Saturday, October 31, 2009

Spotlight Saturday - Doug & Marianne

Doug & Marianne are a great couple in Colorado hoping to adopt. Please take a moment to get to know them. You can find out more about them and contact them by visiting: marianneanddoug.com

Update: Congratulations to Doug & Marianne! They adopted a girl in May!

We are excited to get to know you and to become good friends along this road called life.

We have spent time learning all about adoption. We love what we have learned so far and want to share the joy of adoption with everyone we meet. We are blessed with the struggle of unexplained infertility and embrace the unknown road ahead.

We both enjoy traveling and meeting new people. Together we have been to several European countries and about half the United States. Our passion for traveling led us to each other. We were both studying German (as a minor) at Brigham Young University and found each other in our neighboring apartments. We knew we were meant for each other from the first date.

You can think of us as a dynamic duo. We are best friends and love playing and working hard together. We love children and we want to create a laboratory of love in our home where children can grow in security and love.

Doug enjoys singing, Calvin & Hobbes comics, peanut butter cookies, running, and being silly. He thinks fun is often the most effective teacher.

Marianne likes photography, volleyball, dancing, family history research, and training our dog, Lady. She is our personal party planner.

Over the last 6 years of marriage, we have cultivated our common interests and created our family traditions. We have been lucky enough to spend time together in church callings, carpooling to work, and running races. Together we have learned to dance, train our dog, and design our house. Marianne is the one who develops our design plans and has done the research. Doug is the one who has the skills to get the job done. A few examples of our daring deeds including some furniture upholstery projects, landscaping our backyard, and growing a thriving garden.

We want you to share with you all our joys and hopes for our future family. We have compiled a list of core values that we live by, which you can read more about at our website: www.marianneanddoug.com.

We have testimonies of the Savior of Jesus Christ. We will teach our children that they were “hand-picked” by their loving birth parents to be in our home. We will encourage our children to be positive role models who support and uplift those around them.

With warm hearts and best wishes,
Doug and Marianne

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