Hello we are the Ingvaldson's, Michael, Kari, Tristan and our black lab Jake. We are in a small town in Southern Minnesota. We live in a 3 bedroom home with lots of room to play outside. We spend a good portion of our weekends in the summer at our camper that sits on a lake. Where we enjoy fishing, swimming, and listening to the Minnesota Twins. In the winter we also enjoy going ice fishing and watching the Minnesota Wild. As a family we really enjoy going to Twins and Wild games. Kari and I are both from large families so we do spend a lot of time with family and friends. We were blessed enough to adopt Tristan in 2006. Tristan often asks for a little brother or sister and we would love to add another child into our loving home. We would like to invite you to look at our family and consider us. We are a loving family that spends lots of time together.

We are delighted you have taken the time to look at our profile and hope you will explore further and can imagine a life with us to complete your adoption plan. Having the opportunity to welcome your child into our hearts would unite us all with a common bond. Our 25 years of marriage has brought us love, hope, happiness, support, devotion, dreams and togetherness. We reside in an inner suburb of Minneapolis/St.Paul - New Brighton, MN , across from Hansen Park. Some of our interests are outdoor activities, hiking, gardening, landscaping, travel, art and museum visits.

 Hi! We are Jeremy, Stacy, and Morgan Anfinson. We live in Hutchinson where Jeremy is a machinist and Stacy is a nurse at a local clinic. We are excited and very much looking forward to adding to our family through open adoption. We enjoy spending time with family and friends. We also enjoy spending time outdoors. We would like to thank you for learning a little more about us during this difficult time.

We're Kevin, Alicia, & Dawson Erickson from rural NW Minnesota!  Adoption brought our family to life in January 2009.  Since the day we brought Dawson home not one day has been taken for granted, wherever we go, he’s right by our side!  The 3 of us are quite a combination, we're like a peanut butter and pickle sandwich!  Kevin's the bread that holds us together, Dawson's the peanut butter – good but messy, and I'm the pickle – sweet and sassy!  There's truly never a dull moment in our house and we love to play and have fun!  Whether digging in the sandbox, fishing at the cabin, sledding on the hill, roasting hotdogs over the fire, or snuggling up Saturday mornings for cartoons we believe in making every day count.  To us, adoption is one of life’s greatest blessings.  You're not just giving life to a child, you're giving life to a family.  As the 3 of us venture down this path together, we hope it leads us to you!  For our story email us at lefseflipper@yahoo.com or contact our social worker Vicki Haugen at LSS Ph# 218-236-1494 x215. 

Looking forward to adventures in parenting! We are Mike and Dan and in our 13 years together have discovered that life is the adventure and there is much to be discovered from everyday experiences as well as peak activities and vacations. Our belief is that parenting, even with its challenges, will be one of the most rewarding adventures of our lives. We love the special times we share with family and friends and can’t wait to expand our family. Nurturing a child through life will mean sharing those everyday moments, the peak activities, and our values of commitment to family, lifelong learning, spiritual growth, community involvement, and deep appreciation of nature. Thank you for considering us.

 Spending time with friends and family, traveling, and participating in sports are some of the things we enjoy. We are excited to grow our family through adoption. Our lives would be enriched by welcoming a child into our family. Providing unconditional love and support for a child as they grow and find their path in life is what we look forward to in becoming parents. We will help them explore a sport, activity, music, art, etc. - whatever their passion may be. The fact that birth parents have the opportunity to be a part of this journey as well is why we love the idea of open adoption. We would welcome the opportunity to meet and discuss the possibility of a rewarding open relationship.

Hi, we are Jon and Mike. Married for two years now, we are very excited to expand our family. We come to the adoption process as our first choice and look forward to building an open relationship with our child’s birth parents. We live in a small town community with all the advantages of being near the big cities. You can learn more about our lives together and our support network of friends and family by visiting our website or contact us directly!

Hello! We are Sarah & Andy Tellijohn. We live a relaxed life in an urban environment where we like to walk around the lake, enjoy a dinner out, or curl up with good books. Sarah is a nurse, and Andy is a freelance writer. As eager parents-to-be, we can’t wait to share our combined passions for travel, reading, sports and music. Thank you for considering us!

 "We look forward to helping a child find and develop their unique talents to become the person they’re meant to be. We’ve been together 10 years and can’t wait to start building our family through adoption. We enjoy hosting game nights and brunches, hanging out at the lake cabin with family, traveling, cooking, movies, reading, Vikings games and the dog park. If you are looking for adoptive parents with lots of love to give and who know how to have fun, contact us!

We are Erick and Nicky Nelson. We live in a Moorhead neighborhood close to multiple schools.  We have been married for nearly nine years and have always known that adoption would be the way we would grow our family.  Erick works as a retail sales supervisor and Nicky is an OB/GYN nurse at a local clinic.  Both are only a short ten minute drive home.  We have two dachshunds that enjoy to play, cuddle and travel everywhere with us.  Erick grew up in The Cities and Nicky on a farm.  Her parents also have a lake home near Alexandria with room for the whole family on the summer weekends. We feel blessed to have many areas and people around us to help nurture and grow a child.  Our full profile is available in the LSS Waiting Family book for you to see. 

 Life can be like a raging river while other times it can be like a calm stream.  Both are constantly changing and need to be navigated.  We are lucky to have each other, along with family and friends to help us navigate that journey we call life.  We started our journey together in 2008 and in that short time we have enjoyed doing simple things together as well as going on wild adventures.  Our hope is that we can help you with your current journey by getting to know you and building an open relationship.  We look forward to creating new memories, sharing family traditions, and creating new friendships through open adoption.  No one knows what their future may hold, but we are thrilled and excited to go wherever ours may take us.  We sometimes need to help to navigate our way through life.  Our family, friends and Lutheran Social Services (LSS) continue to help us enter that next journey in life….a Family.  We are a loving and nurturing family that includes our Springer Spaniel Lindy.  We will provide a lifetime of love, care, support, and joy to your child.  Thank you for considering our family.

 Welcome! We are the Rasmussenʼs. We are a young, fun, intelligent couple looking to start a family through open adoption. Stacey grew up an urban environment and Eddy grew up in a rural community. We like to think we combine the best of both worlds. Weboth feel that a sense of humor is very important to get through life and enjoy learning. We like movies, music, travel and animals (definitely animals!). If you would like to get to know more about us and what kind of loving home we can offer your child, check out our profile and contact us!

We couldn’t be happier or more excited to welcome children into our home through adoption!  We are a southwest Minnesota couple who love life and love children.  Amber is a kindergarten teacher and has been one for 12 years.  She loves the energy and enthusiasm for life and learning that 5 and 6 year olds have. Jason has been a PreK-8 Elementary Principal for 3 years and enjoys being a leader for his staff and students.  He likes the challenges set before him and works hard to see them through to completion.  Prior to being a Principal, he was a teacher for 6 years in grades K-2.  We have been married for 7 years and are eager to start a family. We are seeking to grow our family through adoption because after several years of trying to conceive, adoption seemed like the perfect fit for us.  We have 3 wonderful families who are excited to welcome a new grandchild into the family and a huge network of friends who are elated that we are going to be parents.  We feel very blessed. Please learn more about us at our website, E-mail, or call us!  We would love to meet you! 

We are Mike, Ann, and Peyton Miller.  Thank you for taking your time to view our profile and for considering us as adoptive parents.  We’ve been married for six years, and adopted our son Peyton in 2008.  We live in a suburban neighborhood with many children in Lakeville, Minnesota.Ann is a stay-at-home mom and Mike works in sales.  Peyton is a very active little boy who loves to experience life, and we are overjoyed to spoil him with love.  All of us are very excited to expand our family.  Ann spends many weekdays taking Peyton to swimming lessons, the Minnesota Zoo, and to his cousins many sports activities.  One of Mike’s greatest joys is getting home and hearing Peyton scream “Daddy!” as he runs to greet Mike at the door. Having been through the adoption process with Peyton, we have a good understanding of the process.  We admire your strength to consider adoption and respect you.  Your child will always know the great love you have for them.

Hi! We are Mike and Penny Hirst from Baudette, MN, near beautiful Lake of the Woods. We enjoy small town life, where we were in the same graduating class. We take advantage of the outdoor opportunities year round in God’s country: camping, kayaking, swimming, fishing and cross country skiing. We’ve had our share of ups and downs, and these days we are looking forward to our next big adventure – parenthood! Please check out our profile!

 Hello! We are Tyler and Mandy Leopold - a fun loving, energetic couple who can’t wait to expand our family through adoption. We love simple things such as watching movies, playing board games, and attending an occasional Twins game together. Mandy is a third grade teacher and Tyler a sales associate. We value time spent with family and love to travel. We thank you for viewing our profile and would be overjoyed if you clicked further to learn more about us! ~ Tyler & Mandy Leopold

Karley & Dayle-We have been dreaming of building our family through adoption. We live in Brooklyn Center with our two cats, Slinky and Chester.  We enjoy spending time camping, fishing, biking, watching football, and at the family cabin in Northern Wisconsin.  We both work in education.  We look forward to parenting… raising a child, first days of school, lots of birthday cakes, and family camping.  We live our life believing in our favorite quote: “It takes a village to raise a child.”

HI! We are Doug & Megan. We are a fun loving couple living in Minneapolis, MN. We have been married for 7 years and are very excited to start our family through adoption. We enjoy spending time running, biking, coaching rugby, cooking and relaxing at the lake. We also love spending time with our incredibly supportive group of family and friends (some of which have adopted!). We promise to raise our child in a warm and loving home. We will teach our child to value education, to try new things and to face challenges with courage. We will love our child unconditionally and he or she will always know that you are an amazing woman because of the sacrifice you made.  We promise we will always honor and celebrate you in our family. We will raise our child to know that he or she is smart, beautiful, capable, creative, wanted and loved.We dream of building our family through an open adoption- with letters, pictures and visits. We hope to meet you to make an adoption plan, and make two difficult situations into a blessing!  Please contact us at braun04@yahoo.com or through LSS.

Looking for a fun loving couple who makes the most out of life? It could be us! We are happiest being active - camping, going to the lake, gardening, golfing, fishing, hiking, biking and going to Twins games!  We dream of building our family through open adoption - with letters, pictures and visits.  We are so excited to experience parenthood – birthday celebrations, learning to read, tying shoe laces, playing tag….we cannot wait!  We’ll be there to love your child unconditionally and encourage them to pursue their interests, passions and dreams.  Check out our profile at LSS to learn more and see our website!     

Philip and Molly are a loving and fun-loving couple.  We play together, pray together, and laugh together.We have been married for nine years and we are ready, and excited, to grow our family.  We chose open adoption because we feel it is the best option for a child. Open adoption allows a child to know where he/she came from, and permits many people to love and support our child.

Welcome to our family! We’re Jamie (the dad), Heather (the mom), and Griffin (the hopeful big brother)—a down-to-earth, faith filled team that has lots of love to share.  We’re looking forward to growing our family and joining with you through this adoption journey.  We live on a lake in central Minnesota and are close to family, both in proximity and spirit.  Heather’s mom and dad (Poppa and Nonna) have a cabin across the lake from us...which means lots of boat rides, tubing, and playing on the swing set!  Jamie’s parents live a short hour away; his dad’s farm is full of adventure for Griffin, his cousins, and Griffin’s future sibling.

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord,  plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11We had just begun pursuing adoption when we heard this verse in a sermon at church. We were excited (and a little nervous!) to contemplate what God had planned for us. How would He connect us with a precious little one that will be the sweetest blessing of our lives? We waited for years to find each other and now that we are together it doesn’t matter if we’re hard at work on our house or enjoying an adventurous vacation, we enjoy life to the fullest simply because we are together.  We long with all of our hearts to bring a baby into our family.  We look forward to building a relationship with you through open adoption and experiencing the joy a child will bring to all of our lives.

Hi.  We’re Dan and Nathan.  We’ve always wanted to be parents and are excited to become “daddies.” We can often be found canoeing, camping, skiing, or hiking and look forward to sharing these experiences with a little one at our sides.  Family and friends are important to us and we enjoy spending as much time with them as possible. We look forward to growing our family through open adoption and value the important role of a child’s birth family.Thanks, Dan and Nathan.  

Welcome to our family profile! We are Kelly, Pam and Evan. We are an active and loving family that lives in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis.  We are honored that you have chosen to look at our profile for a potential adoption match. We hope to make a lifelong connection with you in an open adoption plan. We cannot begin to understand what a difficult decision this is for you, but we hope to calm some of your fears by giving you a glimpse into our life. Please view our profile to find out more about us.

It could be us! We take family very seriously, and we have a long list of passions we hope to share with our child. Some of these interests include playing and listening to music, baking chocolate chip cookies, exploring the world through travel, and donating our time to help animals. We feel excited to bring a child into our lives through adoption. We’re Amy and Michael, and we look forward to meeting you. 

Hi!  We are Matt, Zenna, and Carissa.  We know this must be a difficult and overwhelming time for you.  We hope that you find the right path for yourself and your child.  We got married right after college 11 years ago, and five years ago we adopted our daughter at birth through domestic open adoption.  We are fully committed to open adoption, and we are excited to add to our family.  Thank you for taking a look at our profile and website!

HI! We’re a family of 4 and we’re very excited to add to our family through open adoption. We’ve been married for 10 years and we’re a down-to earth, fun-loving family! We live in the Northern Metro on a cul-de-sac with a large playset for the kids in the backyard. Our family spends quality time together –the list of activities is endless! We enjoy reading books together, family yoga, sports, taking trips to Chicago and to the cabin, riding bikes and swimming. Thank you for taking a moment to view our profile! 

Hello! We are Susan and Geoffrey and we want to thank you for taking the time to learn about us.  We are excited about becoming parents…bringing a child(ren) into our home and family; a place filled with love, laughter, adventure, play, stability and a strong faith in God.  It has been a dream of ours to love and nurture children since we met.  Both of our extended families are multi-ethnic and we celebrate the heritage of all family members.  We look forward to getting to know you and your family, if that is what you choose and we can agree on a level of communication/ openness that is right for all of us.

Hello!  We are the Kims: Sam, Gladys, Ellie and Willie our Westie.   We are a family that enjoys spending time together and just hanging out at our home.  We live in a nice house on a cul-de-sac in a very kid friendly neighborhood.  We have a half acre lot and enjoy working in our backyard.  Ellie and Willie both like “helping” with the yard work and playing in the big fenced in yard.  Gladys works as a librarian so she brings lots of books home for everyone – even books for Willie about dog training!  Sam works as an electronic technician and is very handy around the house. We love being parents and are so excited about the prospect of having another baby to share our lives with! 

We are Wesley and Nicole. Thank you for taking the time to read our family adoption profile. We appreciate that this is a difficult decision for you and we admire your courage to consider adoption. We are excited for the opportunity to expand our family through adoption and look forward to the blessing of another child.Thank you for taking the time to read our page, we hope that you get to know us a little better. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us directly or if you would prefer, please contact our adoption case manager at LSS, she has all the information on our adoption profile and can help facilitate a meeting. Webpage: http://www.adoptmn.comEmail:      adopt@adoptmn.comPhone:     1-877-622-3678

Hi! We are Dan, Terry, and Grace and we live on a small hobby farm just outside the Twin Cities.  Dan and Terry are IT professionals, and Grace is a busy kindergartener.   We enjoy being outdoors, whether it be biking, barbequing, or spending time with our horses and cats.    We are very excited to expand our family a second time though open adoption.  Thank you for taking time to consider us.  We can’t wait to hear more about you!

Hello!  We are Shelly and Todd.  We cannot begin to imagine how you are feeling right now, but want you to know that we are honored to be sharing our story with you.  We are thrilled to be growing our family through adoption and look forward to the laughter and noise children will bring to our home! We are fun, energetic, happily married and very family oriented.  Please check out our profile for more info!  

We’re Jody and Shawn, and we're looking forward to growing our family through adoption. We met in 1994 and were married a few years later–almost 15 years now! We live in Eagan, Minnesota with our two cats, Snowy and Babee. We love to spend time with friends and family, read, draw, podcast, blog, watch movies, and travel. We hope you read our profile to learn more about us.

Hello, we are Dan and Katherine, and we live in a quiet neighborhood in Princeton, MN.  We’ve been married for 4 years and we’re excited to grow our family through adoption.  Dan works as an appliance repair technician, and Katherine is a homemaker and will be a stay-at-home mom once we are blessed with a child.  We enjoy being active and spending time with family and friends.  To learn more about us, please take a look at our profile.

Hi, we are Emily and Ted and we are truly honored that you are taking some time to get to know us.  We live in Saint Francis, MN, a small town just north of the cities, with our two dogs, Harold and Newman.  We love to spend as much time as we can on our boat and up at our cabin with our families and friends.  We want you to know how much we cherish the thought of becoming a family and we look forward to getting to know you.

Love isn’t biological.  We have something very important in common — we both want the best for your child. We are Marc, Jenny and Ruby and we live in a southern suburb of Minneapolis with our two small dogs Jack & Jill. We are a family built through adoption and we look forward with completing our family.  We enjoy playing in the backyard with the neighborhood kids, boating on Lake Minnetonka, and swimming at a local beach. We invite you to learn more about our lives and fun times at our website http://adopt4family.shutterfly.com/.

Hi!  We are Mark and Jenni and we live in Farmington with our son Mason, who we adopted in 2009, and two Jack Russell Terriers. Through life's ups and downs with battling years of infertility, we know that being adoptive parents is the path God has chosen for us. The opportunity of bringing another child into our family is our greatest dream which we cannot wait to fulfill. We enjoy the outdoors, spending the summers at our lake property, traveling, play time with Mason, taking walks and spending time with our family and friends. We invite you to meet us and see if our lives were destined to connect.

We want to thank you for taking the time to read our profile. After some tough doctor appointments, we are excited about the possibilities of welcoming a child into our home through adoption. As you will see, family, sports and extra-curricular activities are important to us. We will raise our child with the same love, support and compassion that we received from our parents. Although we have not met you, we know you are a person of tremendous courage and love. We admire your courage and strength and hope that our profile and photographs give you an accurate insight to who we are and the kind of parents we will be to your child. You can view our complete profile in the LSS book.

We are a loving couple residing in the city of Crystal. Our home is surrounded by parks, walking paths, and a community pool. We have a nice yard with gardens and plenty of space for children to play and a family to grow together in. We have been married for 10 wonderful years and would be blessed to bring a child into our lives. Weekends are filled with family and friends from Duluth to Archer, Iowa. We will provide a home full of love, adventure, travel, and family traditions. To learn more about us, please visit our adoption website!

Hi! We are Jon and Kris and we live in Elk River with our dogs, Smokey and Sam. Being parents is the ultimate gift and with our path of infertility, adoption is our calling. We enjoy spending time at the cabin in Northern Minnesota, being outdoors, antiquing and spending time with family and friends. Thank you for considering us as parents.

We are deeply devoted parents.  Tandy is a stay-at-home mom and needs more kids to keep her busy. Jason loves running and would love to fill up our double jogging stroller.  Benjamin is ready to teach his new little sibling how the world works.  We have always chosen to make life’s difficulties into opportunities.  We value laughter and each other.  

Hi, we’re a Twin Cities Metro area family looking to share our Catholic faith, Christian values and love with a child. If camping, fishing, biking, ice skating, sledding, lake vacations, and spending time with family and friends are things you enjoy and value, then contact us! We’d love to meet you! David, Patti and Zachary Herme.

What a decision! Your right to choose who will parent your child is enormous and we sincerely admire your courage. We’re a family of three people, one dog, (and four chickens!) loving life on the shores of Lake Superior. Our son Kai is proud of his own adoption story and is so excited to be a big brother! Please contact us anytime, we look forward to meeting you and thank you!