Growing up in the same small Indiana town, we met in high school but only started dating years later. We finally tied the knot in 2019 and have enjoyed five incredible years of marriage.

Laura works in human resources, which fulfills her desire to help others and incredible organizational skills and attention to detail. Kyle works in maintenance, a perfect career choice for his problem-solving left-sided brain and his ability to fix anything and everything!

Kyle is outgoing, funny, patient, hard-working, and extremely handy. Laura is goal-oriented, friendly, loyal, thoughtful, and organized. We are highly active and adventurous, which is why we moved to Florida in 2020: to enjoy the outdoors year-round. We love paddleboarding, hiking, boating, and spending time at the beach. We also run half marathons, play co-ed softball, and ride bikes together. We love going to concerts and sporting events and spending time with friends and family.

Our families are everything to us, and we've been lucky to have been on the receiving end of loving parents and siblings. They have continued to love us through this adoption journey, supporting us through every high and every low. Kyle's parents have been married for 47 years, and Laura's have been married for 48 years. They are all retired and enjoying life, as they should.

Laura is the youngest of three girls. Both of her sisters are married with two children each. Kyle is the youngest of three boys, and his fraternal twin brothers are married with two children each. They are a proud aunt and uncle to three nieces and five nephews whom they love beyond measure.

Laura's parents and sisters were all born in Wisconsin, where most of her extended family still lives (Go Pack Go!). On most holidays or birthdays, you can find them playing kickball in the yard, embarking on a friendly cornhole tournament, or playing cards. Kyle's extended family and Laura's immediate family all live in Indiana, where we visit multiple times a year to spend quality time together. Living in the Tampa area, we always have family visiting us, especially during the chilly winter months!

We live in a cozy one-story ranch home with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a pool, and a fenced-in yard. Our home is in a wonderful, safe neighborhood just across the street from a highly-rated elementary school. Our neighborhood has kids of various ages, multiple parks nearby, and kid-friendly events each year, including a Santa parade and a Halloween movie night. We're a quick drive to great shopping and entertainment, 30 minutes from downtown, and 40 minutes to the beautiful Tampa beaches. We have three beyond loved (there's no such thing as spoiled!) dogs: Tucker (schnoodle), Cooper and Charlie (both schnauzers). They are very friendly, love kids, and will cuddle with just about anyone who will give them attention.

We've always dreamed of being parents; we just didn’t know what a difficult path God would put us on to achieve it. After years trying for a biological child, we were on the brink of giving up hope. That was until we met a wonderful couple on vacation whose story changed our lives. The wife shared her story of choosing adoption after getting pregnant as a teenager. Her experience and the impact it had on her and her child’s life opened our eyes and our hearts to growing our family through adoption. We have so much to be thankful for, but no matter how blessed we are, we know there is a missing puzzle piece in our lives that could only be filled with the love that a child can bring.