Home and Community
We live on a farm in Tennessee and enjoy our life in the country! On our 80+ acres we have paths for hikes through the woods, several creeks for creek-walking and swimming, a pond for swimming and paddle-boat rides, and a minimally-traveled gravel road for walks and bike-rides. We also have miniature horses, a riding pony, and a buggy horse and carriage. Our kids also enjoy our fully-enclosed trampoline, sandbox, and 2 swingsets. We are very active in our church and are small group leaders. There are 40 people in our small group - 20 adults and 20 children ranging from infant to 11 years old! The people in this group are some of our closest friends. Our family also enjoys travel. We make a yearly trip to the mountains and to the beach. Our oldest child plays soccer, takes dance, art, and piano lessons and we are a part of a local homeschool group.
We live approx 1 hour from Nashville which has a fabulous childrens museum and a zoo to which we hold a membership. Parenting Experience
My (Devon) experience with children started young as a babysitter, tutor, and a childcare worker in church. As a nurse in an emergency room, I have also had much training and experience in assisting sick or injured children. However, I have learned the most about children in my experience as a mother. We have three children who teach me more every day! My husband, Ryan, also has experience as a church youth leader. In addition he has over 5 years experience as a school resource officer and 2 years experience as a SRO trainer. He is a wonderful dad as well and is very involved with our children. With his schedule, he is off all summer and on all school holidays, so he gets a lot of quality time with our kids. We have also finished PATH classes and have studied The Connected Child.
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