Who We Are

We have built our relationship, and our home, on unconditional love, trust, and on Christian values and teachings, and have been happily married for over ten years.

We have a common love for animals and have two cats and two dogs.

Getting outdoors is a priority for us, and we enjoy short day trips to the mountains and ocean, as well as longer vacations farther away.

Our community is warm, caring, and friendly, and many couples have settled here to raise families. Most of our extended family lives close by, so we get together frequently.

About Jennifer by Darrin

Jennifer is the love of my life. I fell in love instantly with her light-hearted charm. She is always able to light up a room with her smile and friendliness, and always encourages others to open up as well. She's happiest in the outdoors, having discovered vegetable and flower gardening as enjoyable pastimes. She's so serious about this love that we built a greenhouse in our backyard so we can enjoy growing things for much longer than the climate in the Northeast allows.

Her sense of creativity truly shows in everything she does. Whether it is decorating our house, planning and maintaining our landscaping, or pursuing her other hobbies of rubber stamping and scrap booking, she always impresses me and others with her attention to detail and elegance.

Jennifer's interests and hobbies also include sewing and cross-stitching, collecting colonial pineapple items, baking and cake decorating, reading, decorating, shopping, entertaining in our home, and most importantly being with family and friends.

Family ties are the most important to her, and she is very close to her two sisters, as well as her nieces and nephews. Still, she also finds time to volunteer to help high school students learn about civil engineering.

Some things about Jennifer

Favorite thing to collect - Colonial pineapples;

Favorite color - Hot pink;

Favorite sports - Kayaking and swimming;

Favorite vacation spot - Williamsburg, VA;

Favorite movie - Pride and Prejudice;

Favorite hobbies - Cake decorating, gardening, rubber stamping, needlepoint;

Favorite band - Clutch.

Jennifer's aunt and uncle completed their family with the adoption of their son, Tim. They have been an invaluable resource to us.

About Darrin by Jennifer

Darrin is the most caring and thoughtful man I know, and I am lucky to be married to him. For ten years, we have built our home together, and he has worked hard to fill it with love and tenderness. He always gives freely of his time and attention to others.

Darrin is an avid outdoorsman, with interests in camping, hiking, skiing, and traveling. Having maintained a life-long relationship with the Boy Scouts, he has grown up believing in Scouting's ideals of honesty, self-reliance, and responsibility, and to this day still volunteers his time helping out in his troop as an adult leader.

Darrin has one brother who shares hiking interests, and has traveled all over the country on hiking trips.

His work as a software development manager involves him with the careful planning and tracking of over two million school children as they ride the bus to school each day, ensuring their safety.

Some things about Darrin

Favorite thing to collect - State quarters and coins;

Favorite color - Blue;

Favorite sports - Baseball and skiing;

Favorite vacation spot - Gettysburg, PA;

Favorite movie - Lord of the Rings;

Favorite hobbies - Model trains, hiking, running;

Favorite band - Styx

Darrin is trying to hike the highest point in each state - so far he has visited 17 high points and has climbed all the high peaks in the Adirondacks in Upstate NY.

Our family

Jennifer's parents have been married for over 37 years. She is the oldest of three girls. Darrin's parents have been married for 50 years and Darrin has one younger brother. Keeping family traditions is very important to both of us. Jennifer's grandparents passed down a Christmas Eve dinner tradition that is hosted at our home each year. We feel customs and culture are an important part of who we are and that they are carried down through the generations. We look forward to sharing these traditions with a child, as well as starting new traditions.

We cannot wait to become parents. We understand that some days parenting won't be all fun and games, and we are prepared to face whatever challenges lie ahead. We recognize that children need to develop by support, praise and encouragement. We believe that discipline involves teaching children to learn how to make correct choices in life. We both grew up in loving environments with support and praise from our parents and believe in the same parenting values that fostered our development.

We are committed to raising our child with unconditional love, respect, and consistency. We will guide our child by what we were taught by our parents as children-to value learning and education, to work hard, to help others, and to treat all people with kindness and respect. We are also fortunate to have siblings who have begun raising children and who will impart their experience to us. We will be very hands-on parents and will encourage our child's natural interests in sports, music, and arts as they develop. We are committed to becoming actively involved in activities such as sports and school activities.

Thank You!

Thank you for considering us as adoptive parents and for taking the time to get to know who we are. Please know that our hopes and prayers are with you as you make your decision. We will be forever thankful to you should you decide to allow us to be adoptive parents to your child. We are committed to providing him or her with a wholesome and happy life while knowing of the love that you will forever have for them. We look forward to hearing from you and would love an opportunity to share more of our story with you.

Jennifer and Darrin