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Gideon

So, here is a little Gideon update for those of you starving for little boy information. He's continued to be the cutest thing, right now he's standing out in the dining room saying, "Daddy, dinna," trying to tell me that it is dinner time. Of course, if we'd ask him to say a word for all of you he would clam up and just grin. He's mastering more and more words everyday, like 'please' and 'thank you' and 'love you.' Yea, we're a little proud of him.

Matt and Courtney

As far as Court and I are concerned, life is hectic, but really good. Courtney started selling Pampered Chef in February, and was top seller in our area for the month. Okay, that wasn't too hard to do considering that not many people in our area are buying right now because of the economy. But she got a cool little certificate. It takes a lot of her time at night though to make follow-up phone calls, put numbers into the computer, etc. So, it brings a little extra money that we're trying to save right now. As for me, I am loving being a daddy, which all of you knew would be true. School is a bit stressful because we're making schedule changes for next year, major changes, and I keep getting a bit worried to see if they'll cut my position back at all. So far, so good, but it does mean that I'll get to teach another new class next year: PE. So Kristine and I will have that in common. The other thing that is stressful is that I have to finish my education classes by the end of the year to keep my license up to date. But, I'm having a lot of fun in my Bible classes right now. I've tried some new things in my seventh grade classes and they are going awesome, so that's making me feel like a good teacher. Also, middle school tennis started today and I had 22 guys out playing! That's pretty good for a school that only has about 40-45 guys total.

Anyways, that's all for now! I'm looking forward to putting some more family pictures up soon for you to enjoy.

Ta ta,

Matthew.

EDIT: Courtney says I'm underrating her 'mad' Pampered Chef selling skillz. So, she's completely awesome and I'm completely wrong :-)