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How We Met: We became friends while in college and started
dating in 1998 after developing a strong friendship. While dating,
we discovered that we share a common faith in Christ, a mutual love
and respect for our friends and families, similar goals in life, and
the same desire to raise a strong Christian family. During this
time, our strong friendship developed into a loving and committed
relationship. After nearly 3 years of dating, we married on August
11, 2001 and began planning our future life together. In May of
2002, upon graduation from our respective colleges Jon secured a job as a chemical engineer and
Jennifer began her career as a marriage and family therapist. Soon
thereafter, we bought our first home together and began planning to
expand our family.
Our Life Together: It is really wonderful being married to
your best friend; we have so much fun together. From curling
up in a blanket and watching a movie to playing raquetball together
at the YMCA to family ski
trips, we love spending time with each other. We are active in our
church and have
developed strong friendships with several of the couples there.
Us Now: We have been married for 4 years and eagerly
await the child that God will one day bring into our family. After a
few years of trying to conceive a child on our own, we have begun to
feel in our hearts that God would have us expand our family through
adoption. We are very excited about providing a loving and secure
home for a child and hope to pursue an open adoption so that our
child may maintain some contact with his/her birthmother.
Our Jobs: Jon is a chemical engineer at a local plant and
loves what he does. He works Monday through Friday only and is
always home early in the evenings (by 5:00pm) and on weekends to
spend time as a family. Jennifer has a private practice in
marriage and family therapy and has a wonderfully flexible schedule.
Her office is just a few blocks from our home and she plans to
adjust her schedule to a few clients a day in order to stay at home
as much as possible whenever we do have a child.
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