Hello friends! We are Ron and Brenda and we are very excited to get to know you. We are so amazed at the love you have for your baby and hope to be able to share our love with you too.  

Our story is one of love, happiness, trials, and everything in between. We met on a blind date, set up by Brenda’s sister. After seeing each other at several get-togethers and going on a couple of group dates, we eventually had our first real date, which went really well. There was no turning back after that day. We fell in love and were happily married in June of 2002.  

Several years into our marriage, we decided it was time to add to our family.  Since we could not get pregnant at the time, we spent almost two years trying to adopt, but experienced several failed adoptions. Shortly after that, we discovered that Brenda was pregnant with our first son, Luke. Miraculously, 11 months later we had our second son, Jack. Unfortunately, after the blessing of the two boys, we went through two infant losses. Despite those losses, we eventually got pregnant with our sweet baby, Beth. However, after her birth, we knew that we would not be able to have anymore babies. 

Although we are very happy with our sweet little family, we still feel like we have so much love to give. We want to add to our amazing family through the miracle of adoption and want you to be part of our family as we do this.  

There are not enough words in the English language for me to say how amazing Ron is. When we got married, I was so excited to marry a man that always made me laugh and that always put me first. I didn’t realize then how much more I would come to love Ron and all the things about him. I have learned that he is hilarious but can be serious when he needs to be. He is compassionate and caring and so aware of other people. Throughout our marriage, he has helped me to be more understanding of other people and the situations and circumstances that they might be in. I am so blessed to be his wife and glad to have him by my side forever.  

Ron does so much for both our family and our community. He diligently serves others in our church, runs support groups for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and puts up with Junior High students on a daily basis. He is pretty much a superhero. He is an amazing example of unconditional love and serving others.

Fun Facts about Ron: 

• He loves computers, video games, and spending time with our family.
• He’s a certified scuba diver, track coach and volunteers with the kids’ volleyball and basketball teams.
• He’s a teacher, so he loves having summers off to be home with the kids.
• He enjoys watching YouTube videos to learn how to “style” Beth’s hair.  

Brenda brightens any room she walks in to. She’s cheerful and supportive as well as understanding and nonjudgmental. This is perhaps best illustrated by a major career plan change I made in college. I’d wanted to become a pharmacist or a dentist and was struggling my way through the second chemistry class on my way towards a degree in science. It didn’t hold my attention. One day, in the middle of class, I left to call her and tell her I wanted to pursue a career more along the lines of my interests – specifically teaching social studies. Without missing a beat, she told me to go for it.  I’ve always appreciated her willingness to support me in finding a career that better aligned with me.

When the kids are emotional or hurt, I’m clearly the secondary parent. They always want Brenda to comfort them when they’re struggling. It’s easy to see why - she’s the glue that holds our family together and takes our house and turns it into a home.    

Fun Facts about Brenda

• She’s got mad math skills which serves her well in her career as an accountant.
• She does the heavy lifting in dealing with family finances as well as taxes.  
• She’s an excellent cook and baker and does a surprisingly good job at improvising new things out of leftovers or the food we have on hand. 
• She loves playing the piano and sharing her music with others. 

Luke – age 11

Luke is a tender-hearted boy. He is so aware of everyone around him, especially when someone is struggling. He is the first one there with a smile and a hug to tell them that everything is going to be ok. He is an amazing big brother and when we decided that we wanted to adopt, he asked if he could help. So, he started making jewelry out of rocks from his tumbler and selling them at farmers markets to help raise money for the adoption. He is so excited to welcome another child into our family!

Jack – age 10

Jack is such a caring and loving kid. He has always accepted people no matter who they are, what they look like, or act like. Jack also knows how to play hard and have fun. He loves to laugh and tries to be the class clown sometimes, but always has as golden heart behind any fun and teasing he does. He loves his brother and sister and would do anything for either one of them. He is truly a great kid.  

Beth – age 4

From the day that Beth was born she has brought happiness and love in to our home. She is definitely the princess in the family! She loves to dance around the house singing and smiling. She has an amazing imagination and will drag her brothers, mom, or dad in to playing anything she can.  My favorite is when she decides to do hairstyles with dad.  Beth is so excited to be a big sister and asks almost daily when she can meet our new baby!

We live in a cozy, older home in a quiet suburban neighborhood north of Salt Lake City. We are within walking distance of three parks, the city library, our church, and all of the kids’ schools from elementary to high school. We have the best neighbors in the world and really do believe in the saying that it takes a village to raise a child.  We have made some of the best friends possible in the years that we have lived her and have great people that we can rely on at any time. 

The kids have so many friends that live around us and it is rare to not have at least one or two of the neighborhood kids over any afternoon after school. So many of our neighbors are basically family we love doing things together.  We do camping trips, parties, and holiday celebrations with our neighbors and couldn’t be happier with the wonderful “family” we have surrounding us. 

We love to play games together (especially video games), go kayaking, and do family movie nights where we all take turns picking the movies. We like to travel and usually involve our extended family in our travels. We visit Brenda’s sister in Michigan almost every year and the kids love to spend time with their cousins there. We have taken trips to Disneyland and Disney World at different times with both Ron and Brenda’s extended families. As a family, we like to take short little trips to places like Yellowstone and Dinosaur National Monument.  We are so lucky to have so many national parks close by and we enjoy exploring them together.  

We both come from large families and the kids have 25 cousins to play with. We love to have barbecues and picnics with aunts, uncles, and cousins – including our giant Independence Day barbecue, complete with an inflatable waterslide. Summers are spent playing in splash pads, or lakes, or even camping in the backyard. We have so much love within our family and we are so grateful for all of them. Both of our sets of parents live within easy driving distance and are so excited for more grandkids to love.

Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know us a little through our profile. We are so excited to get the chance to meet and have you be a part of our lives.  We look forward to sharing updates and pictures and keeping you as an important part of our family.