Laura & Luis

from Texas

Laura

Age: 31
Race/Ethnicity: White
Religion: Christian

Luis

Age: 33
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino
Religion: Christian

Preferences for a child

Age: Newborn to 1 year of age
Gender: Either
Multiple Children: Twins, Triplets or more
Race/Ethnicity: All
Special Needs: Open to discussion

Post Adoption Contact / Level of Openness

Open (open to all contact, phone calls, an in person visit before adoption placement, sharing photos and letters after placement, visits at a neutral location after adoption placement etc)
If you want a more closed adoption, we would honor that request as well.

This family is working with the Gladney Center because of the services they are able to provide for expectant parents. If you work with Gladney as an expectant parent you can receive these services for free:
* A Caseworker to work with you throughout your pregnancy
* Counseling
* Medical Care
* Maternity-related financial support
* Legal services
* Lifelong support through a Post Adoption team.

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Coffee is the way to our hearts. We have a great coffee shop in town that we go to quite a bit, the vibe is great and coffee is delicious.

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Antique shopping to find cool one of a kind pieces is always a fun thing we do on the weekends.

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We are big time fans of street tacos. We love road tripping and finding a great "hole in the wall" .

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About a year ago, Luis started a his photography business(side gig). It has been so fun to meet new people and capture some sweet moments.

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Celebrating 10 years of marriage on our late, but worth it "honeymoon" It was our first time on a ski lift, super sketchy but the view was perfect.

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A rare photo of the 5 of us. It's my favorite for sure.

Album: Snapshot of our life

This is us.

Luis.

Laura,

We always win dress up contests.

All gussied up for our big group photo with family.

It all started in 2004.

Luis became a United States Citizen in 2018. This was a very proud moment for our family.

Weekend trip in our favorite city.

Luis' first time to ever ice skate.

A candid of Luis doing what he loves most.

Street Art.

World's Biggest Squirrel. I always try to find the fun little thing like this.

On the Sky-walk in Gatlinburg.

After 10 years of being married, we finally went on a Honeymoon in 2019 to Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains. It was so fun, we can not wait to go back and explore more.

World's Biggest Campbell's Soup Can

Another Landmark. We always travel to San Antonio when we can to go to our favorite Mexican Food place, Mi Tierra.

Laura loves to dress up in her dinosaur outfit every chance she gets.

Our favorite coffee shop in town.

it was quite the trek to get to the top of this hill, but it was worth it!

Ski lift in Gatlinburg.

Virginia Beach King of the sea.

Austin street art.

Always.

A fun night out. Laser tag with the family.

Giant couch potatoes.

Beautiful day.

Us. the classic selfie.

Christmas 2019.

We hiked up Enchanted Rock. it was intense.

Just a man and his love for Crocs.

Our church had a concert and we got to meet the band. what a great night of worship.

Debra Sanders, Mother

" Growing up Laura was always a very caring child. She and her brother have a great love for each other and we’re always laughing. Since she was around 10 yrs old she has played / collected hot wheel cars. She would make entire cities out of shampoo bottles, boxes and house decorations to make her city look good for her cars. She is a very loving and goofy grown woman now but she will always be my baby girl and I know she will make an amazing mother. "

Jul 12, 2020

Laura's Family

I am the oldest of all of my siblings. My Brother is 3 years younger than me and is married to his high school sweetheart. He is in the Navy and they currently live in Virginia and they are expecting their first baby any day now. I have 2 Step Brothers, one is 25 and lives in Louisiana and works for a non profit/web design. The other is recently married to his high school sweetheart and lives in the same town we do. I also have a little sister who is 18 years younger than me.(a teenager now) She was quite the surprise, but one of the biggest blessing in my life.

My parents divorced when I was 17 years old, but both are remarried, it's going to sounds crazy like out of a movie, but my parents married another set of divorced spouses...making my whole family come full circle. My Step Dad and Step Mom were married and had my 2 stepbrothers, my parents had my brother and I, and my Dad and Step Mom had my little sister.

It seems like a mess, but it really is amazing to see over time how great everything has turned out. I would not change a thing. My mom and Stepdad live on the border of Texas and New Mexico, but travel into town to visit often. My Dad, Step Mom, and Sister live in the same town as I do. I hang out with my little sister weekly. My Papa and Nana are a big part of our lives too, they live less than a mile up the road from us. We love to hang out when we can and play games and go swimming.