We are so excited to share more about us, where we met and how we became a family.
We are a family of 3 (through adoption of our son in 2020), with 3 dogs of all sizes and breeds, ranging from a St. Bernard to a Chihuahua.
There are a few simple rules which we live by - work hard, play often, and love big, no matter what.
We love fiercely, both each other and those around us and support each other no matter what we are facing. Adventure, celebration, kindness, passion, and most of all love are just a few of the things that have a big impact on our day-to-day life.
We enjoy spending time together, exploring our town and city, trying new restaurants, traveling to our favorite beach spots for a little R&R, experiencing the magic of Disney World at least once a year, and just loving that we get to do it all together.
Growing our family is something that we are all so excited for and we can’t wait to start this next chapter.
How it Started
We met in our final years of college at The University of Alabama through a mutual friend. Chris was finishing up his senior year of college and Devon her junior year, we both had big plans for what we wanted to do after school, but God clearly had bigger and better plans. Looking back now, 13 years later, we can easily say that we had a great connection from the beginning, instant really, and we started to really think about what our life would look like in the long term.
The Love Story
After college Chris got a job in Georgia, where Devon is from, and shortly after Devon finished college and moved back to Georgia as well. We quickly met each other’s family and friends, traveled together, started to make our own memories and learn more about each other, both big and little. We were engaged in 2013 and married in May of 2014 in Devon’s hometown. We bought our first house together in 2015, traveled more and enjoyed being newlyweds.
Starting our Family
After about 4 years of “city life” we knew it was time to start thinking about the next chapter of our story. We moved back to the town that we got married in 10 years ago, into a wonderful family friendly neighborhood and community and we couldn’t imagine a better place to raise our family in. We always knew that we wanted to adopt, and in 2020, we had the incredible honor of starting our family via private adoption, a baby boy, and are so thankful for him and our journey to becoming a family. He has been our greatest adventure yet and can’t picture a life without him.
Hoping for the Future
It’s been about four years since we started our family, and we know in our hearts that it is time to try and grow our family again. Having the experience of adoption through our son, seeing the gift of family from a completely different viewpoint, we were cemented in the fact that this is the exact path our family is meant to be on. We are honored to be able to say that we are a part of the adoptive community and cannot wait to hopefully add to our family through adoption again one day.
All About Us!
