
Thank you for allowing us to share our story with you. We are excited to continue to grow our family through adoption again. We look forward to welcoming a new member into our family with open arms and open hearts. We are excited with the possibility of meeting you and going on this journey together.
About Ryan
Career: Intervention Specialist (Special Education Teacher)
Education: Master’s in Education, Bachelor’s in Conservation
Favorite Food: Anything
Favorite Movie and TV Show: Perfect Storm, Seinfeld
Hobbies: Making maple syrup, fishing, sports, golfing, being outside, collecting sports memorabilia and coins/bills
Family Tradition to Carry On: Playing golf when visiting family
Place I would Travel Again: Pacific Northwest
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Sport I can’t Live Without: Baseball
Interesting Fact: I have produced award-winning maple syrup
About Holly
Career: Prevention Coordinator (Youth Led Prevention and Mental Health Awareness)
Education: Master’s in School Counseling, Bachelor’s in Psychology, Ohio Certified Prevention Consultant
Favorite Food: Ice Cream
Favorite Movie and TV Show: Dirty Dancing, Moana, and Friends
Hobbies: Spending time with our son, niece and nephews, crafting, gardening, traveling
Family Tradition to carry on: Friday night “Pizza in Bed” (making homemade pizza, playing games and watching movies with family)
Place I would Travel Again: Hawaii
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Sport I can’t Live Without: Baseball
Interesting Fact: I am a certified scuba diver and have dove in Hawaii and Australia.
We Prefer a Child Who Is… | |
Gender: | We have no preferences for gender. |
Race: | We have no preferences for ethnicity |
Openness: | Open or Closed, Letters, Updates and Visits |
Why Adoption?
Adoption is a big part of our family with our son, Ryan, his brother, and cousins being adopted. Our plan was to adopt and have biological children. However, since trying to have biological children, Holly was diagnosed with PCOS and endometriosis, had five miscarriages, and multiple failed fertility treatments. We are thankful with the way life has taken us, as we arrived at our journey of adoption sooner than expected.
We have always wanted a large, loving family. Adopting our son is the best thing that ever happened to us and we want to continue to grow our family through adoption. We are so happy that he has two families that love him so much, his birth family and his adoptive family. Our son is waiting desperately to be a brother to a sibling he can play with and love.