We are a family of four.  My husband is a recruiter in the military and my daughter is a Freshman in High School this year.  My son is in 2nd grade and is being homeschooled for the first time.  I used to substitute teach before we decided to bring him home from ps and educate him ourselves.  He has Asperger's Syndrome and had a really tough time in the ps environment. 

Hubby and I have been married for 16 yrs.  We were high school sweethearts and got married a year out of high school.  He joined the military and we lived at Ft. Knox in Ky and Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, GA.  He loves his job and I like being a military wife most of the time, lol.  It's not easy, but it is the profession at which he is the most happy and that works for me.  I know I couldn't work a job and be productive at it if I didn't like it quite a bit.  That is why teaching is the best job for me and there is no more important a pupil than my own child.

My daughter has always been in ps.  Ds went to K and 1st grade, but really only received about half a year instruction in 1st.  He spent most of his time in the guidance office for "bad behavior" which we have now come to realize was just a reaction to stimulation that he couldn't handle.  The schools refused to believe it was more than a discipline issue.  I'm glad they refused to accomodate really.  I never would have embarked on this wonderful journey that is homeschooling had I not been "forced" into it.  Had I known the rewards, I would have never sent either one of my children to ps.

We live in Ky, our hometown growing up. It is kind of rural.  We don't have alot of resources like some of the big cities.  That makes homeschooling a little more challenging, but we manage.  All our family is here, hubby's and mine. 

Hubby enjoys drag racing on the weekends in the summer. Ds enjoys swimming, video games, "gem" collecting (mostly rocks), and playing with his hotwheels.  He also loves to be read to and enjoys going to the library like some would enjoy going to the movies.  Dd is in dance in her school, and enjoys talking on the phone and hanging out with friends.  She would like to do more of the latter via the internet, but I have found that it is best to limit that avenue of entertainment for her.  It's like a drug, the more she gets, the more she wants of it. She is a wonderful daughter and a good help to me when she is not tormenting her brother! LOL  I, myself,enjoy reading, researching on the internet and spending time with my family. 

We don't belong to any church or particular faith, but we do believe in God and Jesus and thank Him for the wonderful blessings He has given us, being born and raised in America being one of the number one blessing bestowed upon us by Him.

We are really quite the ordinary American family I suppose.  I think we could be alot more active physically, that is something we are going to work on in the future. Our house isn't the nicest, nor the cleanest, we don't have all the latest in modern technology, only got a cell phone in the last year or so, and we don't profess to be perfect.  We are who we are and I look forward to sharing all our homeschool trials and triumphs with all the wonderful homeschoolers we have met online through blogs and forums.  The support I have recieved is amazing and to think I haven't laid eyes on any of them! AMAZING!

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