3 New People Joined our Family in the Past 9 Days!

¡¡¡Wow!!! What an eventful past couple of weeks this has been!

As most of you have probably heard by now, Tyler Kendell Woodward was born to Mike and Jennifer on June 26 (Kathryn's birthday). He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and in spite of an arduous labor, he and Jennifer are doing just fine. I saw him for the first time on July 3, and he is definitely a cute little bugger. Congratulations, Mike and Jennifer!!!

Eleven days ago we got a call from Alisha (Adams) telling us that she would be getting married the following Monday (June 29), so two days later we packed up and drove to Utah so we could be there for her wedding. She had a beautiful garden wedding in her uncle's back yard, where she married a tall, handsome young man from Fiji, whose name, if I can remember all of it, is Saimone Talevinikuleka. He goes by Sai (pronounced like "sigh"). Lots of pictures were taken, so hopefully we can post a couple of them on the blog within the next few days. Congratulations, Alisha and Sai!!!

And if that's not enough, Amy (Adams Noyce) called yesterday to say that her water broke and the doctors were keeping her under observation, and a few hours later, we get a call to tell us that her baby was born! He came five weeks early, so he is quite small (4 pounds, 12 ounces) and will have to stay in the NICU for a few days or weeks (depending on his progress), but so far he seems to be quite healthy. His name is Daniel Scott Noyce and is known so far as baby Danny. Here is the first picture I have seen of him:

Congratulations, Amy and Kenny!!! Best of luck for a quick recovery and we hope Danny can come home from the hospital soon!

Also, I hear that we are to expect another wedding and another baby before the end of the year because Sarah Burgess is engaged to be married in December and Beth Burgess is expecting her second baby on New Year's Eve! Congratulations Sarah and Josh and Beth!!!

In addition, I understand that Rod Woodward has accepted a well-paying engineering job where he will be stationed in Bahrain, so he has already moved there, and Angels and Marc are going to join him there while Christina and Michelle hold down the fort back in Spain while they are going to college. Congratulations, Rod!!!

Wow! That's almost too much exciting news for one short period! But there's still more! Our Ken and Marva family reunion will start just 3 weeks from today! I know it doesn't seem very well organized yet, but that's because I was asked to organize it. Hopefully, we can pull everything together in the next 3 weeks. I think we can do it (Shari and some other people have given me some good ideas), and it should be lots of fun! Watch this blog over the next few days to see how you can help! Can't wait to see you all!

Mama Jayne