About Our Family
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 22 years. We have one son, DJ, who will be
14 in September, 2007. We have lived in the Phoenix
metropolitan area since 1996 and run our own Advertising and
Marketing business. David has been in advertising/marketing
and sales for over 25 years and currently leads several Mastermind
Roundtable groups (for business professionals) as well as
facilitates Sales training Seminars. I work part-time as a website
designer and provide administrative support for our
business. Our son loves computers and works part-time
helping me with computer-related issues (hosting, design and
maintenance) as well as working with his dad on special projects.
We have three cats, Zachary (age 18); Winston (named
after Mr. Churchill - age 10 months); and Gus (Asparagus, age
6 months). Our favorite past-times include reading, traveling,
and spending time together. We are blessed to live near
our parents and to be able to spend time with them. My
parents retired to Arizona in 2000 and David's parents came here
in 1994. We are active in our church, Scottsdale
Bible, and I have served in AWANA
for the past 10 years.
About David
David's educational background is in English and Psychology and
Sports Education. David loves books and as a result we have
a very large library in our home. David loves learning and
spends a great deal of time in personal and professional study.
He is an avid reader and reads from several newspapers and online
journals each day. I rarely lose him -- usually he is in the
office reading online or sitting some place quiet reading a book.
He loves politics and likes to debate with others and is one of
those quiet guys who listens well and knows
"everything." He loves sports of all kinds, but
especially enjoys basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer. He is patient and
kind and never says a harsh or critical word -- he listens well
and is slow to speak and weighs decisions very carefully. He
is a diligent and faithful man, careful in his study time and
habits. I am truly blessed to have married such a great guy.
He is my exact opposite and is everything I am not -- truly-- he
completes me. David loves to take notes and
has journals and books of notes everywhere in our office. He
reads so many books each year that I never can see the floor or
the table near his desk (they are covered with all his books and
papers)! He works hard to continue to educate himself
(personally and professionally) and is a strong supporter of our
home schooling efforts.
About Carol
My educational background is in Graphic Art and Commercial
design. I studied fine art in college and later graduated with a
B.A. in Humanities/European Studies and a minor emphasis in English Literature.
I am a visual-spatial learner (VSL) and while I enjoy reading for
knowledge, I am not what you would call an avid reader. I
have learned discipline from my husband and have learned to read
for pleasure. During college I fell in love with the
classics, especially the study of history, literature and philosophy. I still love art but most of
my creative energy goes into web design now. Since we
started home schooling in 2004, my love of reading the "great
books" has been rekindled and I have made the decision to
continue to educate myself. I am currently moderator of the Areté
Classical Study Group and am reading through Charlotte
Mason's Original Home Schooling Series. I moderate
the AOForGiftedKids
support group and the MEP-Homeschoolers
support group (for users of the MEP math curriculum). I maintain this website for my family tree
and home schooling as well as my online journal/blog, The
Country Cottage.
About DJ
My son is a visual-spatial learner as well and it has proved
challenging to home school him. He is highly gifted and as
such he
learns new concepts very quickly. However, he doesn't always
retain information so I have to find creative ways to enhance his understanding of anything
that is not presented visually. DJ's loves music and is a gifted pianist. He loves the piano
and practices for over an hour each day (without prompting). He also has studied
violin (briefly) and has written several pieces of music for piano and
violin (recently performed in a recital). He is teaching
himself guitar and would really like an electric guitar with an
amplifier (his Dad says not right now). He also loves
foreign language and is studying four languages: Latin, Spanish, German
and French this year. His personal preference is French but
he says he finds Latin very enjoyable too. In addition to
music and foreign language, DJ loves computers. He is
interested in 3-D animation, Game design, and has studied HTML, JavaScript,
Java, Unix, DOS, Visual Basic and most recently Binary code.
He is working towards receiving his General Class License (Amateur
Radio) and is an Airman in the Civil Air Patrol (U.S. Air Force Auxiliary).
He serves weekly in the Tech Ministry at Scottsdale Bible Church
and is active in the Sr. High Youth program.
**Our Home Schooling Journey
Copyright 1998-2007. Carol Hepburn.
