Just thought I would pop in and say "Hi"
My name is Debbie, I am married to Ben. We have three beautiful children, Hannah (nearly 6) Amelia (nearly 4) and Sebastian (nearly 2). We have all the birthdays close together!!!
We love Jesus, and feel so unbelievably thankful to be saved by His blood on the cross, infact it amazes me everyday, as I reflect on how great God's love is for us
We live on the east coast of Australia (just south of Sydney), which is beautiful. We are blessed to be nestled between the mountains and the sea. In fact we can drive 5 minutes either way, and be bush walking or swimming at the beach. The weather is really great most of the year round (wow, it sounds really nice, be sure to look us up if you ever come to Australia, and we will show you around!!)
We feel like we have been homeschooling since day 1 of having children, but have officially started at the beginning of this year. I have been mainly searching curriculums, reading amazing homeschooling books/websites and having my mind opened to this amazing homeschool community!! As well as God teaching me about teaching my children, I have also had a little bit of time to start teaching my children too!!!
Homeschooling is still quiet new in Australia, although there a quiet a few families around that have homeschool their children right through to the end of high school. We often get some very strange looks when we tell people we are homeschooling "you're what??" "what's that???" "what about socialisation??"
Even with all the strange looks we are really excited, and love being with our kids, so are really glad we don't have to send them away 6 hours a day, 5 days a week (mind you, that comment sometimes get the strangest looks of all!! 
)We just recently stumbled across HOD, and I am soooooo totally excited, as it really feels to pull together everything that I feel I would like my homeschool to be. I think God has blessed Carrie with amazing insight and ideas, and I am thankful that she is also blessing us
I am interested to know if there is anyone else from Australia using HOD?
Anyway, I really look foward to getting to "know" you all as we journey together!!!
Love Deb
I've been a Christian since I was a teenager but have been very rebellious toward God and tried to guide my own life but over the past 2 years have realized that He is in control and has a plan for me. So now I'm trying to teach my children about God and at the same time I'm learning things too! Welcome to HOD 
I am so glad you are here, and I wish I could hop over to Australia and visit - it sounds breathtaking. 
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) I also look forward to getting to "know" you all better