Crazy August

So, yea, Kristi said that we aren't doing well catching up on the phone. I know exactly why... August is a crazy month if you're coaching tennis, and right now 3 of us are! Add in that Kristine and I just started the school year. I love tennis season, and the start of school, but it does cause the kind of busyness that I'm glad is contained to this one month.

As far as prayer requests go, my tennis team should be REALLY good this year, and that's causing me a bit more stress than if we were going to be bad. The higher expectations are making me stressed rather than causing me to enjoy the season. So I would pray that I can enjoy the season and help the guys play to their potential.

Also, I need prayer for my priorities. It takes a lot of focus during a season in which my team is succeeded to put God first, family second, tennis and other things behind that. I have obligations during the season, but I don't want to be so focused on tennis that I bring it home every night to the detriment of my relationship with Courtney and the boys.

Speaking of the boys, they are really super cute in case you didn't know that yet. This past weekend we spent Sunday at the Nussbaum's house on the lake, and Gideon loved it. We tried to get him to go tubing, but he was too scared. He wouldn't even ride in the boat. But now at home we likes to pretend that he is tubing. Last night, we pulled off the cover of his toy chest, turned it over, got on his knees on top of it and said that he was tubing. Then he made me get on it to and tube with him. But as soon as I got up on it, he pushed me off. He said he was tubing like Uncle Andrew!

And Judah is still a beautiful baby. When he was born he was a little fussier than Gideon had been, but now he is all smiles. He is also sleeping through the night already, maybe getting up once to feed, but that is nice. And he's still got the chunky cheeks that are impossible not to kiss. Last night at the tennis match he was cooing and laughing when Courtney and I were talking to him. It's fun to watch him grow.

Courtney is doing well, but really dreading going back to work. That would be her prayer request. I think that having a summer with the boys has motivated her to try to find a career path that would somehow let her stay home even more with the boys. She's thinking about maybe going back to school for something, but the amount of money that would cost and the time away from the boys to do that is a bit scary to her (and me). So we could use prayer for those situations.

Okay, time to get ready for school this morning! I love you all!

Matt.