Today we’re interviewing a 2005 Homeschool Blog Award’s winner, ClassicalEducation4Me. Mrs. Kris Price is a Christian homeschooling mom of two great kids, and lives out by the great Smoky Mountains. She is the senior editor for HomeSteadBlogger.com, and designs beautiful templates, which you can see all over blogworld.

1. Please tell us about your family and your home-life.

I am happily married to my high school sweetheart and we have 2 children - a 14 year old daughter in 9th grade and a 12 year old in 6th grade. I truly enjoy being a stay-at-home mom and wouldn’t leave my house if I didn’t have to

2. How and where did you grow up? What did you aspire to be when you “grew up” as a child?

I grew up all over the US (nope, not military either!) and went to 3 high schools. I thought that I wanted to be a Dr., but I didn’t want to go to school for so long. So, I then planned on becoming a psychiatrist, but ended up not going on to get my Masters. I got married instead about a month after graduating from The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA.

3. You use the electic education method in your homeschool.What is an average homeschools day for you and your family?

A typical day is starting school around 9am. My son works until about 1pm or so. My daughter gets her work done throughout the day taking breaks here and there to draw or read. I do the chores in the morning while the kids work and I work for Gena Suarez, Publisher of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, as her assistant in the afternoons. Evenings and weekends are for family!

4. When did you decide that homeschooling was for your family and why did you pick the EE method?

Once my son was diagnosed with Aspergers & ADHD, I knew that homeschooling was going to be an option. He only lasted one semester in a small private school classroom and it was very apparent that I needed to bring him home. We’ve been homeschooling for over 6 years now. I guess I like to put my own curriculum together because then I can be sure that it all fits with the kids and the way that they learn. They are very different - my daughter has skipped a grade and I held my son back for a late-start to Kindergarten. They should only be one year apart in school, but they are now 3 years apart!

5. What does your homeschool space look like? Can you show us a picture?

My daughter does her work in her room and my son does his work on the living room sofa and sometimes in his room or in the reading nook area.

6. How long have you been blogging? Is it something you thoroughly enjoy or just something you do with spare time?

I started blogging almost 3 years ago and still have my first blog up, but I don’t blog much there anymore http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/classicaleducation4me even though it is the blog that I won the blog design for. I thoroughly enjoy sharing my life with others, but since beginning a part-time, work-at-home job, I have to be careful not to stay online too much and remember to balance my time wisely.

7. You design templates and graphics… where did you learn all your html-smarts?

I am self-taught and enjoy changing my blog template on almost a monthly basis - LOL! I get bored very easily. Someday, I would love to learn how to draw graphics, but I don’t have the time to tackle that right now.

8. What are some hobbies you enjoy?

I am learning how to make my first quilt right now and am really enjoying it. I also like to scrapbook and make homemade greeting cards. I know the basics of knitting and crocheting and hope to improve my skills someday. I also have my head in a book every night before heading to bed!

9. Who would you say has been your biggest influence and inspiration?

My husband! He believes in me 100% with regards to anything that I want to take on and he supports me through all of the ups and downs that life has to offer. I am so glad that I married my best friend!

10. Out of the following where would you vacation:
1. Camping in the great Smoky’s
2. A trip to the beach…. Cali, FL, or NC
3. Alaska
4. Waterpark
5. Touring the USA and all the historical places

I would like to take an Alaskan cruise with my husband someday. My MIL went on one and said it was fabulous!

11. What is one of your fondest memories?

Oh, wow - that’s a toughie! I would have to say that the 9 weeks that my husband (then my fiance) and I spent in England the summer before our senior year at college was incredible. We were there with a bunch of college students and earned 9 credits for studying Shakespeare, great art and other British literature. It was an intensive 9 weeks, but traveling all over England, Scotland and Wales was inspiring. We hope to take our kids there for an extended vacation someday.

Thank you so much for taking some time to answer my questions. It’s been a pleasure getting to know one of the mom behind the beautiful blog design on ClassicalEducation4Me. You can visit Mrs. Price @ her new location here: http://www.homesteadblogger.com/athomewithkris/