Who?

So, a little about who we are.  I am Catherine, 30 years old, Anthropologist and Historian.  Ok, sort of an Anthropologist and Historian...those were my degrees, anyway.  I am also mom to 3 A-mazing kiddos.  The big one is 9, a girl and she is a prissy pants.  She loves American Girl dolls and family movie nights.  Then I have a son (we call him, simply, The Boy) who just turned 7 and is into Pokémon and carpentry.  He would be happy spending most of his time with board games.  Finally, the little one (also a girl) is 3 and she loves anything she can do with her big brother and sister.  She also likes American Girl dolls....or, really, any dolls.

We are a fairly typical American family. We live in a 3 bedroom 2 bath home in a well developed but unincorporated area of North Carolina.  Currently we live right beside my dad and only 4 miles down the road from my mother and step-dad; so family is a big part of our everyday lives.

We also have a very large, fairly close extended family.  Add to that a very loving church family and the various friends that have become like family over the years, and you are looking at an awesome community that we are truly blessed to be a part of.

As a family we do tend toward a certain amount of geekiness; we are happy to visit museums and Historic Sites, my kids think it's cool that I am teaching them to sew, and we may occasionally dress up in period clothing to reenact history. 

Oh, and another thing that will kind of make you go...oh, that explains a lot...we homeschool.  So it's just me and my kids and books and museums and etc.  Really, homeschooling is one of the big blessings in this whole trip, I can only imagine how much more complicated things would be if I had to worry about changing schools and such with my kids. 

I know, as this blog continues, you are going to learn ALOT more about our family, but I just wanted to give you a basic rundown and a quick introduction. 

Coming up soon....we answer the question...What?