Gene & Fawn

Hello! Becoming adoptive parents has been such a blessing to us. We’re ready and excited to expand our happy family through another adoption! We love staying involved with our church and community, and value hard work, faith, and family. Both of us have a lot of flexibility, since we work from home, which means we can be with our children as much as possible.

We have an open adoption for our son, and if you’d like, we would love to get to know you through the process and stay in touch after the adoption. You would always hold a place in our hearts and we would make sure your child grows up knowing how much you mean to us.

Our Story

How it all started: After college we both worked at the same Taco Bell for 3 months. We became friends and started going to church together. One day we met for lunch…Fawn wore a red dress and Gene was hooked. We actually grew up in the same town in Indiana, though we did not meet until after college. It was a small town and we realized all of our friends had friends that knew each other! Eventually, we had a Christmas wedding in the church where Fawn grew up and we’ve been happily married ever since.

We have always wanted to raise a family together. For a long time we tried have children, and even went through fertility treatments and in-vitro without success. Through it all, we kept praying for a child, and it became clear that adoption was the path for us. We were blessed to adopt our son, Daniel, and we’d love to grow our family this way again.

Together we enjoy:
• Volunteering at church, especially in children’s ministry
• Gardening & yard work (we love the outdoors!)
• Backyard games: baseball, volley ball, soccer, & even a wheel barrow race!
• Having people over for home cooked food & card games (our favorite is Euchre!)

About Fawn

According to Gene: Fawn keeps us organized and is a loving, devoted mother. I love to hear her sing Daniel to sleep every night. She is creative and has such a big heart for helping and praying for others. Fawn has a heart for hospitality, making others feel cared for and nurtured.

Fawn enjoys:
• Home-making
• Gardening
• Cooking & baking
• Crafting
• Volunteering as class mom in Daniel’s school

Fun Fact: Fawn collects children’s books, and loves reading to Daniel or teaching him to read. She’s been collecting children’s books (especially Christmas books) for a long time, even before we adopted.

About Gene

According to Fawn: Gene would do anything for us! He is a strong, gentle, and loving father. He loves to make us laugh! I love to see Gene building Legos or playing Hot Wheels with Daniel, making up stories and adventures as father and son.

Gene likes:
• Fixing things
• Computers and the latest smart-gadgets (he’s our in-home tech support!)
• Grilling
• Setting up a big Christmas light display around our property
• Volunteering at church to help missionaries around the world with I.T. services

Fun Fact: Gene loves jokes, whether they are funny or not. He also has a moose collection that he started when he was little, after his family nicknamed him Bullwinkle Moose.

Our Son

Daniel is 7 years old, very active, but shy at first. He loves school and learning, doing third grade math and reading at a 3rd grade level. Daniel dreams of being a doctor who makes devices that will help people without limbs. He’s already studying Latin, human anatomy science, robotics, and engineering! Daniel cannot wait to be a big brother and prays for our adoption every night in our evening prayers.

Daniel loves:
• Robotic Lego building
• Playing piano and writing songs
• Soccer and swim league
• 80’s video games
• Science apps
• Nature biome building
• Cooking and baking
• Playing with our dog, Essy

Our Home in Washington

Our home is a tri-level, 3 bedroom house near snow-capped mountains and beautiful lakes. We live close to the city, but enjoy the country life and family-like community in our peaceful neighborhood.

We have a large yard with a playground. Our garden has fruit trees, berry patches, vegetables, and lots of flowers. We enjoy time outside with our plants, or roasting hot dogs or marshmallows over the fire pit on our deck. Even the nursery has been set up in a garden theme! We’ve set up our home to be a fun, educational environment for our children to learn and grow.

Our Pets: We have a dog we rescued, named Esther, though we call her Essy for short. She’s super sweet and very loyal. We love going on walks with her! We also have 2 cats, Queen of Sheba and Solomon, who are sweet and fun. They like playing laser tag, chasing after string, and cuddling on the couch.

Our Promise

Thank you for considering our family! We promise you will always be special to us and be spoken of with love. We’ll keep up pictures of you with our family photos and raise your child to know how adoption brought us together.

We promise to put faith and family first, and to raise your child to value community and helping others. We will model honesty, integrity, and compassion. We promise to provide opportunities for your child to learn daily and to encourage his or her goals, strengths, and interests. Education is important to our family, and we’ve already started college funds for our son and any future children.

Open adoption is a blessing to us, and we are grateful for the understanding it allows our son to know about where he came from, and how he was placed with us in love. If you’re comfortable, we will honor an ongoing connection with you and gladly share updates and visits as your child grows up. We look forward to getting to know you and the hopes you have for your child.

We’d love to talk with you! Just call or text Lifetime at 1.800.923.6784.

Praying for you, Gene & Fawn

In Closing

Thank you for considering us as adoptive parents for your child. We would love to adopt again and expand our happy family. Becoming parents through the adoption of our son has been one of our greatest joys as a couple. We love showing him the world and helping him grow into the person he's meant to be. We have so much to share with another child and all of us would love to welcome your little one into our family! We're also familiar with open adoption and will gladly share a connection with you, if you want ongoing contact. If you have any questions, or want to tell us a little about you and your child, please contact Lifetime to set up a phone or video chat.