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A Letter from Ben & Jess

Hello from Wyoming!

We are an outdoorsy, active couple who value experiences, time with family, and our relationship with God. We look forward to welcoming your child into our family and cannot wait to start new adventures and share new memories with them!

Thank you for taking the time to read about us, and we can’t wait to go on this journey with you!

Our Story

We met at freshman orientation in college, then again that winter when we re-met at country swing dancing; Ben literally swept Jess off her feet! Now over 10 years later, we still are each other’s best friend and prefer to spend our time together. Our full-time remote jobs have been a blessing in disguise. We can work from anywhere, adjust our hours to suit our needs, and spend more quality time together. We have also found new ways to communicate, collaborate, and have fun together, making our relationship stronger and happier.

Outdoors we like to hike, camp, kayak, or just off-road to see the country, and we can’t wait to share these adventures with our future child. At home, we like to take walks with our dogs, host game nights with our friends, and try not to watch our current favorite TV show in one weekend.

We attend a community church that has a large children’s program that we cannot wait for our child to become a part of. We truly feel that God has always guided us to adopt, and now we are so excited to grow our family!

My husband, Ben

Jess says: Ben is the extrovert to my homebody and always tries to make me laugh. He is supportive, caring, hard-working, and always expanding his knowledge on anything and everything! He is an engineer and has a remote work from home job which gives him very flexible hours! He grew up working for his parents’ plumbing and AC company and is good with his hands. He has been the lead in remodeling our house and is always willing to take on whatever project I have planned! In his spare time Ben likes to play some video games with his family (including his parents!) and find things in the garage to tinker with and build. Ben is my social butterfly and loves to host game nights and backyard barbecues with friends, neighbors, and co-workers. His fun-loving and goofy personality is going to make him an amazing dad. He is excited to play with Legos again with our child and show them the world.

My wife, Jess

Ben says: Jess is my amazing wife and best friend. She loves to read, bake, and travel, and she always finds time to do something fun and creative. Jess is the most kind, generous, and supportive person I know. She always encourages me to pursue my goals and dreams, and she is always there for me when I need her. She is also great with children. She has a natural way of connecting with them and making them feel comfortable and happy. She loves to babysit our nieces and nephews, and they adore her. Jess has always wanted to be a mother, and I know she will be an amazing one as she has so much love and wisdom to share with a child. I can’t wait to see her reading stories while holding our child in her arms and show them how to have fun, be creative, and explore all of life’s adventures. Jessica is the perfect partner for me, and I’m so grateful to have her in my life.

Our family

Ben has two older siblings. His parents and sister’s family live just a few hours away and we love to visit them frequently. Ben’s grandmother ran a foster program, and his mom has four adopted sisters that Ben is close to.

Jess has one younger sister. Her parents are retired in northern Arizona and cannot wait to become first-time grandparents! She is excited to continue her family tradition of “Grandparents Camp” over the summer, where us and the kids can run on their ranch and learn about the wildlife and more family traditions.

We are blessed to have both our families’ support and encouragement. They have always known that we wanted to adopt our children and expand our family. They are eager to welcome a child with open arms and hearts. Thay are ready to shower them with love, attention, and fun. We know that our child will have a lot of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins who will love them unconditionally and be there for them throughout life.

Our Home in Wyoming

We absolutely love living in the big, beautiful state of Wyoming! We truly feel lucky to have gorgeous mountains within reach to explore.

Our home has needed quite a bit of work to make it ours, but we have made our improvements with our future family in mind! There is a large bedroom next to the master that we have made into a nursery. Our corner lot in our quiet neighborhood gives us a large backyard for our child to explore.

We love the vibrant downtown family life in the summer. There are evening concerts, large farmers markets, and an overall big sense of community. We also love the large parks that are around town with lakes, large playgrounds, and long walking paths. We look forward to walking these and picnic dates in the grass with our future child.

Our Promise

We promise to love and care for your child with our whole hearts. We will show them nothing but love and encouragement for every milestone they pass and passion they want to pursue. We promise to give them every opportunity to learn, grow, and love in Christ, family, community, school, and life. Your child will be surrounded by loving arms from our families that will cherish every moment they spend with them. We promise to raise them with family traditions that can include yours. We hope to share updates through pictures, letters, calls, or occasional visits.

We’d love to talk or answer any of your questions. Please call or text Lifetime at 1.800.923.6784.

Learn More About Ben & Jess

  Ben Jess
Our EducationBachelors of Science in Petroleum EngineeringBachelors of Science in Animal Science, Associate of Science in Veterinary Technician
Our ProfessionsAir Quality EngineerInsurance Claims Adjuster for Pet Insurance
Stay-At-HomeNoYes
Our Racial BackgroundCaucasianCaucasian
Some of Ben & Jess's Favorites
FoodCheeseQuesadillas
Way to spend the eveningWith JessOn a nice walk with the dogs
Music ArtistElvis PresleyBrothers Osborne
SeasonSpringSummer
AnimalDogDog
SuperpowerTeleportationInvisibility
SportPlay basketball, watch footballPlay basketball or tennis, watch football
More About Our Family
About Our Pets!

Diesel and Tank are our two American Staffordshire Terrier mixes! They are very easy going and are always down for a day on the couch or a weekend of RVing and hiking. We knew we wanted kids when we rescued both of them as puppies, so we have trained them and given them a lot of experience around kids ever since we got them. Both of them absolutely adore children and love to go visit our nieces and nephews, where they are big hits! They love to play with their toys with them and snuggle them gently on the couch.

Broseph is our cat who thinks he is a dog. He is a sweet boy who loves to explore, play, boss around the actual dogs, and sunbathe in our bay window.

Favorite Seasonal Activities:

-Spring: off-roading in the mountains, plan summer activities!
-Summer: hiking, camping, fishing, off-roading, kayaking, nightly walks, backyard BBQs
-Fall: drive to see fall colors, football (go pokes)
-Winter: game nights, binge watch TV series, fires, cozy blankets, holidays with family

Some Family Traditions:

-4th of July- camping/lake time with Ben's family in Wyoming
-Christmas Eve: Going to Christmas Eve service, then opening a present before bed
-Christmas: Opening gifts, homemade monkey bread, spending time with family
-New Year's Eve: Board games into the new year!
-While we have carried on some family traditions from each side of our family, we haven't set a lot in stone yet as the world and our family has been changing and moving. This year we started a new tradition of attending a Santa Run with Jessica's family. There is a 1 mile event as well that we all just can't wait to be apart of too. We look forward to making new traditions with your child, which can include some from your family as well.

Why We Are Adopting

Adoption has been in our hearts separately since we were young. Ben has adoption in his family and he loves the community his grandparents created through his adopted aunts. Jess has always wanted to adopt because she knows there are many children in the world that need loving homes.
This is why we feel that God has been guiding us to adoption!

We Prefer a Child Who Is...
Age of Child

Newborn-3 months

Twins

Yes

Gender

Either

Sibling Group

Yes, with the youngest being a newborn and the oldest up to 2 years old.

In Closing

Thank you for taking the time to learn about us. We look forward to starting our family through adoption and showing your child a life filled with love, laughter, and support. We would love the opportunity to share updates with you through pictures, emails, and occasional visits if that is what you wish.

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