Jacob enjoys a wide variety of activities in his free time. Some of his favorites include playing the drums on the worship team at church, golfing, bowling, building things, working on his car, fishing, watching the UFC fights, and working in the yard.

Alicia likes to spend her free time hanging out with friends, gardening, sunbathing, soaking in the hot tub, binging reality TV, and curling up with a good book.

Together, we enjoy outdoor activities such as fishing and going on walks, horseback riding, taking our puppy on walks, volunteering for events at our church, going to the pool, entertaining family and friends for a BBQ, going to concerts, going to the movies, eating out, traveling, and exploring new places. We also love game nights with family and friends.

We are so excited to share all of our favorite activities with our child and discover which ones will bring them joy. We love making memories together and can't wait to start making memories as a family.

From the moment we decided to spend our lives together, we knew that would include children. We were so excited to have a family and started right away after our wedding. The next year, we learned that due to a genetic condition, Jacob can't have biological children. The shock was a lot for us both. After weighing our options, we decided to take a chance and do IVF using a donor. It didn't work, and we both felt really heartbroken in the aftermath. We decided not to try again, and took a little time to grieve and process our emotions.

Luckily, Jacob's parents were wonderful mentors for us both. They chose adoption after Jacob's father couldn't have children. Adoption has played a major role in Jacob's family. Not only was he adopted, but his brother was adopted, his dad and uncle were adopted, and some of his cousins were adopted. We always knew adoption was going to be part of our story, and now we believe God decided it will be the whole story. We couldn't be happier with our decision and can't wait to start our family through the gift of adoption.

Jacob has a lot of really amazing qualities that made it easy for Alicia to fall in love with him. He has a very strong relationship with God and is passionate about being present in their church community. He's very grounded in his beliefs and values and knows exactly who he is. He cares a lot about providing stability and security for their family. She admires his work ethic and willingness to do what needs to be done. Alicia also appreciates Jacob's "handiness" in that he can fix almost anything that needs fixing. She loves watching him be the "fun uncle" and teach his niece and nephew how to do things.

Alicia has added a special warmth and kindness to Jacob's life ever since they met. Jacob loves watching Alicia enjoy spending time with her family. She loves talking and playing with her niece and playing games and running around with her nephew. Some of the things that Jacob admires about Alicia is her devotion to her job and her students who depend on the love and energy that she freely gives. Alicia's smile and personality lights up every room that she goes into. Her laugh is infectious to everyone who hears it. Jacob has not only grown as a man since being with Alicia but has grown as a husband and as a provider with her influence as his inspiration.

We live in a wonderful neighborhood in Kansas. The sidewalks are always filled with our neighbors and their families enjoying the community. We have a beautiful park right across the street with a playground, tennis court, basketball court, and baseball field. There's also a walking path that goes around the outside that we love walking our puppy on.

We love our neighborhood because it's safe and full of life. The elementary school is in our neighborhood just a few blocks from our house. We spend our summers at the giant neighborhood pool down the road. There's always so much to do where we live!

We love our home. We live in a four bedroom, two full bath and two half bath single family home. Our backyard is fully fenced and we love entertaining family and friends on our large deck and screened in porch. Alicia and her mom love planting flowers and tending to the vegetable garden in the garden beds that Jacob built. Our home is always warm and inviting.

We are very fortunate to be surrounded by so many supportive friends and family. Most of our family is local and we love planning things to do together.

Alicia's family is a small, but a very close group. We love spending time with her family playing games, celebrating birthdays and holidays, and making silly memories. Our favorite recent memory with Alicia's family is our family trip to Branson. We went to the Dixie Stampede, played a fun game of mini golf, brought home a ton of trout on a guided fishing trip and explored some really cool caves on golf carts.

Jacob is blessed to have two families to love - adopted and biological. We love spending time with his adopted family. They are the most loving group of people that get together on a regular basis just to spend time together. Jacob's parents are spiritual leaders in the family and the best role models of what marriage and parenting should be like. Our family loves to get together for many activities but our favorite is bowling.

Building relationships and making memories with Jacob's biological family brings so much joy. Our favorite thing to do with his biological family is to spend weekends at the lake house. We always have so much fun being together swimming, fishing, playing games, and sharing stories. Adoption already has a significant role in our family, and they are so excited to have another family member to love.

We are honored and extremely grateful for your consideration of us as potential parents for your child. The amount of selfless love you have for your little one inspires us and will fuel and motivate every choice we make in your child's future. We feel blessed for the opportunity to share ourselves with you and hopefully to assist you with this impossibly difficult decision.

We met in 2019 after connecting through an online dating app. That's right! We're living proof that lasting love can be found on the apps! From the moment we met, everything just made sense and our lives started to fall into place. Our relationship really strengthened as we supported each other through the Covid pandemic and started working on projects around our home. Sharing space just felt natural and comfortable. We just love spending time and enjoy doing life together. It became clear our beliefs and goals for our future were aligned. We both agreed that we wanted a family as soon as possible and we were so excited to begin our lives together and grow in our love. In September of 2020, after nine months of dating, Jacob proposed. We were married in October of 2021 which was one of the best days of our lives. We began trying to start our family soon after, and discovered the next Spring that it wouldn't be possible. Our hearts were breaking, but God is so good because he used it to bring us closer as we supported each other through our grief. His gentle guidance led us to the realization that through adoption, not only can we build a family but have an opportunity to share our love with more people than we imagined. Jacob's adoption story is so beautiful. We had multiple discussions before marriage about creating a family with biological and adopted children. We know now that God has led us here to fulfill His purpose. The storm of our grief has finally subsided and we are now looking at the future with new hope.

Just as we have a wonderful relationship with Jacob's biological family, we are looking forward to a relationship with you. We are committed to keeping our promise of sending yearly pictures and letters and are open to additional communication. We recognize that our relationship will develop organically and you may not yet know what kind of contact you will be comfortable with. We want you to know that we will support you in your needs and we will be available to you for those conversations as they arise. Your comfort and confidence in your decision is a priority for us. Your courage and selflessness is so admirable and we are forever lifting you up in prayer.

Your little one will be so incredibly loved. We struggle to find words to express how much we will love your child. There are no limits to the lengths that we would go to for our child. They will be raised in a safe and healthy home that is deeply rooted in our faith. We have such an amazing support system of family and friends that will rally around us and love your child and mentor them. Adoption has played such a huge role in the building of Jacob's family that your child will never feel unseen or like there's no one that understands. We know that we will meet every one of your expectations, and more. We don't know who your child will be, but we know that they will be our everything.

With Love,

Jacob & Alicia