My name is Carol Hepburn and I am married and the mom of one very special child.  My husband, David,  and I have been married for 24 years.  We have one son, age 15.  We currently live in the Phoenix metropolitan area.  My husband is a marketing consultant and I am a stay at home Mom.  I help my husband in his business as a web/graphic artist and a general all-around administrative assistant. 

We have three cats:  Zachary (age 18),  Winston and Gus (both age 1). 

Our favorite past-time includes reading, listening to music, traveling, watching the cats do silly things, and spending time together.  

We are active in our church, Scottsdale Bible Church, where I have served in Children's Ministry (AWANA and Sunday school) off and on for the past 12 years.   Our son attends my parent's church, Paradise Valley Community Church, for weekly Youth and Discipleship classes (closer to our home -- works great for mid-week activities).  He also serves as a Game Assistant for their AWANA Bible Club on Wednesday evenings.

Our son is a gifted pianist and performs regularly for the Veteran's Nursing Home in Phoenix, local charity groups, and at the Mall during the Christmas season.  You can listen to some of his piano music here (old -- he has his own website now and is working more on writing and arranging music for his chamber group and own performances.)

We started home schooling our son in April of 2004.  As a gifted student, he struggled in a traditional school setting and though we tried several approaches to teaching him (special classes/testing), we finally accepted the Lord's calling to teach him at home.  You can read about our spiritual journey (and disobedience)  here.  We firmly believe we were meant to home school our son from the beginning, but were mislead and pressured into listening to other well-meaning parents who discouraged us from teaching an only child at home.  God is Gracious and Forgiving and has blessed our home schooling efforts greatly.  We now know that home schooling WAS HIS idea and that obedience to His way brings joy, contentment, and abundant blessing.