My name is Lara and I’ve been married to Todd for almost 5 years. He retired last year after 20 years active duty army. We moved last year from Northern VA to his last duty station in Northern NY.

We have 2 little ones ages 1 and 3. I have a 12 year old dd here and he has 2 boys 13 and 15 that live in CA.

I went from a high paying software job to heeding the call 3 years ago to raise my little ones. It’s been a big adjustment financially but the daily joys far outweigh the loss of income. Now that DH retired from the army we are both doing real estate from home. He has a license and I support his contacts and put together creative investment deals where traditional solutions don’t fit.

Since dd was born 3 years ago I’ve been leaning toward a more natural life style.
My meals changed from take out and microwave to cooking from scratch. I’ve taken more of a pro active role in the health of the family. We even had dd#3 as a home birth.
I’m blessed to have such a supportive DH.
http://tlandco.blogspot.com/2007/05/welcome-hannah-elizabeth.html

My 12 year old was always in private school. She is ADHD and has always test very high on standardized test but struggled with organizational issues. When we moved last year I was spending more time trying to coordinate with her teachers and school to get work turned in. As much as they felt she should be responsible it just wasn’t going to happen at the rate they expected. I saw her self esteem and confidence drop even further. She’s a prolific reader and retains a lot of information but all of the focus was on her lack of organization.

The last 6 months have been a journey. I will be recording our progress in a new blog.
My 3 year old is an inquisitive little book worm so I had started looking in to homeschooling when I came across the WTM. A light when on and I knew I was on to something. I thought I was planning ahead and had over a year to get rammped up before starting with the 3 year old. NO. It became evident that is what the 12 yr old needed ASAP. Over spring break in 2007 we began homeschooling.



feel free to email me for any reason. I haven’t met a lot of home school families in the area and I’d love to chat with other WTM hs’ers.



She wasn’t initially receptive to the idea but since she would get to read more she was somewhat curious.