Janet Downen Gidding

Now navigating the teen age years! Josh is 13 and doing well. He just created a fb account but still doesn't have a cell phone. :-)
Zach (11) is loving 5th grade and looking forward to middle school
Caleb just one first place in his rank (Bear) at the Pinewood Derby! Going to district! Then state!

June 2012 Update: Currently, I'm in school at NIU to get a teacher's certificate in Math. I hope to student teach in the Spring of 2014. Josh is 15 this summer and working on getting his 50 hours of driving. Zach is 13 and just got his first cell phone. (droid, like Josh; but Jack and I are iPhone users!). Caleb is 11 and is taking acting classes with his best bud. My husband of 21 years is Jack and currently works as Chief Operating Officer of a small-ish financial company. All four fence and have started electric this summer. Mostly though, we are a "tech" family. We love going to movies and computers/gadgets. We live in the "tri-cities" area of western suburban Chicago: St Charles/Geneva/Batavia. Life is full and fun!

I went on to Universiry of Illinois and graduated in Dec 90. I never did anything with my BS in Physics but would some day like to teach High School Geometry - Who hated that class Sophmore year?! What was the teacher's name? All I remember is that she was the cheer leading coach.