Dear Expectant Mom,
Thank you for considering us to be the parents of the precious life you are carrying. We admire the love and strength that you have shown in the choice you are making. We are the April family: Robert, Danyel and Owen. We are a family that loves deeply and has a passion for life. We love adventures and spending time together.
Robert is 40 years old and grew up in rural North Dakota. He loved growing up in the country and enjoyed working with his hands helping his parents with different renovation and repair projects. He also enjoyed being able to roam around in the woods having adventures and using his imagination. After high school Robert joined the Army National Guard to be a heavy construction equipment mechanic. After returning from basic training, he went to college at the North Dakota State College of Science and earned an Associates degree in the Caterpillar equipment repair technician program and went to work at a local dealership for 5 years and eventually transitioned to a job for Hess Corporation in the ND oil fields. Robert served for 12 years in the Army National Guard before deciding to take an honorable discharge in order to spend more time with family and pursue other activities. Among his passions are time spent with family, taking care of the family farmstead he grew up on, being active and involved in the church, and helping others.
Danyel is also 40 years old and grew up in the suburbs of Minnesota. She enjoyed living across the street from her grandparents and having them be a big part of her life throughout the school years. During and following high school she struggled to find direction and got involved with drugs, alcohol and bad relationships. However, Danyel did get back to school and received her GED and attended College receiving an Associates degree in Medical Billing and Coding. Thankfully in 2006 she found the Lord and learned that there is so much more to life than the choices she was making. She enjoyed working in the medical field and other admin roles. She is thankful for the opportunity to stay home now and focus on homeschooling and raising their son.
Robert and Danyel met at a church singles get together in February 2008 and married later that year. They made big plans for their life together and part of that was having 4 children, but God did not write their story the way they had planned. Owen was born in 2012 and then they had several miscarriages after that. Robert and Danyel struggled with infertility treatments including a failed IUI and failed IVF. They built a home on the same property that Robert grew up on, because of their desire and passion to raise more children and to share their adventures together.. As a family they enjoy camping, hiking, road trips, playing games, going to church and basically anything that involves time together.
Owen is 11 years old and loves spending time with friends, jumping on his trampoline, riding his four wheeler, and playing with his dogs. He really enjoys roaming around the same woods his dad did growing up and collecting frogs, snakes and salamanders. He is homeschooled and plays the piano, drums and french horn. He’s so excited to become a big brother.
We welcome building a relationship with you and keeping in contact. We so appreciate this opportunity to introduce ourselves to you and pray that the Lord will lead you to the perfect family for your baby.
The Aprils