Dominic & Katie
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We are excited to grow our family and welcome your child into our Catholic family! We’ve been happily married for more than 10 years and have a loving, stable home. We have 4 boys and have adopted each of them, and hope to add to our family soon! We promise that your child will be loved, protected, and surrounded by family and friends who will cherish him or her unconditionally. We both knew very soon after we met that we had found that one special person we wanted to spend the rest of our life with. God is the center of our marriage and life, and will always be the center of our home and family. Our adopted children mean the world to us! Katie loves being a stay-at-home Mom and Dominic is eager to get home from work each day to see the kids. We have a special relationship with Jacob’s birth parents and keep in close contact with the family. Timmy’s birth mom chose a closed adoption but we think of her often and keep her in our prayers. Both Michael’s and David’s birth moms receive pictures and updates from us throughout the year. We’d be happy to keep in contact with you, if you wish! Between the two of us, we have 14 siblings and 64 nieces/nephews. We are very close to our families and get together with them frequently. Some of the things we enjoy include spending time with family, outdoor activities like gardening, About Us hiking, campfires, or going on family vacations. About Dominic (from Katie) I am so blessed to have Dominic as my husband! He’s kind, thoughtful, and sweet (he’ll leave me little love notes around the house). He puts God first in everything he does, which is one of the many reasons I love him. He’s a great dad who’s patient and loving. It warms my heart to see him playing with the boys or teaching them something new. He’s a talented, hard worker and loves building things – like playhouses for our nieces or wooden barns and trucks for our nephews. The kids absolutely love him and flock around him whenever we get together. To quote my nephew, “Uncle Dominic is a piece of magic!” Dominic comes from a wonderful, Catholic family. He enjoys family get-togethers, hiking, building and wood-working, kayaking, boating, campfires, and spending time outdoors. About Katie (from Dominic) Katie is the love of my life and my best friend. She is caring, compassionate, and always puts others before herself. She also has a wonderful heart full of laughter, and a joyful spirit that make life by her side truly a blessing. She is very thoughtful and kind and has a strong moral character. She’s a sweet and patient mom who takes it all in stride. She loves being a stay- at-home Mom and taking care of the kids. She’s patient and caring and makes a great Mom! Katie comes from a wonderful close-knit Catholic family filled with joy and laughter. She’s an amateur photographer and loves doing photo-shoots of kids. She enjoys family gatherings, gardening, reading, kayaking, boating, campfires, and decorating our home. Our Kids All 4 of our kids are adopted and get along great with each other! They’d love to have a new sibling! Jacob is 4yrs old and is such Timmy is 3yrs old and is a wonderful big brother! He such a happy little guy. He always has a smile likes to help with everything on his face and lights up the (from watching over his little room wherever he goes! He’s brothers to digging in the garden). our outgoing, carefree kiddo. He’s a sweetheart! He’s best friends with Jacob; the two of them are nearly inseparable. He’s very He’s a smart little guy and notices thoughtful and likes to help with little everything. He’s thoughtful and jobs around the house. He loves to be endearing. He loves tractors, trucks, outside, regardless of the weather. He trains, building towers with his blocks, loves tractors, trucks, blocks, playing in digging in the sandbox, slides, hiking, the sandbox, and doing anything outdoors. and riding our UTV. Timmy’s birth mom chose a closed We have a great relationship with his adoption. She was having a difficult birth mom and grandparents. We email, time with her decision to place him for text, and share photos and updates adoption, and felt this would be easiest frequently. We think of them as our on everyone. We respect her decision extended family. and pray for her each day. Our Kids Michael is almost 2yrs old David is a happy little kid and is always on the move. and always busy with He loves to be outdoors, something. His smile is splashing in the pool or infectious and he laughs a playing in the sandbox. lot. He’s a sweet little man and very polite, always saying “please” and “thank- At 1yr old, he’s also our little trouble- you”. He loves tractors, trucks, Bobcats, maker. He enjoys digging through the the Ranger, and doing anything outside. kitchen cupboards, tipping over the He has lots of energy and runs around garbage, or playing in the toilet – all with the big boys most the day. with a mischievous grin on his face, of course. We send pictures and updates to Michael’s birth parents throughout the We send pictures and updates to David’s year. birth parents throughout the year. Our Home in Wisconsin We have 30 acres in the country and plan to stay here for the rest of our lives. We bought our place when we got married and spent several years remodeling, adding on, and making improvements to the house and outbuildings. We now have a beautiful, 3,400 sq. ft. home, complete with 5 bedrooms and 3 full baths. We raise grass-fed beef cattle and have several chickens so there are always fresh eggs on hand. We have an orchard and vineyard, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and a garden with a large variety of vegetables. It’s great to be able to walk around outside and nearly always have some fresh fruit or vegetables available to eat! DOMINIC KATIE Season: Spring Spring, Fall Movie: Time of Your Life The Sound of Music, Pride & Prejudice Animal: Cows Horses Saint: St. Francis of Assisi St. John Vianney, St. Rita, St. Philomena Restaurant: Texas Roadhouse Pizza Ranch Our Color: Blue Blue or Green Flower: Pansy Snapdragon, Lily of the Valley Favorites WE BOTH LOVE… Doing anything together! Our kids! Campfires Hiking What We Do For Fun Family time: We spend a lot of time Around our place: One of our favorite At the Lake: We are very fortunate to with our families. There’s always some things to do – summer or winter - is to live where we do. Not only are we reason to get together to celebrate - go for a walk back into our woods surrounded by beautiful fields, hills, and lots of birthdays and holidays. (about 7 acres are wooded with woodland – we’re also just a few miles trails). We also have a UTV that we’ll from a nice state park with a lake. Campfires: It’s always fun to roast go for rides on – sometimes around the marshmallows in our campfire pit! block where we like to stop at the river. Kayaking: We live very close to a nice river where we’ll go kayaking from time Hiking: We love to hike!! We go hiking all Games: We like to play games! Trivial to time. the time from spring through fall. Love Pursuit, Apples to Apples, Buzz Word, the fresh air and exercise and good and other fun games. company! Riding our UTV At the lake Campfire with nieces Katie’s family Dominic’s family We are both very fortunate to have been brought up by good, traditional Catholic parents. We attend Mass every Sunday and do our best to truly live our faith in all aspects of our lives. Our families are extremely important to us. We both come from larger Our Faith Our Faith and Family families that are very close-knit. Nearly every weekend is spent with some of our extended family – hiking, birthday parties, swimming, boating, etc. We love our families dearly and they’re all excited for us to grow our family through adoption. .