My name is Chris and I have three kiddos: dd 13 (in a couple of weeks), dd 9, and ds 3. I'm blessed to be homeschooling my kids, and working part time as a veterinarian doing surgery two days a week. I worked full time until my oldest was 2nd grade (public school) and youngest wasn't in school yet, and then God allowed an opportunity for me to stay home for 5 years and get started homeschooling. (My husband re-enlisted in the army after 10 years). Now we are settled in a new home in South Texas (no longer active duty, but National Guard) and I was blessed to be offered a job doing my favorite part of vet medicine, surgery, just two days weekly. It helped me regain my skills, but still focus on my family. Sometimes it's really tough to juggled both lives, and do a good job with both(or even just keeping up), but I continually praise God for allowing me to do both as I know my time with my precious kids is waaayyy too short.
I have been blessed to also be able to fit the TOS Crew into my schedule for two years, which has really allowed me to have some awesome support that I often say I just couldn't have made it through without. Not only have I been blessed with some really great homeschooling materials I could otherwise not afford or in many cases probably wouldn't have even known about, but I've found an unbelievable group of Godly woman (and a really cool guy each year, HI Tim, LOL) for support and friendship! It's a whole heap of work and definitely adds stress to my busy schedule, but I thank God everyday for blessing me with such rich opportunity.
In all my spare time, LOL, I enjoy writing Christian music and being a part of our Praise Band at church. We attend a cowboy church where my girls love attending monthly Playdays, riding barrels and poles, etc on their horses with their friends.
We struggled through 2 years of living with relatives to finally arrive at our 30 acre ranch last August. Our house is still a mess, as most of our furniture got ruined in storage, and we still don't have any furniture in our living room, but we are loving having space for our horses, dogs, geese, ducks, chickens, cats, and all the orphaned wildlife, birds, etc my husband always seems to be bringing home for me to rehab or bottle feed, LOL.
Hope I haven't shared too much here! :) God is so good!!