that we wanted to see her artwork and read her writings first hand. Well that is now available to us!!!!!!! Get Hype!!!!
The book is called "A Blossom in the Dessert" and is available on amazon.com
I really hope that you check it out. She was an amazing woman with lots of awesome insights into our relationships with God.
Thank you, Noel Piper, for bringing this book to our attention.

Random finds

Turn up the volue, this is hilarious!!

This is the kind of car I need!