{"id":205,"date":"2019-08-30T14:59:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T14:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2020-08-23T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T22:30:11","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?page_id=205","title":{"rendered":"We are Homeschooling in Iowa!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My family and I live in &#8220;small town&#8221; Iowa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMAG02840-1-e1598041429526-579x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMAG02840-1-e1598041429526-579x1024.jpg 579w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMAG02840-1-e1598041429526-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMAG02840-1-e1598041429526-768x1358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMAG02840-1-e1598041429526-869x1536.jpg 869w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMAG02840-1-e1598041429526-1158x2048.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMAG02840-1-e1598041429526.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We moved to Iowa from Northern California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/three-shastas-2-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/three-shastas-2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/three-shastas-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/three-shastas-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/three-shastas-2-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My husband and I met in a rural mountain town in Northeastern California.  He was a young man from Iowa  and I was a girl from <strong>far<\/strong> Northern California.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/John-and-I-before-we-got-married-e1570620609848.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/John-and-I-before-we-got-married-e1570620609848.jpg 261w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/John-and-I-before-we-got-married-e1570620609848-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><figcaption>Circa 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I  had just finished my Graduate Program and my husband had recently moved to California after finishing Law School. We both took positions in this small rural community to gain experience in our fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we met we were both single and I had a ten year old son. Since then we have married, had a child, raised a teenager, moved to Iowa and you guessed it started Homeschooling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1031460367252.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"525\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1031460367252.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?attachment_id=525\" class=\"wp-image-525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1031460367252.jpg 604w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1031460367252-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1031453687085.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"526\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1031453687085.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?attachment_id=526\" class=\"wp-image-526\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This website is a little creative outlet to help me survive the cold Iowa winters and share our homeschooling adventure. 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