Leanne & Marshall

Leanne and Marshall both love what traditions are able to do when incorporated into family life. Often,traditions will provide structure, intentional time spent together, and the backbone of our family. For Christmas, we’ll travel to or host one of our families. This time is special because both Leanne, Marshall, and their families are of the Christian faith. We spend this time celebrating our faith, eating amazing food, decorating the Christmas tree while listening to Christmas music, watching incredible holiday movies, baking our family recipe cookies, drinking hot chocolate while looking at Christmas lights around the city, spending time with friends, and celebrating what a great year we’ve had. During Thanksgiving, our travel or hosting is similar to Christmas. There’s typically a large spread of food, we love it. We always have your main traditional food for this holiday, which includes, turkey, ham, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and several types of pies. The day after Thanksgiving is still fun because we get to enjoy all of the same food in the form of a sandwich or soup, it’s incredible. We spend this time together being thankful for all that we have. We celebrate other holiday traditions throughout the year, including Easter, July 4th cookout, and Halloween to name a few. For our birthdays we like to travel to new destinations and explore the world. We have relatively mild winters where we live, so we like to spend a lot of time going on walks together in nature. We love to travel even if it’s just for a weekend getaway. Many Fridays we have deemed as “Pizza Friday”, where we’ll make our own pizza from scratch and watch a fun movie or catch up on a show. When we are able to welcome a child to our family, we intend to embrace them and include them in these traditions above. We’re excited to start some of our own traditions, that may include traveling to different parts of the world during certain parts of the year.

My parents have been married for 36 years. They are both retired and reside in a small town in Illinois. I grew up with one younger brother whom I love very much. Growing up, my dad had a boat and he would take my brother and I out on the water where we learned the art of fly fishing. Our days were filled with lots of sports and good quality family time. My father was adopted as an infant and my wife was also adopted as well. My family is very supportive of our decision to adopt and look forward to their first grandchild.

I was adopted by my aunt and uncle when I was a young child. My parents have been married for over 45 years. They live in a small town in New Mexico where both are retired., and both are very supportive of everything I do. Growing up, I played the violin and piano. I was part of the church music group where I played in front of the church every week. I grew up an only child and my parents do not have any grandchildren, so any children that come into our home will be their first. They’ve been ready to be grandparents for years and are ready to shower our future child with lots of love and affection.

We love watching live sports. We love the immersive experience of cheering amongst other fans and watching our favorite talented players. We enjoy an active lifestyle and regularly go for hikes and spend time outdoors as much as we can. We also believe there is so much value experiencing different cultures and meeting people from all different backgrounds. We have been very fortunate to have had the opportunity to travel and will continue to travel we expand our family. Whether we are sipping coffee in Seattle, hiking through the mountains of Hawaii, ziplining through the rainforest of Belize or catching the train in London, we firmly believe that travel enhances our lives and makes life meaningful. We plan to continue exploring this world together with our child so they are exposed to diversity and other cultures.

Our home sits in a beautiful master plan community and has three bedrooms with a giant kitchen. We were fortunate to design and build our home to make it place we love living in. We have a yard with a beautiful tree and we love sitting outside to watch the sunset every night. Our neighborhood is wonderful. We have two community dog parks, a playground, gym, large pool, and nearby parks and hiking trails. Our community is very family friendly and hosts weekly food trucks, kid friendly gatherings and many activities. We love that we live in a diversified community in a city that we love.

Our home sits in a beautiful master plan community and has three bedrooms with a giant kitchen. We were fortunate to design and build our home to make it place we love living in. We have a yard with a beautiful tree and we love sitting outside to watch the sunset every night. Our neighborhood is wonderful. We have two community dog parks, a playground, gym, large pool, and nearby parks and hiking trails. Our community is very family friendly and hosts weekly food trucks, kid friendly gatherings and many activities. We love that we live in a diversified community in a city that we love.