Erika
Neighbor
Gender:
Female
Status:
State:
Florida
Religion:
Christianity
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree
Profession:
Manager
Political Affiliation:
Lean Liberal
Tad
Caregiver
Gender:
Male
Status:
State:
Florida
Religion:
Christianity
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree
Profession:
Actuarial Analyst
Political Affiliation:
Very Liberal
hi! we are Tad and Erika from sunny Florida and would love to connect with you. we have 3 children who have joined our family through adoption and we are excited to add to our family again! we have open adoptions with their birth families and would love to have another. we are big Disney fans and love going to the beach. please reach out if you’d like to get to know us better!
Erika & Tad
enjoying vacation in Tennessee!
weeknight at the beach
a weekend at the great wolf lodge with Erika’s brother and his family
My favorite website is (...not your Facebook page :)):
Love what matters. I love reading people’s stories of how they built their families.
-Erika
Favorite season and why?
Christmas! I love decorating, cookie making, carols, and movies. We put up 2 full size trees and 3 smaller ones. I’m a sucker for matching pajamas and late night snuggling with hot chocolate.
-Erika
In five years our relationship with our child’s birth mother will…
Feel like extended family where we can text or call when we feel like it and set up times to meet up or FaceTime.
-Erika
We are the best choice because…
Our family has a ton of love and laughter. If you look through our photos and want your baby to be part of a big loving family then we could be the best choice for you.
-Erika
dinner and sunset at the beach
Tad and Kam playing at a Disney splash pad in their matching swimsuits
Tad and Kylie about to spin!
What is the best word to describe our family?
Fun. We try to have adventures, dance parties and weekly dinners at the beach. We adore each other and spend almost all of our free time together.
-Erika
Complete the sentence, “I can’t live without……”
My family! They are my source of comfort, entertainment and peace. I love our family and I am so excited to add to it.
-Erika
My best friend would describe me as...
Thoughtful, funny, and optimistic.
-Tad
If you had to live on an RV or sailboat for the rest of your life, which would it be?
I would pick an RV. I love the water but I think an TV would be the best of both worlds. You could travel to any ocean and see lots of cool places in between.
-Erika
My neighborhood is a good place to raise a family because…
Our neighborhood is quiet, safe, full of kids, and a great mix of people from all over the world.
-Tad
Dogs or cats?
I like cats but I love dogs. Erika and I each had a childhood dog and after we got married we got two Scottish Terrier puppies that were just the best. We plan to adopt a dog again for our kids soon.
-Tad
If I could choose one type of food to eat for the rest of my life, it would be:
Fondue. I love going to the melting pot - there is nothing quite like a pot of melted cheese!
-Erika
Kylie and Erika on a girls trip to Orlando before the rest of the family joined us for the weekend!
meeting Minnie at a character breakfast
My neighborhood is a good place to raise a family because…
It is in an excellent school district. We have a neighborhood pool across the street and a nice variety of ages. We have some excellent neighbors!
-Erika
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you look at the night sky?
I think of how I wish I could always see as many stars as I can when my family goes on vacation to Utah, out in the middle of nowhere.
-Tad
My favorite place in the World is...
Disney! Our family loves Disney and try to go about once a month. Typically each family member will have a special day there around their birthday.
-Erika
Do I have kids? How do they feel about a sibling?
Yes I have 3! My oldest is 10 and she’s very excited to be a big sister again. Our younger ones are 4 year old twins. They both love babies.
-Erika
we love finding new parks to play at
Erika’s aunt has a hobby farm a few hours from us
My favorite place in the World is...
Walt Disney World. We spend lots of our free time there as a family, meeting princesses, eating amazing food, checking out new rides, and enjoying the art.
-Tad
playing at the children’s museum
We have been together for 23 years and he still makes me laugh on a daily basis.
matching pajamas for Easter
pumpkin patch with some of our best friends
we love going to Disney with our friends
riding the carosel with daddy
trip to Disney with our twins’ birth family
we love going to water parks!
cruise stop in the Bahamas
some silliness on New Year’s Eve
the girls did our makeup
playing at the beach with Grammy
playing with daddy at a playground
out for a swim with mom
carving pumpkins!
visiting Minnesota in the winter. Kam wasn’t so sure about all that cold weather gear!
my two best friends and I get our kids matching pajamas every year for Christmas
dancing with Grammy at Animal Kingdom
out for a wagon ride in our neighborhood
bubble pool for the 4th of July
Kylie and Kamden’s first time on splash mountain!
Christmas time at EPCOT. Kylie loves to hold the props!
Summer Vacation!
playing at Dollywood!
pool time at Margaritaville!
at a dance in college ❤️
making Christmas Eve breakfast
hanging out in Key West!
we are adept at making lemonade from lemons. our car battery drained while we were driving around town so since it was chilly out we bundled up. went to Dunkin for some hot chocolate and took a family walk home.
family walk at a nature preserve
we spend so much time as the 5 of us and we cannot wait until there is 6 of us ❤️
night out at Chuck E. Cheese
we love when Disney adds rainbows during pride
a quick trip to Key West!
4th of July at Disney world
Ice cream break
boating with Erika’s parents
at the Disney Halloween party
we are so excited to welcome our next member of the family. on this trip to Disney I even bought a few things to him or her so we are ready for them to go on Disney adventure with us
we are so excited to welcome our next member of the family. on this trip to Disney I even bought a few things to him or her so we are ready for them to go on Disney adventure with us
At universal studios with some of Tad’s side of the family. We have 5 nieces on Tad’s side.
