Our home is a warm, nurturing environment where our children are free to learn and grow in their own unique ways. We truly LOVE being together as a family, watching our kids grow and flourish, and sharing special experiences together. We would be thrilled to add your baby to our family and welcome this new little one into our home and hearts.
We have four children, one of whom has joined our family through adoption. We live in a safe neighborhood, and our children attend a private school and enjoy a variety of opportunities for sports, music, and church activities.
After having three biological children, we were blessed with a beautiful open adoption situation with our daughter Eliza. We are hopeful to add one more child to our family through adoption. Our kids pray every day for a sibling and they are SO excited to welcome a new little one into our home! If you choose us to parent your child, we promise to love and support them with all that we have, and that we will provide, love, teach, care for, and nurture them in every way possible. We are praying for you as you make this important decision for your child’s future!
We live in a 5 bedroom home, with a front yard and fenced-in backyard. Our neighborhood is nice and quiet, with lots of friendly neighbors and beautiful large trees.
Our favorite things about the house are the sunroom and large backyard, where the children love to play whenever the weather is nice. We also love to invite friends over to barbeque or toast s’mores over an open fire on the patio.
Our home is within walking distance of several playgrounds, schools, and nature areas. We are only 20 minutes away from a major city, so it’s very convenient for us to visit the zoos, museums, aquariums, and other special locations there.
We have been blessed with wonderful family on both sides who love us and our kids. They are all very supportive of our desire to grow our family through adoption.
Rachael’s parents still live in her childhood home, and we visit them a few times a year at their house in the country. Our kids love baking with Grandma, hiking with Grandpa, and learning to fish in the pond.
Ken’s family lives a few states away. We make the trip to see them a few times a year and Skype together often. Sadly, Ken’s mom passed away a few years ago, but we keep in close touch with his dad and other family members.
Family really means the world to us and we love spending time with all our relatives! Our kids are very close with their cousins, some of whom have joined the family through adoption, and we travel to see them as often as possible.
We look forward to sharing our family traditions with a new little one and welcoming them into our loving, caring extended family!
We absolutely adore children, and always have. We have been involved in foster care in the past, as well as teaching and mentoring many children over the years. Our four kids are the light of our lives. There’s nothing we love more than watching them pursue their own goals and passions and equipping them with what they need to succeed. We use gentle parenting techniques and nurture our kids with love and care.
We were fortunate to be able to add our daughter Eliza to our family through adoption 7 years ago, and having an open relationship with her birth family has been such a blessing. We hope to be able to adopt again and all of us are so eager to welcome a new little one into our home
We love spending time together, especially playing music (Rachael plays violin and Ken plays piano, while the kids all play instruments and sing). We go on regular dates, so we have time to talk about what’s going on in our lives and reconnect as a couple. With the kids, we like to try out new restaurants, meet up with friends for a picnic, or browse through a bookstore. It may sound cheesy, but it’s true: we’re happy as long as we’re spending time together!
When we adopted our daughter Eliza, we did so with the awareness that becoming a multiracial family would present some unique challenges and opportunities. We are committed to raising Eliza to be secure and confident in her identity as a member of the Black community. We don’t believe in a “colorblind” ideology; instead, we see and love Eliza for who she is and we celebrate her rich heritage and culture.
It is critical to us that we give Eliza as many Black role models, friends, and mentors as possible. We have enrolled our children in a diverse school, we invest in relationships with people of color, we have sought training for how to care for her hair properly, and we are always looking for ways to build Eliza’s network of racial mirrors. We intentionally seek out Black doctors, teachers, and therapists for her when possible.
While there are important considerations for multiracial families like ours, there are also beautiful aspects to how our family is formed, and how we continue to learn and grow with each other, offering unconditional love and support to all our children
If you choose us to parent your child, we promise to love and support them with all that we have, and that we will provide, love, teach, care for, and nurture them in every way possible. We are praying for you as you make this important decision for your child’s future!
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