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s h le y A t t MICHAEL
T H E R E!
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WE ARE
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FROM THE
B E AU T I F U L H I L L S O F
NEW YORK
MARRIAGE RETREAT HIKE TO A WATERFALL
Thank you for taking the time to get
to know us through these pages.
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WE SPEND EVERY WEEKEND HIKING
BIRTH
THROUGH THE WOODS
PARENTS ,
e have been happily
married for eleven years,
and we have an incredible seven
year old son, Zayne, a spunky dog,
Peppa, and a sweet little bunny
named Ruby. We built our modest dream home
with our own hands and are surrounded by family and
a beautiful view of a valley. We have always wanted
a big family and over the years, adoption has been
placed on our hearts even before we knew we couldn’t
naturally have more children. Zayne shares in our
excitement to expand our family through adoption.
We don’t know your journey to here, but we
appreciate you taking the time to make an informed
decision that you feel is in the best interest of your
baby. If you choose an adoption plan, we want to
assure you that we will respect and honor your wants
and needs for your baby as well as for yourself.
vBETTERv EASTER SUNDAY
TOGETHER!
We have had the joy of growing
up together and being high
school sweethearts. We were the typical
high school couple, a football player and a cheerleader.
We have such a love for the community we grew up in,
that we decided to build our home and raise our family
here. Having spent the last twenty years together, we
are truly best friends. Married for eleven of those twenty
years, we have fostered a relationship of respect and
unconditional love. When we welcomed our son, Zayne,
in 2013, our love definitely grew deeper. We can’t wait to
experience that again.
WE ARE SO LUCKY TO LIVE
LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND AROUND LOTS OF LAKES BEACH WEDDING FUN
Because we both work for the school within our community, we
are active in our son’s education and hope to be in your child’s
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education as well. We have always dreamed of being the house
IS where all the kiddos come to hang out and pig out. We value
time with each other, and we try to make experiences special and
OUR LIFE memorable. Having the summers off affords us time to travel and
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We can’t wait to add another seat around our summer campfires!
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Ashley is the most mother), and even though she hates
amazing, compassionate, doing the dishes, she always makes
caring person I know. sure we have a well balanced meal.
She takes the time to get to know All Ashley has ever wanted to be is
people and wholeheartedly cares a mother, and she is the best one I
for them. Ashley goes above and know. She always makes sure to
beyond to make people happy and soak up every minute she can with
comfortable. She loves to sing Zayne, reading to him, cuddling with
at the top of her lungs no matter him, and playing with him. She is
where she is, shop until she drops, good at creating special moments
and laugh until she cries which is with Zayne, and I know for a fact
pretty contagious. Her cooking is that she cannot wait to do the same
delicious (a skill she got from her with another child.
DO WHAT YOU LOVE,
LOVE WHAT YOU DO!
Ashley is a passionate 7th ASHLEY ENJOYS MAKING SMOOTHIES FOR THE FAMILY
grade English Language
Arts teacher in the
community they live in.
Each year, she loves on and educates
about 85 students, and she takes the time
to get to know each of them by name.
She gets several vacation days and snow
days throughout the year, as well as her
summers off.
ASHLEY SHOPPING WITH HER MOM ZAYNE AND MOMMY
ON BLACK FRIDAY IS A FAMILY TRADITION GOING ON A DATE
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MIKE
There is never a the ability to make anyone feel
dull moment when welcomed anywhere. He is a
Mike is around. He phenomenal dad and always
loves to make people laugh and makes sure we are having fun.
is such a kid at heart. People Zayne and Mike share such a
are drawn to him because of his special bond, and they love to
outgoing, friendly personality spend time together golfing,
and his dry sense of humor. hunting, or playing Monopoly. He
Mike loves to talk sports, coach is so excited to have the chance
sports, play sports, watch to be a father again, and I know
sports, and cheer on Zayne he cannot wait to build a special
while he plays sports. One of bond with another child.
the reasons why I fell in love
with Mike is because he has
DO WHAT YOU LOVE,
LOVE WHAT YOU DO!
Mike is a teaching assistant
CHRISTMAS PLAY AT CHURCH WITH GRANDMA
who has mastered many
subject areas and many MIKE LOVES MAKING
STUFFED FRENCH TOAST
high school grade levels. FOR BREAKFAST!
His job allows him to get to know several
students, and he assists them with their
educational needs. Mike also coaches
football and basketball within the community
they live. He, too, gets several vacation and
snow days, as well as summers off.
PLAYING BALL WITH ZAYNE
HOME SWEET
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Our home is nestled on top of a
hill that overlooks a valley. We
are surrounded by family and our 180 acres of land.
We built our home from a sketch we
W E’ VE BU ILT
OF TH E HO M E had drawn on a napkin, so it was truly
W E AR E PR OU D
TH AT FI LL S IT
AN D TH E LOVE a dream come true when we moved
in. In our yard, we have a basketball
hoop, a small pool, a swing set, a
garden, fruit and Christmas trees, and
a huge treehouse. Fortunately, we get
to experience all four seasons. Our
community is small, but everyone
has big hearts. We love living in
the country!
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Zayne and our nephew
helped us build a treehouse
this summer. It even has a trap
door just like in the movies!
OUR
WE LOVE BRINGING THE MAGIC OF
FURRY FRIENDS
CHRISTMAS INTO OUR HOME
OUR SWEET GIRL, RUBY PEPPA LOVES HIKING WITH US
OUR PLAYROOM PEPPA & ZAYNE
OUR FAVORITES
Favorite Food - Favorite Animal -
MIKE: Garlic Pizza MIKE: Panda bear
ASHLEY: Homemade ASHLEY: Dog
Macaroni & Cheese ZAYNE: Dog
ZAYNE: Cheese burgers
Favorite
Favorite HOBBY - Holiday -
MIKE: Golf, hunting, MIKE: Christmas
fishing, mowing ASHLEY: Christmas
ASHLEY: Singing, ZAYNE: Easter
shopping, reading
ZAYNE: Golf, Favorite Sports
playing outside, Team -
playing games MIKE: Giants, Yankees,
Syracuse
Favorite FAMILY ASHLEY: Giants
TRIP - ZAYNE: Giants
MIKE: The mountains
and Baltimore Favorite
ASHLEY: Myrtle Beach Dessert -
ZAYNE: The beach and MIKE: Cheesecake
North Carolina ASHLEY: Ice Cream
ZAYNE: Ice Cream
SL ED DI NG IS OU
R FA VO RI TE TH
AF TE R A GO OD IN G TO DO
SN OW FA LL
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ZAYNE
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GATOR AROUND OUR YARD
MONKEYING AROUND
IN OUR BACK YARD
Zayne is such a in whatever he is doing.
sweet boy and is Zayne loves to golf, play
over the moon outside, play football, and
about becoming a be goofy. He is extremely
big brother! He has excited to be on this
a contagious laugh and the journey with us, and says
biggest heart of any seven he cannot wait to “hold the
year old we know. He is baby and feed him or her
extremely in tune with how a bottle!” Having a sibling
others feel, and he makes would mean the world
sure to include everyone to him!
We are fortunate to have the love OU R
and support of our families.
They are beyond thrilled to welcome a new baby into our
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family, almost as excited as we are! PEOPLE
MATCHING PAJAMAS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING
Ashley has an extremely close knit
family who fortunately lives right next
door. Ashley’s older sister, along with
our nephew bake, play games, and have
fun sleepovers with Zayne. Ashley’s
parents also live next door and go on
hikes, have pizza and game nights, have
movie nights, and go on vacations with
us. Ashley and her mom are extremely
close and love to take Zayne shopping at
ZAYNE WITH GRANDPA
AND GRANDMA A their favorite store, Target. Ashley’s dad
enjoys taking Zayne hunting, fishing on
his boat, and sledding in the winter. We
love to carry out special traditions with
them and spend holidays
laughing, chatting, and
reminiscing together.
GRANDMA AND ZAYNE PREPARING
THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY
THANKSGIVING WITH BOTH OF OUR FAMILIES
CHRISTMAS WITH MIKE’S FAMILY
Mike’s parents live a five minute drive away. Mike
really enjoys golfing and hunting with his dad, and they often
take Zayne with them too. Mike’s mom loves taking Zayne
for walks, playing Uno with him, and golfing with him since
she has retired. Mike’s younger brother and his wife are a
military family and are stationed in the south. They have
three children, all of whom Zayne loves to play with when we
vacation there. Mike’s brother is the fun uncle who loves to
wrestle, crack jokes, and play games. We also enjoy traveling
to Mike’s family’s lake house in the summertime and spending
quality time together.
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We simply love
being in nature
OUR and exploring
the world
HOBBIES around us.
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Interests
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outdoors.
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Because we have
a lot of acreage
WE LOVE CANOEING. WE CANOE AT THE SAME PLACE to explore, we
EVERY TIME WE GO TO THE MOUNTAINS. hike almost every
weekend, no matter
what the weather
is. We also love to vacation
yearly in the Adirondack
Mountain area where we hike,
canoe, and camp. We have
a favorite little coffee shop
by a lake that we go to every
time we are there! Zayne loves
their cookies. Fishing is also
something we enjoy doing, and
Mike often takes a yearly fishing
trip with Ashley’s dad.
MOWING THE LAWN TOGETHER
VOLCANO
EXPERIMENT
ZAYNE LOVES FINDING
TADPOLES IN ONE
OF OUR PONDS
e are hopeful that you will trust in us to love
and raise your baby. We promise that we
ONE LAST have a life filled with happiness, laughter, forgiveness,
and unconditional love. We would love to share letters,
THANK YOU photos, updates, and facetime chats with you as we
believe a level of openness will provide the very best
experience for your child and hopefully, for you too. If
Thank you for taking you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach
the time to learn out. We are extremely grateful to you for considering us.
about our family.
WITH MUCH LOVE,
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AShley, Mike, AND zayne
We’d Love to
HEAR FROM YOU!
If you have additional questions for us or
would like to speak to us, please contact
The Adoption Alliance
by calling 1-800-626-4324.You can also read
