Some random facts about us (long)

We are both excited to become parents and can't wait to share our lives with our future child and their birth family. I hope this glimpse shows you who we are and the kinds of activities we enjoy.

We both love to travel and have gone so many fun places. We routinely travel to California as we both have family and friends there so we drive down at least once a year. Looking at our pictures on Facebook, iHeart, or Adoptimist you'll see a lot of travel pictures from The Grand Canyon, St Croix, New York, Atlanta, Hawaii, Paris, London, Ghana, Italy and Texas.  We can't wait to share trips with our little one so they can see the differences and beauty around the US and the world. 

We both enjoy reading and Don loves History, Biography, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.  I like Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction and Anne Rice.

We love playing games.  We play all kinds of games with our friends and family routinely. 

Don was in a few bands: cover bands and original bands.  He is genius with music (ok that's my opinion!) He started with the Clarinet in school and moved to drums out of high school which is what he played in the bands he was in.  He is teaching himself the guitar and we have a piano and an alto sax that he can also play.  Music is such a huge part of who he is and he can learn it just by listening to it. He was recently invited to drum with the village in Ghana (he does charity work there building sanitation facilities and schools as well as teaching the kids) during the opening ceremony, which rarely happens.

I'm an avid gardener and in the spring and summer months that's where you will find me is out in our yard. I even landscaped my sister-in-laws yard for the house that she bought.  We are planning to build a greenhouse so I can continue growing vegetables year round.  Nothing compares to home grown food, especially heirloom tomatoes.

I love to cook and bake. I love just throwing things together and see how it turns out. I also have recipes that I "follow".  As Don says you never follow a recipe.  I use it as a guideline for the most part and usually forgo the precise measurements unless I'm baking or making something specific like Greek. When our nephew comes to stay with us he loves to help me in the kitchen.  We have so much fun cooking together.

We are both excited to become parents and can't wait to share our lives with our future child and their birth family. I hope this glimpse shows you who we are and the kinds of activities we enjoy.

When it comes to movies and music we're eclectic.  From Nine Inch Nails to Dream Theater to BB King and Johnny Cash we listen to most everything. Movies are just as varied.  I'd say we watch a lot of comedies, Sci-fi/fantasy, musicals, life stories and animation.  We also like Golden age of Hollywood movies but will watch any movie at least once.

Some favorite movies and TV Shows:

Don:

• Never cry Wolf
• Gladiator
• The Big Lebowski
• Star Trek the search for Spock
• Last Samurai
• King Kong (1933)
• I'm Not There
• Blade Runner
• Grand Canyon
• Life of Pi
• Glengarry GlenRoss
• Up in the Air
• Sideways
• The Right Stuff
• Across The Universe
• Arrested Development
• Star Trek the original series
• Wall-E
• Firefly
• Babylon 5
• Doctor Who
• MASH
• Deadwood
• Mad Men

Nicole:

• Nightmare Before Christmas
• Alice in Wonderland (either Tim Burton or Disney version)
• Phantom of the Opera
• Rock of Ages
• Pitch Perfect
• Dark Shadows
• For Love of the Game
• Across The Universe
• A League of Their Own
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Steel Magnolias
• Wreck it Ralph
• Despicable Me 2
• Toy Story
• White Christmas
• Elf
• The Breakfast Club
• Castle
• Poirot
• Firefly
• Star Trek
• Babylon 5
• Sherlock
• Looney Tunes
• Scooby Doo
• Doctor Who
• Torchwood
• Downton Abbey
• MASH
• Friends
• Dancing with the Stars