Tom and Candy

Thank you so much for taking the time to learn more about us! We are so grateful that you would consider us as a potential adoptive family for your child and are happy to share a little about ourselves and our home.

About Tom

Occupation: Math Teacher
Education: Masters Degree
Childhood Activity: Playing baseball
Hobbies: golfing, watching sports and playing XBox
Candy: Good and Plenty
Children’s Book: Where the Wild Things Are
Restaurant: Buffalo Wild Wings
Vacation Spot: Disney World
Holiday: Thanksgiving
TV Show: The Office
Holiday Tradition: Seeing family and eating all day on Thanksgiving followed by shopping and decorating for Christmas over the days that follow

About Candy

Occupation: Kindergarten Teacher
Education: Masters Degree
Childhood Activity: Swimming in her family’s pool
Hobbies: crafting, reading
Candy:  Twizzlers
Children’s Book: The Giving Tree
Restaurant: Cracker Barrel
Vacation Spot: The beach
Holiday: Christmas
TV Show: Modern Family
Holiday Tradition: Watching our nieces and nephews while “Santa” gets their presents

Why Adoption?

After years of trying to conceive, we realized God intended for us to bring children into our home through the gift of adoption. The adoption of our son has changed our lives forever and we see signs each and every day that deciding to become adoptive parents was the path we were meant to follow. We are excited and hopeful to welcome more children into our household through the journey of adoption to share our lives and our love with. We can’t thank you enough for considering us as adoptive parents.