tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90337193078768751912024-03-12T22:28:59.005-07:00We've Adopted!!!We are now the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl, Kylie! Thank you for all of your prayers! We can't thank our attorney, Jan Rochelle Chamerat enough for finding our little girl!Cathryn and Brenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480456115396473257noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9033719307876875191.post-56479719798825636492010-10-12T22:29:00.000-07:002012-05-11T09:25:49.091-07:00<div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Hi! We're Cathryn and Brent and we want with all our hearts to raise a child and support them in growing into the person they're meant to be. </span></span></span></span></b></div>
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We want to share the beauty and wonder of this earth with a child.</div>
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We love nature and the outdoors. We feel a deep connection with the universe when we're in nature. It rejuvenates us and reminds us we're part of something bigger.<br />
We can't wait to take our child on adventures, learning about the miracles created all around us.</div>
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We support each other through thick and thin. We've been committed artists for many years in an industry filled with challenges as well as joys. We've learned how to navigate and not get swayed by the waves of prosperity and decline.<br />
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This is something we want to teach our child; how to build a solid self that isn't dependent on externals. It's taken time, but we're in a place in our lives where we think we've finally gotten it. And this contributes to our feeling prepared to raise a child.</div>
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We're committed to making this world a better place.</div>
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We volunteer together.<br />
We're part of a peace organization where we support people to feel empowered by empowering another. There's nothing like watching someone blossom.</div>
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We met in an acting class in 1997.<br />
We've had a wonderful, loving, fun, committed relationship ever since.<br />
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We got married in 2004.<br />
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We're such opposites. I'm, (Cathryn), more of a go getter, tell it like it is, speak up and fight for what's right, kind of person. And I'm from New York.<br />
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Brent is more laid back, it will all work out, enjoy the moment, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything, type of guy. And he's from Kentucky.<br />
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On our first date he opened every door for me and I thought, "What's wrong with this guy?" I just wasn't used to such kindness. In New York you push your way through before the door slams on you. ;-)</div>
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He calms my soul and he says I've brought sunshine into his life. I know it's corny. We are kind of corny. </div>
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We each have the goal to find a middle ground instead of being the one who's right. <br />
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Read bedtime stories, Sing goofy songs while driving around town, Watch how lizards do push ups, Plant seeds and watch them grow into vegetables and eat them, Build elaborate castles out of blocks, Play dress up and pretend we're royalty, Lay on the grass and watch the clouds, Create collages out of things we find in nature...</div>
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With our niece, Azalea in Oregon</div>
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