Amy: Growing up, my parents lived in a condo complex with many young families, and I had fun playing with all the kids in the neighborhood. My grandparents lived close by, and I was extremely close to my grandmother who helped raise me from when I was a baby.
My parents ended up divorcing when I was 6 years old, but my mother re-married a wonderful man with an amazing family, and I gained a sister and a brother. My father also re-married and had a son and daughter, so my small family turned into a very large and loving family!
One of the most wonderful aspects of gaining all this new family were all the opportunities I was given that I’m eternally grateful for.
Simon: My parents were hard working and very accepting of everybody, which led to a lot of strong long lasting relationships. My parents loved sports and were focused on good grades.
We played a lot of sports growing up, and I played soccer on multiple competitive leagues (travel leagues in US and Europe) when I was younger. My sister played both Soccer and Volleyball (she was a better athlete!). We also both were in band and took on other extracurricular activities.
Today my family lives all over the country with my father in Las Vegas and my sister in Dallas. My sister and her significant other have one daughter who is 4 years old, and she is the most adorable and good-natured child. Amy and I love to visit the family, and we enjoy taking our niece to do fun things!
Our Dog Sadie: We have an adorable little dog named Sadie who has been a great asset to our family since the day we adopted her 2 years ago. We enjoy taking Sadie out for walks and to socialize with her doggy friends. Sadie even has a best friend, Zoey which is Amy’s mom’s dog!
Our Home
We live in a beautiful town outside of Los Angeles, California. We love living here because we are centrally located to all the wonderful things Los Angeles has to offer from the beaches to the theatre to all the diverse neighborhoods.
What we love even more is that we live right next door to Amy’s mom. That is actually one of the reasons we moved here to be closer to family. We know so many people in the neighborhood, and we often spend time outside talking with all the neighbors.
It’s such a friendly community. There is also a great elementary school 5 minutes away from where we live. We also love that we can walk to so many places.
Closing:
We always knew we wanted to start a family, but decided to wait a few years to concentrate on our careers and building a strong marriage. When we decided the time was right, we found we could not have children of our own and quickly started researching adoption.
Adoption was already close to our hearts, as we have close friends who were adopted and family who also had adopted children. We witnessed the beautiful miracle adoption had created for these families, and we then knew this was the way we wanted to start our family.
We are so excited to begin the journey of parenthood and can’t thank you enough for considering us to be adoptive parents of your child.
We look forward to raising your child and providing him or her with endless amounts of opportunities and more importantly a home filled with love.
Our Commitment to You and to Our Family
- Provide a nurturing and loving environment to your child
- Instill family values, teach him/her right from wrong, and responsibility
- Give our child every opportunity to learn, grow, and excel in life
- Always be there for support no matter what happens
- Learn how to deal with life and life’s challenges while having fun