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The Longwell-Moliassa Family Profile

We would like to adopt a child/ren whoare less than 14 years old. We are open to boys or girls. We feel we can accommodate a sibling group of up to 4 kids. We prefer to adopt a child of Caucasian, Hispanic, Black, Asian, Pacific islander, Biracial, Mixed or any ethnic background. We are open to children with some special needs. We do not mind having contact with the child\'s biological parents (by email or by mail or in person ) provided the parent was/is not abusive to the child and is in the best interest of the child. We do not mind having continuing contact with the child\'s former foster parents, by email or by phone or by mail or in person . In general, Would like A child or sibling group that WANTS to be adopted.

Introduction

Our names are Pattie Longwell and Isaac Moliassa. I am currently 35 years old and was born in Tacoma WA. My Husband is currently 35 years old and was born in Dalles Port WA. We have one child. Our child's name is Kayden and he is 10 (Aug/2004) years old. Like us, our child has a Caucasian ethnic background. Shopping! Love to go shopping. Gymnastics is my passion since I was a kid. I love to organize things. Blogging is something i enjoy to do. Learning how to garden is my more recent hobby Isaac loves to go fishing in the river or ocean when hes not working. Isaac also loves to work on things or design things on the computer and than build them. We love to cook. I am a stay-at-home parent and have a flexible work schedule. My partner works full-time for Brunswick as a Maintenance lead . The 10 commandments is the best way to describe our ethical beliefs. We try to hold ourselves accountable for everything we do. We are Christians We go to church at least 3 times a month.

Sports: Gymnastics, Olympics, tennis, dance, ice skating,diving and swimming Sports teams: Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys, college football is also fun to cheer for

Shows we like to watch: the fosters, dance moms, parenthood, friends, big brother, so you think you can dance, anything on HGTV, the walking dead. CSI, Criminal minds, anything on the weather channel we dont watch a ton of tv Movies - Sound of music, under the Tuscan sun, fiddler on the roof, comedy is a huge hit with Pattie and Isaac. Weather related movies (son loves extreme weather, wants to be a meteorologist when he goes up)

When we gather, we usually gather in Dining room and Pattie is at home teaching, planning for school and being with bio son. We almost always eat dinner as a family. When Isaac is home he spends a little time on the computer checking emails and relaxing from work and than he helps son with his homework (yes, even homeschooled kids have homework). Over dinner we talk as a family and that is where we all come together with what has gone on that day. On weekends we are out as a family or doing our own hobbies. Pattie is a planner so weekend events are known at least a week in advance. We do have our moments of free flowing life. We are known to jump in the van and get milk shakes after dinner or take the dogs to the dog park or just take a relaxing drive as the family. Just a few months ago we were all ready for bed and son saw something about biolumanistic and we knew where he could experience it. It was the topic for at least a month. So yes we love structure but we also can free flow if we need to. We take time to travel together as a family. When son was 4 he wanted to go camping so we took up north in the fall. We have family in Wa state so we try to make a trip there every couple of years. We enjoy to travel together and experience our trips together as a family.

Home and Community

We live in the State of Florida. Our home is a single family home. We live in a Suburban neighborhood. We are close to our neighbors. We have one or more dogs , one or more cats and some farm animals (back yard chickens) .

Well since we have a son let me tell you what we like to do with him. We play board games, put puzzles together, read series of books together, play dough, baking, gardening, trampoline games, tennis, fishing, swimming, walks, scooter rides, jogging, shopping, Disney world, field trips for school (that's a huge list of activities), going to the beach, get togethers with our neighbors, lego building, arts and crafts, making youtube videos (baking), hiking, archery, parks We live 2 blocks from a park that has basketball, tennis, ball fields, playground, racquetball courts. 2 miles we have a park with a lake where we like to feed the fish, and there is a park and dog park there, port st john boat ramp which we take our son to fish and play at the park. We have a community center half a mile from us that always has something going on for kids. Trails for horse back riding and ATVS, Horse back riding lessons Fishing, Tennis, Golf, swimming, horses, ATVing We have an elentrary walking distance from our home. Son is homeschooled but we have lots of friends that attend Challenger 7 and they love the school. We also have a jr/sr high in the area. Also have a charter school 2.5 miles from our home. Homeschool group, Church, neighborhood safe home watch group

Parenting Experience

11yrs with bio son learning as I go 1 yrs with step daughter prior to son almost 15 yrs from Daughter from first marriage. Im really Patient esp when it comes to children, caring, having a hard time come talk to me or if you just need a hug Im there Im also a great listener. smart My common sense skills are great but also book smart organized I do so much better when things are easy to find. Just makes life go smoothly. Leader; Just the type of person who can take charge of a situation and go with it Hard worker; he will get the job done correctly the first time. goofy; he will randomly belt out a song or do a silly dance if the song is right SMART; book smart at its best. if he needs to know how to do something all he needs to do is look it up and its forever in his brain. Outgoing; no matter the task on hand hes up for it. Ex son wanted to run a kids half marathon and Isaac was up for the challenge right than and there. great dad; no matter what he will drop what hes doing if son needs something Because we understand that these kids have been through life challenges that no child should ever be faced with. We also know that all children are different and because have taken the time to think about parenting in a way that can be flexible to fit each challenge given to us. We are also not opposed to asking for help from outside help. Our support group from the adoption community and also our friends and family is large. Anxiety. I understand it. I have dealt with it personally and also from the outside. Well we dont know for sure but we are adaptable to life changes as they come. We took the Pride classes through our local agency (impower) it opened our eyes to why a child might act the way they do. We understand the honeymoon stage a little bit more and why the kids might do it and than a switch flips. We've learned that once that switch flips to keep going as that is when their barriers are starting to come down and that is when they need our security even more.

Support

We have a group called cares that is in our area to help after adoption with helping parents find resources. I am also involved with our homeschool group which has a few autism children and can get info from them for a good support system. Have a local adoption support system. Stay at home parent, church day care Our son has been a part of this family decision from before we made the call to get more info on adopting. While we took the classes we sat with son with our homework and explained to him what we were learning in classes. We shared with him as much as we felt was his age level. Hes excited to have brothers and sisters. Cares a local adoption support system. Our case worker is going to be another source of support. Our neighbors and homeschool group and church group Family. even though most are out of state they are there for us via phone and skype to give us the emotional support

Motivation to Adopt

We have always had it in our hearts to adopt. Pattie- wanted to adopt since I was little. Its been placed on my heart since I wrote it down way back when I was around 6 yrs old. The whole idea of giving a forever to kids is just the best thing in life. Isaac too has wanted to adopt since his parents adopted his sister when he was younger. We will always be there for our child/ren. No matter what shall come up they will always have their forever in our family. If they need outside support they will get it. They will be treated the same as if they grew within me.