Hi! My name is Lisa and here’s some stuff about me:

1. I’m married…16 years…and he rocks.

2. His name is Doug and he’s a pastor.

3. That makes me a pastor’s wife.

4. I NEVER wanted to be a pastor’s wife.

5. God has a great sense of humor.

6. My son Isaac’s name means “he will laugh” or “laughter”.

7. We named him this because he was born during Hurricane Frances and I spent most of the time I was pushing him out (with the help of drugs, of course) laughing my head off at our ridiculous situation.

8. My son Noah’s name means “rest”.

9. I named this blog in his honor.

10. Noah has autism.

11. I’m learning to find rest…even in that.

12. I get to stay home with my kids.

13. I’ve never eaten a bon-bon in my life…although I do consume a fair amount of Milky Way Dark candy bars.

14. My husband is a tentmaker. That means he works a full-time job to support his ministry.  UPDATE:  October 2008…My husband is now on staff at the church part-time.  He picks up gigs on the side.

15. God gave him the coolest tentmaking job EVER. He gets to sing 5 days a week for thousands of people a day at a fairly well known theme park.  UPDATE:  September 2008…Doug used to sing at Disneyworld full-time.  After 14 years in the A-Capella group “Four For a Dollar”, Disney closed his show and Doug’s 19 years as a Disney musician ended (he was a saxophone player there before his singing gig started).  It was a great run and we’re grateful for all the years that he had there.

16. This job works out great for me as I can get into said theme park pretty much whenever I want to.  UPDATE:  October 2008.  No more Silver Pass to Disney.  Doug is still an employee, however, and we do have a pass that will get us in 6 times per year.  We’ll take it!

17. I LOVE roller coasters. Top 3 as of today: SheiKra at Busch Gardens, The Beast at King’s Island and Hulk at Islands of Adventure.

18. I almost threw up after riding the carousel at Disneyland.

19. I LOVE our church.

20. We are surrounded by the most loving, fun and genuine group of Christians that we have ever been privileged to know.

21. They know that I am a LOON and love me anyway.

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This is me and Noah at Disneyland in May 2007.  I posted this because I’m practicing adding pictures to posts.  I’m not sure that I have it down yet, but I’m working on it.

    Noah at Huntington Beach, May 2007. 

In the interest of equal time, here is my son, Isaac. All done with the photo practice sessions (for now).