Lesley Echols:  

Life I've been married since 1994 to Ret. Staff Sergeant Cord Alan Echols (U.S. Army). We have an 11-year old daughter named Hayley Grace and my husband, daughter, and I are a host family for international students each year for the last 5 years. The students come live with us for a year and we share so much culturally. We have hosted the brightest and nicest high school girls from Germany, Norway, Italy, 3 from Thailand and now this year we are hosting 2 in one year. One from Seoul, S. Korea and one again from Thailand. We have joined up annually with a national foreign exchange student program that allows us to welcome new cultures into our home and gives our little girl a chance to have a big sister for a year. Profession: I work as an Office Manager and Budget Anaylst for the government in Arizona. Upon my husband's 20 year retirement the Summer of 2000 we are permanantly residing in Southern AZ. My husband is now a Senior Software Testing Engineer. Prior to my marriage I was single until age 27 and a Computer Graphics Designer & Graphics Dept Manager for several years in Rochester after having attended 2+ years of college. Since marrying a soldier the great expected traveling which is normal with the Army slowed down greatly. However, it did get my husband/family tran...Expand for more