Hello? Are you still there?

It has been over a year since this blog has been updated. I would be surprised if anybody still follows it. If you are reading this now... Wow! Way to go :)

I think it is about time for a Woodbull update. But where to begin. I left off without so much as a goodbye, so why don't we start from where we left off?

Starting from where we left off would bring us to May 5th, 2009. The last time all 10 Woodbulls were together. Sad? Very! May 5th was spent at Gold Reef City (a South African amusement park). It was loads of fun and even when it began to pour down rain, it just made it all the more memorable. After a fun day together we went to a pizza place to share one last meal together. We ate, laughed, shared memories and then came the goodbyes. Oh! One thing that I personally will never get used to (even though I've had to do it so many times) is saying goodbye. It was a tearful goodbye and lots of hugs. We prayed together as Woodbulls and then waved farewell until God brought us back together again.

Let's zoom forward to March 20th, 2010. We'd been separated for almost a year. Separated in three different directions. The Woods are still in Mozambique. Dot and Hannah are in Georgia at Covenant College. And the other Bulls are in Missouri on furlough.

Ok, May 20th, 2010. Some of the Woodbulls are reunited. :) Kent and Uncle Charles came up to Covenant where Dot and I were! It was great! Kent came to check out Covenant College and see if that is where he would like to go to college. God provided and Kent will be coming to Covenant College in the fall of 2010! So, three of us Woodbulls will be together :) Anywho, it was great to spend time with one of the Woods over the three days Kent was visiting.

In other Woodbull news :) Kent, Dot and I will all be going to Covenant College in Georgia this coming year. Dot and I will be starting into our second year and we are both so excited. It was a wonderful first year! We are also excited to see Kent coming as well. Who knows, maybe all the Woodbulls will end up coming to Covenant. :)

The Woods are going to be coming back to the USA on furlough sometime in the end of this year or the beginning of next year.

And the Bulls (minus Dot and me) will be moving to Zambia by the end of this year, Lord willing.

It's crazy, it's exciting, it's what's going on in the Woodbulls lives :)

I wish I had more to share, but since we haven't been together in so long, there isn't a whole lot to update about :( Sorry. But I hope you enjoyed this mini update :)

Welcome to the Blog World!

Bethy Woodbull is now an official blogger! Yippy yahoo! She's enjoying blogging and we're enjoying reading what she has to write :) Which is never dull to read.

Please welcome her to the blogging world and check out her blog at http://www.Sarah-looking-up.blogspot.com/

And, have fun blogging Bethy! :D

Has it really been TWO years?!

January 18th, our Woodbull anniversary, came and went without much of a celebration due to Ian being sick and down in South Africa. But, two months later we finally got around to celebrating! Yahoo! We have been Woodbulls for over TWO years now!!! Wow! God is SO good in giving me five more amazing siblings :)

So how did we celebrate two spectacular years?

Saturday night we Woodbulls went out to eat at a restaurant in town. It was fun and tasty :)

Sarah Ellen and Gracie, my beautiful little sisters!

Lil' Andrew, Benaiah, Sarah Ellen and Gracie :) The greatest younger siblings ever!

Bethy and me... and Kent :)

Oooo look at that pizza! It was delicious! Thank you to the parents for paying :)

We got home later and had some delicious homemade icecream and brownies!! Thank you Aunt Julie, Benaiah, Lil' Andrew and Bethy!

Then we hung out and talked :)

The boys played computer games :P

The next day we went to church with them. It was nice. Kent led a bit of the service and did a great job! Way to go Kent!

After church and a fabulous lunch (Aunt Julie is an amazing cook!) we took some family pictures :) Getting ten people to smile for a picture is fun :) hehe... actually everyone did really well! :D

Getting ready for our first family picture :)

10 happy kidos! Yeppers! Thank you God for the gift of family!

Younger brothers ;)

Getting ready for another picture.

I may sound biased, but I have the best nine siblings ever!! :) Each one of them is special and makes the Woodbull family complete :)

Looking into the Wood's well... "To jump or not to jump, that is the question."

:D Awww... what good looking siblings I have :D

Then the fun began :) Haha, we decided to make a pyramid. We had the perfect amount of people... but could we do it?

Ready, set, go! Take 1: We're getting there. Dot and I were in the middle on the bottom at first...

Take 2: Then Kent and The 2nd switched places with Dot and I, so they were holding more weight :) Thank you bros!! .... And we're almost making it!

Take 3: "And the walls came a tumblin' down" or... pyramid ;)

Haha! It was a blast!

Take 4: Yes, yes, yes! We are almost there!!!

Take 5: Oh no! It's gunna collapse!

Take 6: Our final one! Everyone is up... haha... it's the dented pyramid :) But it was definitely fun! :D

Sarah Ellen our wonderful prop gofer :) hehe... she has some interesting carrying techniques. ;)

This picture got a bit whited out, but it is all the Woodbull sisters :) I'm so blessed! I have the most wonderful sisters a girl could ever dream of! They are amazing, fun, godly sisters... not to mention beautiful :)

The Woodbull brothers :) Haha... all off in their own world ;)

All serious.. except the Andrews :P

There we go! The best brothers in the whole wide world!!! I could have never asked for better brothers! They are all very sweet, gentlemanly, and godly. And handsome :)

Haha... digging the lil' bros out of the wheelbarrow :P

Family around the car :)

And, of course, a goofy picture :)

After all the pictures we went inside to do our Woodbull traditions. Read our Woodbull document. "Officially" stating that we have adopted each other and are now Woodbulls :) YAY! Pray together... and we tried to sing a Woodbull song :P

Benaiah handing Kent the Woodbull document to read.

Kent reading it to all of us :)

There it is! :D

Bethy reading it :)

Putting it away for the last time for a while. Who knows when we will all be together again to celebrate our Woodbull anniversary. I hope not to long!

Well, that is the end of our Woodbull celebrations. It was a fun time getting to hang out with each other. I can never thank God enough for how much He has blessed me by giving me nine amazing siblings!!! I love them all so much and am so thankful for each one of them!!! Happy 2nd year anniversary Woodbulls!

Back together again!

Hello blog readers :)

I'm sorry if we left you hanging there! I didn't realize we hadn't updated in so long! Sorry! I hope by now everyone has heard how God healed Ian completely!! (The whole story is on my blog if you haven't heard it all.) It is definitely a miracle and only something God could have done! We are SO thankful and so in awe of what a truly amazing God we serve! 

Ian is doing fabulous!! Seeing him, you wouldn't think he had almost died, he seems so healthy! God is SO good!! Here's his smiling face, and living proof of God's awesome power! 

So, what's been up with the whole Woodbull family recently? 

Well, the whole Woodbull family hasn't been together for a while. When we, the Bull side of the family, headed down to South Africa to be with Dad, Mom and Ian, it started the longest separation ever in the history of Woodbulls. Ah! We were separated for a little over a month. But, on March 4th, we Bulls made it safely back home and were reunited with our wonderful Wood siblings! Yeah! I think I speak for all ten of us, when I say that it is so good to be back together again! 

Sorry, I don't have more pictures of all of us Woodbulls together. :) 

Anyways, this is kind of a short update, sorry, hopefully we'll have more to write about soon. Thank you again for your prayers for Ian!!! God is good!!!!

Putting a Face to the Name...

Ok, for those of you who have been praying for Ian and are wondering what in the world he looks like, Uncle Charles had the grand idea to post some pictures of Ian so that you guys can put a face to his name. So here's a little bit about Ian :)

Ian is our amazing 12 year old brother. He's 3rd to the youngest. 

Ian adds lots to the Woodbull family...

He's a hard worker. And loves working! 

He is full of smiles!!! And his smile is contagious. 

He's a loving brother. 

Oh he is SO talented! He can shave his own head :) 

Hehe... ummm he's sometimes out of it :P hehe... and can make us laugh! 

He has a great laugh :) 

His sisters love him :) And he bares with us :)

He loves to sing in the shower... ok... so not really, but he's good at acting like he does :P

He loves helping out in anyway he can and is always willing to lend a hand. 

He's a great brother and all of his siblings love him to death and miss him a lot. 

Thank you for your prayers for Ian!!!!!!