four years later...

I never thought this day would come. Well, not true. I knew it would come. It just took a long time to get here! John has graduated and is now a Master twice over. Master of Music and a Master of Divinity. Yeah, he's smart.

Graduation day started with a lunch at Truett with all of the graduates and their families. It was such a wonderful time to be with friends and start the celebration!

Our families came to town to see John graduate and it was so much fun to have everyone together to celebrate this tremendous occasion! After graduation we went to our favorite restaurant, Siete Mares, with some of our good friends and our families. We had so much fun continuing the celebration! I am so proud of what John has accomplished over the past 4 YEARS! Warning..Picture overload!!


Walking into the chapel. I was so proud!


I am pretty sure he is thinking about something that has to do with divinity or music or something that a Master thinks..


Dean of Truett and Interim President of Baylor Dr. David Garland and Interim Provost Dr. Elizabeth Davis


Me with the Master..


John, M.J., and Mike are so happy to be finished!


John with two of his mentors, Dr. Terry York and Dr. Randall Bradley


John with his dad and Pam


Us with my mom and dad


John's, his mom and sister


John and Patrick


We are so proud of our Masters...


...so proud we have to kiss them! (PS: Patrick and Courtney are at Disney World right now and we are a little jealous!)


Checking out the goods once we got home!


His Master of Divinity degree is signed by Dr. Garland twice since he is the Dean of Truett and the Interim President of Baylor right now.


2 degrees baby!!!!

I seriously cannot believe that this season of our lives is over. I have only known John as a student and I have only ever been married to a student. It is a big change but one that we welcome warmly! The Lord has blessed John so much with a heart for music and people and I love seeing him use those gifts daily to serve Him.

Sic 'em!

Penland Life

I think most people who read my blog know that I work at Baylor in Student Activities. We got a kick out of this at work this morning..I love what students do in their spare time!

it's kind of a big week...

Wow..I'm a bad blogger. But it has been a busy week and it is kind of a big week.

John is graduating TOMORROW. I mean, no big deal, right?

Last night we were talking about this very exciting time and I asked if I have to call him "Master John" now since he will have a Master's degree. He corrected me that I will have to call him "Master John Master John" since he will actually have two Master's degrees.

Yes, tomorrow John will be graduating with a Master of Music and a Master of Divinity. He's one smart guy. I guess 4 years of graduate school will do that to you.

Oh BTW.. "Master John Master John" is said like the little boy in the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom who says, "Dr. Jones Dr. Jones."

happy mother's day!

if you got this post more than once I apologize..blogger is acting up and deleting my pictures!

Happy Mother's Day to all you fabulous moms out there. I hope your day has been blessed and wonderful!

I am so incredibly blessed by both of my mothers. My fabulous mom..I love you more than you will ever know! Thank you for all your constant love and support. Susan, my fabulous mother-in-law..I am so thankful to have you in my life! I love you both!

Sara, John, Susan and me at my graduation

My mom, sister and I after we saw Paula Deen Live a couple years ago.

Swankymoose

Swankymoose?



That is the name of my brother's band and John and I drove down to College Station last Thursday night to see the band play. They are very good, but Mark has to be the best drummer ever. We had so much fun watching the band play but at the end Mark had a drum solo and that was when the crowd went wild!



It was awesome. I was proud. I can't wait to see him again!



At the very end he threw his sticks to one side of the stage and walked off the other side. We thought it was such a cool way to end, but later found out he was tired and just wanted to be done! ha!



I really wish I had brought my Flip camera in to record it but I'll know better next time!

to see more pictures go here.

Done. Forever.

Here is John turning in the last paper of his scholastic career. Praise Jesus!!!!!



And how amazing is he that he thought to take a picture with his iPhone because he knew I would want to post about this tremendous occasion?!?

His email said, "I'm done! Forever."

a weekend of celebrating!

What an emotional weekend! I want to give a recap mostly so I remember this season of our life. Please, do not feel the need to read it all.

I'll start with Thursday. Thursday was John's last day of studying before his comprehensive oral exams. He spent most of the day in the library taking a few breaks to come out to Diadeloso. {Side note: working at Baylor is great especially on days like Diadeloso!} On his way home Thursday night his car basically shut down and to make a long story short, the power steering went out and he had to coast the rest of the way home {it shut down as he took our exit} and made it half way up our street and had to walk home around 11:30pm. He got home, told me about the car problems like he was telling me what he had for dinner..it didn't bother him at all! He was so focused on his exams the next morning. I was so proud that he didn't let that stress him out. I would have!

As you know, Friday morning he had his exams and PASSED! YES! He finished and came straight to my office to tell me in person. He was so relieved to have those over and to have done so well. I am beyond proud of all of his hard work. We went out Friday night with our good friends Patrick and Courtney to see Earth and then to eat Mexican food. It was such a fun night of celebrating with sweet friends!

So Sunday. Sunday was my favorite day of the weekend. John was ordained on Sunday in such a special service at our church. Most of our family and a few close friends made the trek to Hamilton to show their love and support to John. John's ordination service was so perfect and special and it is a day that we will both remember forever. The Lord has truly blessed us and I am so thankful for the ministry my husband is doing.

And let's just be honest. I can't believe he is now REVEREND JOHN S. WOODS!!!!!

Here are pictures from Sunday. I was able to take a few before the service, but unfortunately, after the service I got distracted and only got a couple.

So weird to see, "Rev. John S. Woods"

John's mom, Susan and sister, Sara

Our good friends, Patrick and Courtney {ugh..sorry it's out of focus}

Oh, and can I just say..he is done with school forever and only has 13 days until graduation!