We feel so privileged that you have chosen to read our profile, as we realize you are making a very important and difficult decision in your life. We want you to feel comfortable with your decision and to ensure you that your child will be loved and provided for in a safe, loving, and nurturing environment. Your child will always know he or she is adopted and you will always have a special place in our hearts. Thank you for taking time to learn about us and trust us as adoptive parents for your child. We look so forward to adding a second child to our family, as we truly believe it is God's plan for completing our family.

Rich Muriel Job Description Owner & Full-Time Instructor of Martial Arts School, Instructor of National Self-Defense Programs Part-Time In-Home Office Manager for Martial Arts School & National Programs, Stay-at-Home Mom Education B.A. in Communications for Business B.A. in Teaching, K-12, Exceptional Needs Children Favorites Childhood Memory Camping Childhood Memory Water skiing Hobby Movies, Fun Outdoor Activities: Hiking, Kayaking Hobby Hiking, Gardening, Yard Work Sport to Play Soccer Sport to Play Tennis TV Show Battlestar Galactica TV Show Lifetime Vacation Spot Western Canada Vacation Spot Central America Children Chase-6 years old

We have one child, Chase, who is 5 years old. Through raising him, we have realized how wonderful it is to be a parent. He is a wonderful, active, preschooler, whom has such a passion for living. Even at such a young age, he is very outgoing and confident. He enjoys playing many activities such as riding his bike, playing with his big trucks and cars, and having us read to him on a daily basis. He enjoys so much all the activities we do together as a family. Since we have such a flexible lifestyle to do so many family activities together, he routinely asks what are we doing tomorrow. He is looking so very forward to having a sister or brother. He often asks when will there be "another little child" in our home to have all of this fun with us. We have stored many of his baby toys and things away. He will not allow us to get rid of any of them as he says they are "all for my sister or brother". We know he will be a wonderful big brother to another child.

We view adoption as a positive way to complete our family and to provide a nurturing, loving home for a child. We have strived to be open and honest with our son Chase and plan on continuing this philosophy with the new child. We believe any child we adopt should know we were chosen by his birth parents to be his adoptive parents. We feel the child should know what an important major decision it was for his birth parents to choose us to raise their child. We plan on sharing with your child from a very early age he or she was adopted, so they will know from early on how much they are loved and wanted. We want your child to feel comfortable about their adoption and to be able to talk openly. We feel being open and honest with them about his or her adoption is important for their future emotional growth.

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We have passions as a family unit. We truly cherish our family time together and strive to make time to be together. We realize our work is a necessity in order to have the finer things in life for our family, however, our family time holds a priority. On a weekly basis, we set aside time to enjoy many family activities. During the summer, we go to the mountains and hike. We go the local rivers to kayak and tube. We take our bikes to the paved trails in the nearby parks and bike. During the cooler and colder months we pick pumpkins at a nearby farm and enjoy the local fall festivals. When the weather is really cold, we go to the nearby indoor roller rink and have an afternoon of family fun. We are never lacking family activities.

As individuals, we each have our passions. Each of us love our one on one time with our son and fortunately our work provides us the time to be part of his pre-school activities, such as field trips and parent days. Muriel enjoys being a stay at home mom, cooking, providing for our family. She enjoys working outside in the yard in our garden and flowerbeds. She enjoys attending nearby estate sales and shopping locally. Having a background in early child education, she is enjoys helping our son with his schoolwork. Rich's personal passion is his martial arts, which he has been able to also turn into a business for the family. He loves to teach the arts and to continue educating himself thru reading and attending seminars. Our son has benefited tremendously from watching daddy and learning the arts.