Meet the Neighbors - In Illinois

Introducing one of our families here at the Neighborhood. They live in IL - are world travelers and love to host folks "at the drop of a hat!"

"Hi! :)

Our family is somewhat new to homeschooling (our oldest daughter asked to be homeschooled in 2009 and the rest of the family joined the fun in 2010) but so far we are loving it! We don't have a curriculum per se. It is more a mixture of unschooling/interest-led and TJEd (Thomas Jefferson Education) .

We love to travel - Dad lived in Guatemala for 2 years, Mom was an exchange student in Chile and also lived in Argentina. We have had more than 16 exchange students in our home and love to share a meal with visitors at the drop of a hat.

I don't think there are too many places we wouldn't want to visit! We've been lots of places (individually or collectively) and are always looking to give the kids new windows on the world. We've lived in Utah and Illinois, and I went to college in Michigan while my parents lived in Wisconsin; he traveled most of the continental US with his family growing up...) I think our countries-visited list between the two of us is around 15 or 16. :) With the exception of Antarctica, there are only two continents we haven't visited (Asia and Australia)...hopefully we'll get around to 'fixing' that. :D

Dad and the boys are active in Scouting, oldest daughter swims on 2 local teams, and Mom just tries to keep everything running! We all really enjoy reading and being outside. We'd love to meet you!"