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Washington
Nondenominational
Eliana 7 yr
Eliana has an adventurous spirit and is always wanting to play, climb and explore. She is sweet with a little bit of sass, a blooming artist, and lover of cats. She also loves to build with Legos. You will often find her building with them, reading another book, or making her own ninja course in the family room. She was thrilled when her prayers for a baby sister were answered and she has been a great big sister! She is excited about the possibility of one more little one joining our family.
Ruby 1 yr
Ruby is always making us laugh with her silly faces and joy for life. She loves listening and dancing to music. Her birth mama is an amazing singer and Ruby seems to share her love for music. Since the day we brought Ruby home from the hospital, we have played for her, her birth mama's recordings of her singing songs in Spanish. Ruby is part Hispanic, so we have added bilingual books to our library which she enjoys. She also loves animals and trying to give them kisses, and is happiest when her big sister is around. Eliana is probably her favorite person and seeing their bond continue to grow is the sweetest thing. We are hopeful about the possibility of Ruby having a sibling close in age. We know she will be a loving big sister.
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Hello!
Thank you for taking the time to get to know us. It is truly an honor to introduce ourselves to you and for you to consider our family.
We are Dan and Rebekah and we met at a Christian camp that we both worked at in Wisconsin, Rebekah was immediately drawn to Dan's smile and fun personality. Dan was attracted to Rebekah's beauty and kindness. We were married in March of 2006 on a chilly, spring day surrounded by our famiy and friends.
Our journey to parenthood has not been easy. It has always been our desire to have children, and we prayed for this for some time. We knew that we wanted to adopt one day and when we weren't able to get pregnant, we decided to pursue adoption rather than infertility treatment. God has blessed us with both of our girls through the gift of adoption. Adoption has blessed our lives in more ways than we could have ever imagined! Not only did we gain two daughters, but we also feel like we added to our extended family with both of their bio families as well. We are so excited to be adding to our family through adoption once more!
If you choose us, know that you will always be an important part of your child's story, and your child will grow up knowing just how very loved they are by you. We would love for you to continue to be a part of their life, if that is something you would like. But we will fully respect your wishes for whatever level of openness that you are most comfortable with. You are in our thoughts and prayers, and we hope to meet you soon!
From Rebekah - Dan is a wonderful husband and father! He is fun to be around, caring, patient, and has a huge heart for others. He works hard to provide for us, but is never too busy to take time for people. He is very talented at building things and loves coming up with cool things for home, church, and school. He is active and enjoys being outside, hiking, kayaking, skiing, and playing sports. Spending time with family and friends is a large priority for him. He is a very hands on type of dad, spending lots of time with our girls, playing with them, and supporting their interests. I am grateful to be his wife and so thankful to able to do life together!
Dressed up as Cinderella and Prince Charming for trunk or treat
Skiing in the mountains near us
Playing at the zoo
Finding treasures on the Jersey shore
Meeting a kangaroo
Disney World
Date night to see Andrea Bocelli
Riding the train across the country. Such a fun trip!
We enjoy visiting our friend’s home to spend time with their farm animals. We’d love to have some land with more animals of our own one day
Annual trip to the state fair
Fun at a waterpark
Dan loves playing in the snow & building igloos with our girls.
I grew up in a loving Christian home. My parents have been together for over 45 years. I have a twin sister and younger brother close to my age. Both are married with kids. All of my family live in the same area in New Jersey along with most of my extended family. They are very involved in each others lives, getting together often, helping each other with projects, and going on vacation together. We are able to visit them for a good portion of our summers, and we video chat or talk on the phone every week. My family is thrilled for another adoption. They are great and I love them a lot. - Dan
Adoption has been a special part of Dan's family for a long time. One of his Uncles and Aunts adopted their 3 children. They have adopted from China, South Korea, and here in the US. His cousins were thrilled with us when we were able to add our girls to our family through adoption as well. We stay close with them, especially with the oldest daughter, and are so glad that our girls will have them to be able to relate with and talk to about their adoption stories growing up.
Family trip to Florida
Dan with his twin sister and younger brother
Dan's parents with Eliana
Annual beach day with cousins
Two of Dan's Uncles have been very involved working with the MLS, so we've gone to a few soccer games together in Seattle & Philadelphia.
Visiting Mount Rainier with Dan's mom and niece.
Dan teaches math, science, and PE for Jr. & Sr. High at our Christian school, as well as coaches the boys' basketball team.
Searching for supplies for a project at Home Depot. Eliana loves helping out and designing things to build with Dan.
Playhouse Dan built for Rebekah & Eliana's preschool class
Playing in the mountains and snow with our friend group. Grateful to have these people to do life with.
Exploring Canada
Dan built this for our church's vacation bible school
From Dan - Rebekah is affectionate, loyal, and kind. She really enjoys getting out on adventures and seeing new places. Family and friends are very important to her. She holds these relationships very close to her and cares deeply about them. Rebekah has a nurturing heart and great compassion for children. She is a tremendous mother. Her style, detail, and beauty, wrapped in love and care has made her a wonderful homemaker. She is an excellent wife to me, and I love her!
Hiking in the mountains nearby
Taking the ferry to a nearby island to have a picnic with some of our closest friends
Rebekah grew up going to Disney World and was so excited to take Eliana there
Hiking at a local waterfall
We spend lots of time outside & one of our favorite things is swinging on the hammock together in the summer
Annual trip to the pumpkin patch
I come from a wonderful, large, fun loving family. My parents were married for 40 years and have shown me a great example of how to love and support each other in marriage. My Dad passed away a few years ago, and we miss him dearly. I'm the oldest of eight children. I have 4 sisters and 3 brothers. With so many siblings there is never a dull moment when we are together. Including our daughters, there are 10 young cousins now with 2 more coming this summer! Get togethers are often a little chaotic, but always so much fun! My mom as well as the majority of my siblings, live in Wisconsin. We often spend most of our summer split between NJ and WI with both Dan's and my families. My siblings and I have all stayed pretty close, love spending time together, and even going on vacations together. My family is thrilled to welcome another grandchild into the family soon!
Adoption has always been a part of my family growing up. When my mom was a teenager, she made an adoption plan for her first daughter. I remember learning about and seeing pictures of my half sister when I was young. When my sister grew up, she came to meet us and thank my mom for the life she gave her. It was such a special time for all of us and we have since stayed in touch. Even though she lives in Florida, we were able to go to her wedding and see her a few times since our first meeting. Seeing how God worked in my mom and sister's story, I knew that I wanted adoption to be a part of my story one day. Also watching firsthand some of the joys and sorrows my mom has experienced as a birth mom over the years, has given me a greater compassion for both of my daughters' birth mamas as well. I pray for them and think of them both daily. I am forever grateful to them for giving their daughters' life and giving me the privilege to raise them. Their sacrifice will never be lost on me.
Rebekah with her sisters and sis-in-law
Family zoo trip with the grandkids. They are all pretty close in age, which makes outings a lot of fun!
Family trip to Williamsburg, VA
Rebekah's family often vacation at a waterpark together. The cousins always have so much fun!
Baseball game with Rebekah's sister and her family.
Most of Rebekah’s family at her sister’s wedding
Rebekah has taught Pre-K, and coached our JR High/High school girl's volleyball team in the past, but is currently home with our girls. She still helps out at school from time to time and recently has played the piano for our elementary and high school choirs in our school’s Christmas and upcoming Spring program.
We enjoy going to concerts & are excited to take the girls to their first one seeing Lauren Daigle this year
Rebekah loves coming up with family costumes every October. Eliana enjoys helping pick them out now too
Rebekah enjoys finding matching Christmas pajamas every year and trying her best to make the holidays special for our girls
Spring fair
Playing in the snow
Eliana has an adventurous spirit and is always wanting to play, climb and explore. She is sweet with a little bit of sass, a blooming artist, and lover of cats. She also loves to build with Legos. You will often find her building with them, reading another book, or making her own ninja course in the family room. She was thrilled when her prayers for a baby sister were answered and she has been a great big sister! She is excited about the possibility of one more little one joining our family.
Ruby is always making us laugh with her silly faces and joy for life. She loves listening and dancing to music. Her birth mama is an amazing singer and Ruby seems to share her love for music. Since the day we brought Ruby home from the hospital, we have played for her, her birth mama's recordings of her singing songs in Spanish. Ruby is part Hispanic, so we have added bilingual books to our library which she enjoys. She also loves animals and trying to give them kisses, and is happiest when her big sister is around. Eliana is probably her favorite person and seeing their bond continue to grow is the sweetest thing. We are hopeful about the possibility of Ruby having a sibling close in age. We know she will be a loving big sister.
Our home is filled with love, laughter, lots of play and books. We gather together around the family table for dinner and often take an evening walk after to connect and talk about our day. During the day, you'll usually find us listening to music as we play and do housework. We enjoy singing along and playing our own music as well. We have a large field behind our home that the girls love to play in. When the weather is nice, you'll often find us in the backyard relaxing on our deck, snuggling and swinging in our hammock, or playing in the yard with the girls. We live within walking distance to stores, schools, parks, and the library. The area we live in is multicultural which we love and our friend group reflects this.
Family room where we like to play, build forts, read, or snuggle up on the couch watching movies together
Playing in the family room
Eliana's room where the girls like to play with their toy kitchen, dress up, or have tea parties
One of the trails just down the road from our home
Eliana's cat Lola, when she was a kitten
We love decorating for the holidays! At Christmas we have a tree in almost every room
Being teachers has given us the ability to travel a bit in the summer and this is something we enjoy doing. We are blessed to live in such a beautiful state where there is never a lack of things to do or places to explore. We love being outdoors, hiking, exploring new places, and touring historical sites. We've also taken a couple cross country road trips to visit family and sight see.
We love the beauty our area and state has to offer
Rebekah's sister met and married her husband in Guatemala. It was Eliana's first international trip.
One of Rebekah's favorite places to visit, when we go to NJ. Central Park in NYC.
Williamsburg, VA
Visiting the Badlands in South Dakota
Skiing together
