Shannon & Michael

Hoping to Adopt (Texas)

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Our Adventures
Our Adventures

One of our favorite things to do as both a couple and family is to travel. We feel travel is a wonderful way to learn first hand about other cultures as well as spend quality family time together. We have been on many vacations as a family to Hawaii, Colorado, New York City, Spain, numerous cruises to the Caribbean, Mexico, and Florida. We also do small weekend trips to the beach or nearby cities. On our vacations we love to hike, ski, try new cuisine, visit museums, surf, snorkel, and enjoy the local culture. Owen is going with his high school to Japan this summer and is currently learning japanese. We know that adopting a baby would change some of our travel activities, but we intend to continue traveling and doing activities that are baby friendly.

Our Happy Place
Our Happy Place

We live in a large, diverse metropolitan city close to downtown in a three story townhome. Our home is located near a number of beautiful parks, walking trails, restaurants, a Zoo, a Natural Science Museum, a Children’s Museum, and a number of nearby libraries. We are located near a number of wonderful public and private schools, which our son has attended. We have been happy with his education thus far. We also live near an amazing medical center with access to state of the art medical care. We love to go for brunch on the weekends as a family with our bernedoodle Chewie or go for a long walk or bike ride along our neighborhood bayou trails. We also love to check out our neighborhood farmer’s market to try new foods and support our local produce farmers. We have an annual Zoo membership and although our son is now a teenager, we still love to visit the Zoo on a nice day. We also love to attend the numerous festivals and community events that occur throughout the year. We love to cook together as a family making homemade pasta and bread or even sushi since our son Owen has a love for Japanese food and culture. Every night we sit down as a family for dinner since we feel it is important to share a family meal together. We also love to watch movies together at home and sometimes play games as a family. When Owen was a small child he went to the Zoo almost every weekend, attended Gymboree, went to the museums often, loved visiting the local parks, and frequently had playdates with nearby friends, all things we would do with an adopted child.

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