We began our married life together in 2006 with a lot of love but not much in the way of material goods. Rey was an International Student thousands of miles from home and with little income. He could only work for the University he was attending. Even at that he was working for minimum wage with the maximum of 20 hrs a week. We were very blessed to have help from Dianna's parents who allowed us to stay in their basement for about a year. During this time Rey was able to become a Permanent Resident of the USA, which allowed him to get better paying jobs with more hour to work.
From the start certain things have been a priority for us as a family. One of these things is time together. We enjoy spending time doing most anything. We have worked on lots of projects together in our home and yard. We have a large yard and each year have tried to grow a garden. We try to maintain and improve these with our joint effort. We also like to play together. We have done a fair amount of traveling as a couple. Most of the times it has been to visit family but on a few occasions it has just been for fun. We have gone to Mexico several time to visit Rey's family and hope to continue to visit often. We have had many great adventures in our travels but mostly we enjoy the chance to be together. We don't always have to travel far from home to enjoy time together however. We enjoy taking walks together around our neighborhood. We have many friends we like to spend time with also whether it is going to their homes to visit, having some over for dinner or to play games, or going out together.
We really enjoy our community. We live in a small town with lots of fields, animals, and great views. Dianna has lived in this community from the time she was 11 and Rey has lived here since he came to the USA for school. During our marriage we have lived in this community all but a short period of about 5 mo. When we moved away we were very anxious to return because we love it so much.
When we got married we were hoping to start a family soon. After we'd been married 9 mo. we learned it was not likely we would be able to have biological children. This was very disappointing. We each had a deep desire to be parents. After learning we were not likely to physically have children we began looking into adoption. We looked into a particular agency and found out we would have to be married at least 2 yrs before we could apply with them. (Many other agencies have similar requirements, also.) As we had been married less than a year we had to wait another year plus some before we could apply. Just before our second anniversary we obtained the necessary paperwork to apply to our chosen agency. We had our application in on our second anniversary. Then began months and months of more paperwork. We were finally approved and had our profile up with LDS Family Services in Nov 08. Since that time we had quite the ride on this road of adoption including one failed placement. It was very heartbreaking but we are still looking for the children that are meant to be in our home.
In the meanwhile our life has moved on in various directions. We spent most of this time with Rey in school. This was a hard time for both of us especially the last two years before Rey graduated. The program he was in was very intense. It was a great relief to have the summers off. During the last year of the program Rey was going to school most every day then working on the weekends. In April of 2010 Rey graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Respiratory Therapy. He now works as a Registered Respiratory Therapist at an area hospital. It is so nice to have that phase over and to be together more. Rey's schedule for work is so great. He works two to three 12 hr shifts a week and has the rest of time at his disposal.
Though we are childless we often have children in our home. We have had the opportunity to baby-sit several little girls on a regular basis(each at different times). All have been under 1 yr when we began tending them. We really enjoy having them around and feel it is good preparation for when we have children. We also frequently have chances to spend time with children of friends and family.
Perhaps along with all our other information it would be helpful to learn a little about our personalities, hobbies, and interests. Our personalities are quite different. Rey is happy, spontaneous, ambitious, and outgoing. Rey is a fan of cars and he likes to check out new models. He also likes to watch action movies. Rey loves learning about the body and how it functions. He likes to watch videos and shows about it. His love of the body influenced his schooling in Respiratory Therapy. This degree also fits him well because of his love of people. He enjoys visiting and getting to know people better. Dianna is more serious and thoughtful in nature, cautious, and reserved. Even when shy, she has a good sense of humor. Dianna enjoys thinking about things that will make her become better so she can help others. She is a kind and faithful woman. Dianna enjoys helping others and always gives as much of herself as she can. She is a dedicated person and always strive to do her best. Dianna loves to play the piano and when possible, practices an hour a day. She has a lot of appreciation for handmade stuff and in fact she plans on making the blessing outfit for our first baby. She is interested in reading and also enjoys watching the beauties of nature.
Probably our greatest hope is to be parents, to love and play with our children and teach our children many of the things we learned in our individual homes as children. We hope our children will understand they are children of Heavenly Father, that He knows them personally and is there to help them. We would like our children also to have a love for the Savior. We feel it is important to teach our children to be kind and loving to those around them. We wish our children will see the importance of learning and strive always to expand their minds. We hope they will learn how to work, to be money-wise, and to be upstanding, contributing members of society and their future families. We would like to have our children enjoy their lives to the fullest despite difficult times.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
About Rey
I have been very blessed to have the opportunity to be able to go through the process of adoption. It has been a special experience to prepare and try to do our best so our adoption and miracle happens. I want to write some personal information about my life so you can get better acquainted with me and later on with my wife as well.
I was born in a little town in Mexico located right in the middle of the country and very close to Mexico City and the city of Guadalajara. My parents were very happy about me being born since they had just recently had a complete change of life that was leading them to divorce. They always told me I was kind of a blessing to their lives because I brought some of that love they had lost for each other when those big problems were there.
Even when I was a blessing to them I recall them telling me that I was a very hard child to take care of. I was born four and a half weeks premature and mom says I was very little. One other thing that hit them hard and made it hard for them to care for me was their economical situation. Just to give you an idea, mom told me I was the only child raised on cloth diapers and soy milk since it was the cheapest thing they could find and afford.
Although they had struggles raising us as a family, they found ways to give us an education and teach us correct principles that help me be the kind of person I am. One of the thing I love about my immediate family is that they always supported me in my decisions. One of the big ones I made was about my high school education. I decided it would be good to study away from home and chose to go to Mexico City to a private high. So I went and was a great experience. I lived away from my parents for three years and represented my school in the volleyball team for 2 of those three years. I graduated high school with a 3.7 GPA and was very happy about it.
Another important decision my parents gave me a lot of support on was when I decided to serve a LDS mission. It was a delight to me. I loved to serve the very poor people of southern Mexico for two years of my life and help them get to know their Savior a little better.
When I came back home I had to get used to a different place since my parents decided to move to a different area in the same town while I was on my mission. I also had a very hard life after that. My mother and I got unfairly put in jail because somebody told the police we were drug dealers. I ended up in jail for two days and they were the worse days I've had in my life. Even though I didn't really enjoy that time of my life, I am very happy to have gone through it. It helped me see more of life and to grow a little more. I also had a wreck during that same time. I thought my life was going through so much hardship but I only needed to talk somebody else and would find that there was people in worse shape than I was.
Later on I decided to visit the US. It was my dream since I was a little boy, to come and really get to know the gringos. I was very excited and in fact one of my friends that was actually serving his mission in my home town invited me to stay at his parent's. That time was awesome. I loved staying with them and they were the most wonderful people I had ever met. Because of them I am in this country and I attribute to them some of my successes in life. They let me stay at their house while I obtained an education. They gave me everything I needed for free and with all their hearts. In fact they encouraged me to go on my first date with my wife. I really love them a lot. About my wife, it's a different story. We met at a class we were attending together. We dated for 2 months and felt it was good for each of us to get married, so we did 2 months later.
My life together with my wife's has been the greatest time I have ever had. She is my love and the dream of my dreams. I really appreciate all that she does for me and am very grateful for the kind of woman she is. I am a happy man as of now. I know I am not perfect but am striving to be better. I love children and hope to have an addition to our family when our Father in Heaven sees fit.
I was born in a little town in Mexico located right in the middle of the country and very close to Mexico City and the city of Guadalajara. My parents were very happy about me being born since they had just recently had a complete change of life that was leading them to divorce. They always told me I was kind of a blessing to their lives because I brought some of that love they had lost for each other when those big problems were there.
Even when I was a blessing to them I recall them telling me that I was a very hard child to take care of. I was born four and a half weeks premature and mom says I was very little. One other thing that hit them hard and made it hard for them to care for me was their economical situation. Just to give you an idea, mom told me I was the only child raised on cloth diapers and soy milk since it was the cheapest thing they could find and afford.
Although they had struggles raising us as a family, they found ways to give us an education and teach us correct principles that help me be the kind of person I am. One of the thing I love about my immediate family is that they always supported me in my decisions. One of the big ones I made was about my high school education. I decided it would be good to study away from home and chose to go to Mexico City to a private high. So I went and was a great experience. I lived away from my parents for three years and represented my school in the volleyball team for 2 of those three years. I graduated high school with a 3.7 GPA and was very happy about it.
Another important decision my parents gave me a lot of support on was when I decided to serve a LDS mission. It was a delight to me. I loved to serve the very poor people of southern Mexico for two years of my life and help them get to know their Savior a little better.
When I came back home I had to get used to a different place since my parents decided to move to a different area in the same town while I was on my mission. I also had a very hard life after that. My mother and I got unfairly put in jail because somebody told the police we were drug dealers. I ended up in jail for two days and they were the worse days I've had in my life. Even though I didn't really enjoy that time of my life, I am very happy to have gone through it. It helped me see more of life and to grow a little more. I also had a wreck during that same time. I thought my life was going through so much hardship but I only needed to talk somebody else and would find that there was people in worse shape than I was.
Later on I decided to visit the US. It was my dream since I was a little boy, to come and really get to know the gringos. I was very excited and in fact one of my friends that was actually serving his mission in my home town invited me to stay at his parent's. That time was awesome. I loved staying with them and they were the most wonderful people I had ever met. Because of them I am in this country and I attribute to them some of my successes in life. They let me stay at their house while I obtained an education. They gave me everything I needed for free and with all their hearts. In fact they encouraged me to go on my first date with my wife. I really love them a lot. About my wife, it's a different story. We met at a class we were attending together. We dated for 2 months and felt it was good for each of us to get married, so we did 2 months later.
My life together with my wife's has been the greatest time I have ever had. She is my love and the dream of my dreams. I really appreciate all that she does for me and am very grateful for the kind of woman she is. I am a happy man as of now. I know I am not perfect but am striving to be better. I love children and hope to have an addition to our family when our Father in Heaven sees fit.
About Dianna
I was born in south eastern Idaho. Until I was eleven we lived most of my life in small community there. Just after I turned eleven we move to the community where Rey and I now live.
As a child I grew up in an nontraditional home. As long as I can remember my mother had difficulties with mobility to some degree. This meant we as children learned at a young age to do things many mothers do for their children. My mother was like a supervisor and we were the laborers. We all learned to cook and it wasn't just opening packages. We learned to bake from scratch including bread. We also helped with home canning and gardening. When we moved we started raising animals-chickens, sheep, and goats. We, the children, also learned to care for them. I disliked caring for the animals so when given the choice I chose to work inside rather than take care of the animals.
I attended public school through the fifth grade and began my sixth grade year but decided to try home school as my sister and brother were doing. I then continued with home school until I completed school. I did, however, attend LDS seminary during my freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years. Also, during my senior year, I took a choir class.
As young adult I felt like I needed to stay home and help my mother. During my teenage and young adult years my mother was confined to a wheelchair. All my sibling except my younger brother had moved out. I helped with house work, meals, garden, etc. I eventually became able to help my mom in and out of a car, then I would take her with me on shopping trips or such. Eventually she had the use of a power chair and van with a lift. When that happened we went all over!
My dream was to get married and have a family. I had begun to wonder if that would ever happen. As I look back I wasn't really old according to most standards, but I felt old partly because I had watch most of the young ladies my age and some younger from my area, one by one, get married. My mother had gotten married at 25 so when I turned 24 I was quite certain I was going to outlast her as a single adult. However, I met Rey about six months later and we were married a couple months before my twenty fifth birthday. I don't regret the time I spent being single, now. During that time I learned many skills that helped me in marriage. I think it also helped me better appreciate my husband and our marriage. I am so grateful Rey, he was worth the wait!
As a child I grew up in an nontraditional home. As long as I can remember my mother had difficulties with mobility to some degree. This meant we as children learned at a young age to do things many mothers do for their children. My mother was like a supervisor and we were the laborers. We all learned to cook and it wasn't just opening packages. We learned to bake from scratch including bread. We also helped with home canning and gardening. When we moved we started raising animals-chickens, sheep, and goats. We, the children, also learned to care for them. I disliked caring for the animals so when given the choice I chose to work inside rather than take care of the animals.
I attended public school through the fifth grade and began my sixth grade year but decided to try home school as my sister and brother were doing. I then continued with home school until I completed school. I did, however, attend LDS seminary during my freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years. Also, during my senior year, I took a choir class.
As young adult I felt like I needed to stay home and help my mother. During my teenage and young adult years my mother was confined to a wheelchair. All my sibling except my younger brother had moved out. I helped with house work, meals, garden, etc. I eventually became able to help my mom in and out of a car, then I would take her with me on shopping trips or such. Eventually she had the use of a power chair and van with a lift. When that happened we went all over!
My dream was to get married and have a family. I had begun to wonder if that would ever happen. As I look back I wasn't really old according to most standards, but I felt old partly because I had watch most of the young ladies my age and some younger from my area, one by one, get married. My mother had gotten married at 25 so when I turned 24 I was quite certain I was going to outlast her as a single adult. However, I met Rey about six months later and we were married a couple months before my twenty fifth birthday. I don't regret the time I spent being single, now. During that time I learned many skills that helped me in marriage. I think it also helped me better appreciate my husband and our marriage. I am so grateful Rey, he was worth the wait!
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