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Illinois
Pentecostal
Abe 10 yr
Abe is 10 and a very active boy. He loves building forts outside, learning about survival, riding his bike, making up new games, and also watching t.v.
Hazel 9 yr
Hazel is a “girly girl” and loves wearing dresses almost every day. She also loves riding her bike, drawing, playing with her siblings, and learning.
Riley 5 yr
Riley is five and is such a sweet girl. She loves her family and gives the best hugs! She likes to play with play dough, color, and play outside.
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We are Cory and Kelsi, with three children, Abe, Hazel, and Riley. We love spending time together as a family doing activities like bike rides, movie and pizza nights, individual and family date nights. We live in a small rural town that is currently growing quickly. Kelsi is a stay-at-home mom, that works part time for the local libraries providing early childhood activities. She has her degree in Early Childhood Education. Cory is a software engineer and gets to work from home two days a week. Cory has his degree in Computer Science. Our children range in ages from 5-10. With the youngest in morning preschool and the oldest in Junior High. Adoption has always been part of our plan. We were blessed with our three children, but are ready to add to our family through adoption.
Cory is very intelligent and loves to dig deep into a topic that interests him. Cory is a great father and always takes time to make each child feel special. He has special "date nights" once a month with each child. They always look forward to these nights and get to make the plans. Cory is the perfect mix of knowing when he needs to be firm but can always lighten the mood by being silly. He's an active dad and teh kids love their routine of reading with him every night.
Cory's extended family is small. It is just his parent's and his sister and her finacé. We all get together on major holidays and text during the month.
Cory has a degree in computer science and has a good job in an IT department. He gets to work from home a few days a week which helps with having more time home.
Cory enjoys spending time going on walks with his family and dog. He also plays guitar and is on the church worship team.
Kelsi is very purposeful and organized about her life. She always makes time to make her friends and family a priority. She also has a heart for teaching. Kelsi has a way of connecting with kids by entering into their world and communicating with them on their level while having a balance of mutual care and respect. She is a very passionate mother, and cares deeply about her children’s well-being and their futures. She personally invests herself into the children; making sure their needs are met and aiding in their education.
Kelsi has a large family. She has two brothers and a sister. They are all married with children. There are now twenty people in the family. The family gets together around once a month for holidays and birthdays. With that many kids there are a lot of birthday parties!
Kelsi has a Bachlor's Degree in Early Childhood Education. She currently works part time at the local libraries as a consultant, providing preschool and younger story time and Move & Groove. This job is great because she gets to take her children with her to expierence it.
Kelsi enjoys coaching kid's sports. This summer she was an assisstant coach on all three of the kid's ball teams. In her free time she also likes to read books and sew. Every year she hand makes Halloween costumes for the kids.
Abe is 10 and a very active boy. He loves building forts outside, learning about survival, riding his bike, making up new games, and also watching t.v.
Hazel is a “girly girl” and loves wearing dresses almost every day. She also loves riding her bike, drawing, playing with her siblings, and learning.
Riley is five and is such a sweet girl. She loves her family and gives the best hugs! She likes to play with play dough, color, and play outside.
We live in a ranch style home in a small town. We love the small town living and wouldn't have it any other way. We are just a block from the elementary school and often walk up to play on the equipment. We also have lots of equipment in our yard with a large swingset and trampoline.
We spend a lot of time at the school, at church, and at the library.
