Dynamic Elements in the Layout Library

[eluser]AgentPhoenix[/eluser]
I've officially taking the dive into a full-blown application using CodeIgniter. I've been chomping at the bit to actually get in there and do it now for several months, but time being what it is, I'm just now getting started. I started playing around with the Layout Library last week and it seems like a perfect solution for how I'd like to do templating. However, one issue came up as I've been brainstorming it. The application calls for the menus to be generated out of the database, so what would be the best way to do that given that the method used to displaying the actual page puts the data into a specific location farther down the page? Any help or suggestions would be awesome. Thanks!