Our names are Chris, Marni, and Mattea.  We are an adventurous family of three .  We have so much admiration for your courage and strength on this journey.  We have an open adoption with our daughter, Mattea’s, birthmother and birthfamily, and we consider them to be a great blessing in our lives.  

We are a very active family, and we enjoy spending time outside.   We love dirt roads, rugged mountain trails, tranquil mountain lakes, and fresh Montana powder.   We took our daughter to hike her first mountain when she was only four weeks old. We strongly believe in taking our children with us on our grandest adventures.   These adventures include skiing, biking, hiking, sledding, hunting, boating, fishing, and camping.

We live on five acres backed up to forest service, so we can hike and bike right out our back door.   We often see bear, elk, and deer out of our living room picture window. Our house has four bedrooms, but the living room is our favorite place to spend time as a family.  We enjoy family game nights on Friday with pizza and a movie. Marni’s parents live just down the road from us on the lake. We enjoy late summer night boat rides and playing at the dock till the sun sets during Montana’s hot summer months.

Our daughter, Mattea, is three and she enjoys dressing in princess dresses one minute and rolling in the mud the next.  She loves all things Disney; her favorite princess is Merida from Brave because she rides horses and shoots arrows. She loves to watch the babies at church sleep, and she will often go up to them and reach out to take their pinky finger in hers.