Hello! We are Tanis and Darren. Thank you for allowing us to share a brief glimpse of our lives with you.

We were born and raised in the same small town and attended the same small church. We are Christians, and our faith impacts our whole life. We grew up knowing each other but lost contact after high school.

Darren moved to Edmonton to pursue a degree in Engineering in 2005. In 2011, years after Darren moved there, Tanis moved to live with her sister who was also in Edmonton. Once Tanis moved to Edmonton, she asked Darren to show her a bit of the city. When we met up, Tanis saw his kind and gentle smile and knew she was hooked onto a path of loving him for the rest of her life. Darren thought, "Here is this beautiful woman who is way out of my league, with a mane of wavy red hair and this adorable, witty sense of humor." He knew she was a treasure to cherish and love.

We started dating just a few months after we reconnected in 2011. We knew we'd found our other half when we spend a long night talking and laughing with each other. Before we realized it, it was the wee hours of the morning! We were engaged in the fall of 2011 and married in June 2012.

For years we tried to have a child biologically and then through the fertility clinic. When that journey came to a close, we knew we still wanted a family. The dream to adopt grew beautiful in our hearts.

To our greatest joy, we adopted our amazing son at birth in 2018! Once again, we feel that same passion and desire to grow our family with another child. We are so excited to adopt again! Our life is full of traveling, animals, laughter, and fun. We would love to welcome a second child into our lives and give them our hearts.