We love traveling and exploring this great big world together. We take at least one vacation a year. Our goal is to visit all of the national parks in the United States. We can't wait to start seeing the world through our children's eyes. We want to be able to provide them with a life full of adventure and fun.
We value family time. We absolutely love the little family that we have already created and we can not wait to continue growing our family through adoption. We will sit and eat dinner together every night. That is a tradition that Kirsten's family always had while she was growing up that we want to continue with our family. We want to have regular family game nights or movie nights. We value God and the role that He plays in our lives. We are Catholic and go to church regularly. We plan to teach our children about the love of God. We also value being kind to others and want to raise our children to be good citizens of the world.
Kirsten enjoys genealogy. She is a huge history buff. She also loves reading, mainly murder mystery books. Kirsten also loves photography. She enjoys taking landscape photos. She loves learning about the ocean. She specifically loves learning about whales. Orcas are her favorite marine mammal, she can talk about them for hours. Matt enjoys going deer hunting. He enjoys learning and bettering himself in all aspects of life. He enjoys watching UFC fights. He loves cooking on the grill and eating good food. He also enjoys exercising and loves challenging himself. He dreams of owning a lot of land! As a family, we enjoy traveling and camping in our camper. We love learning about different cultures around the world through our travels.
Matt grew up with two loving, supportive parents and an amazing little sister. He is close to all of them. Although his immediate family is small, he has a large extended family. The extended family does not get together often but have a tight family bond. He really values and appreciates the way he was raised and the childhood that he had. He really appreciates the friends he has and the unique relationship he has with each. They are like brothers to him. Our future child will be the first grandchild on his side of the family and will be extremely spoiled. Kirsten has a large family. When she was little, she was raised by her wonderful parents and had two sisters. Tragically, her dad died when she was only six years old. Her mom remarried an amazing man a few years later and she gained two step brothers. Her mom and stepdad then had two more children together. We now have four nieces and nephews who can not wait to be big cousins! We are close to all of Kirsten's family. She also has a very large extended family that we love hanging out with.
Rosie and Ranger are litter mates. They are an irish setter/golden retriever mix. They are four years old. Rosie is very gentle and the protector of the house. She is very vocal and her signature bark lets you know she wants to be heard. She loves chin scratches and running freely outside. She is a daddy's girl. Ranger is a big ole baby. He is always hungry and loves his belly rubs. He loves to swim and gets very jealous anytime Rosie is getting attention. He's very loyal and is a Momma's boy. They are very spoiled and receive the finest care, food and treats. Everyone they come in contact with falls in love with them. They are so ready to have a human sibling that may sneak them more food and treats!
We recently bought our first home in Louisiana about twenty minutes from Kirsten’s hometown. Kirsten’s cousin that introduced us in college lives about a mile down the road. We are very close to him and his wife. Matt's family lives only an hour away and we visit them often. It is very quiet and peaceful. The house sits on 6 acres of land, so we have plenty of room for a child to play. We have a four bedroom, three bathroom house. Two of the bedrooms are ready for a child and the nursery has its own bathroom. We are so excited to grow our family in our new house!