Rahel & Scott

We met as co-workers at a marketing agency in Seattle over seven years ago. After six months of friendship and awkward flirting, we went out for margaritas and the the rest is history! We love each other a lot. It's kind of a cheesy thing to declare, but it's true. We've explored different countries together, nurtured our careers and built a home we're proud of. Our love has grown to unimaginable levels since we welcomed our little boy in 2015. He is a joy. Becoming parents has only deepened our bond to each other and makes us so grateful for the life we have. Our daily routines as a family includes eating homemade meals together, playing music, voracious reading and playing outside, rain or shine. Lately, we've been busy growing a backyard vegetable garden, learning everything there is to know about the solar system, playing piano and practicing soccer. We've learned that our passions change with our son's interests, and that exploring his questions and imagination fuels how we want to spend our time. We can't wait to meet the final piece of our family. We know she or he is out there, and are eager to raise her or him with relentless love, strength, wisdom and kindness.

Oh, man. Today is the first weekend of the summer I can recall where we’ve had an opportunity to just wake up together, stay in our pajamas, have breakfast, walk to the coffee shop for milk and lattes and then walk home just to read, play some music and nap. While Yoni is sleeping in his room, Scott is off getting his banjo fixed and I am in my home office writing.

It’s been an incredibly busy and fun summer- one of our busiest yet. It’s been the good kind of busy- the kind of busy you choose and hope for. We’ve been throwing lots of backyard parties, traveling around our state and country, getting to parks and beaches and working on the house and garden.

Scott just got back from a quick trip (two days and one night) to Pasadena to work with NASA and their Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This was a big trip for all of us since becoming space junkies thanks to Yoni. His steady and undying fascination with our solar system and the universe has had us researching, watching, reading and buying everything and anything space related, hah. Scott had the incredible opportunity to tour mission control, meet incredible innovators who are changing our world for the better, check out their latest project headed to Mars and of course, buy Yoni a NASA teddy bear and little toy robot.

He’s headed back there in some months and we’ve already decided to join him this time. Because adoption is constantly on our minds now, one of the things Scott and I get most excited about is wondering what subjects or questions will spark our next child’s imagination and bring them joy? Will it be space, too? Art? Design? Food? Animals? Music? Sports? Oceans? Language? Where will we go and what will we learn as a family when we do find out- and how will this further help our kids become the best versions of themselves?