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Rudy and Michelle
OUR PROMISE TO YOU:
Our promise is to provide a loving, joyful, and nurturing home where your child knows they are safe, deeply loved, and cared for. We are committed to helping them understand their unique identity, including their adoption story and connection to their birth family.
In our multicultural family, we celebrate diversity and encourage curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking. As steadfast and present parents, we will support their growth, foster meaningful connections, and guide them with unconditional love every step of the way. We aim to live lives rooted in love, purpose, and faith — and we are excited to share that life with a child.
ABOUT US:
Let us introduce ourselves! We are Rudy and Michelle. We met through mutual friends at a winter weekend getaway at the end of 2018 at Michelle’s parents’ cabin. We started hanging out and then dating shortly after the new year. It was not long before we knew we had each found the person we wanted to share and spend the rest of our lives with and we were married the following spring. We adopted our dog Maeva when she was a puppy in 2024.
We both hold Bachelor of Science degrees, however, Rudy’s is in Pharmacy and Michelle’s is in Nursing. We both work in our respected areas of education in our community. In our spare time we enjoy a lot of the same activities and hobbies such as hiking, biking, playing a variety of boardgames, reading and volunteering in our community together.
Travel is something we really enjoy together—whether it's relaxing in Hawaii, adventuring through the interior of BC, or soaking up the magic of Disneyland. Our weekends are typically centered around faith, rest, time outside, and quality time with each other and our families.
Adoption is deeply meaningful to us—it reflects our family’s history, our faith, and our heartfelt desire to grow our family by giving a child the opportunity to thrive in a home filled with love, purpose, and belonging.
ABOUT OUR FAMILY:
While we don’t have any children of our own yet (our dog may disagree), we’re surrounded by a loving extended family.
Michelle grew up in Canada and is proud of her Irish heritage. Rudy is Filipino and Indigenous, and we love the richness that our diverse backgrounds bring to our lives.
Rudy grew up in the Fraser Valley with his parents and sister. He spent a lot of quality time with family, which included his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Michelle was raised in the lower mainland by her parents and is an only child. Her parents were big advocates to know and spend time with her extended family: both sets of grandparents, aunts, uncles, great aunts, and cousins. We were both raised with a strong sense of the importance and beauty of family beyond our homes.
Our family traditions include spending holidays together with those closest to us, and we love making memories in every season— from lake days and bbqs in the summer to snowsports and cozy Christmas celebrations in the winter.
Adoption is a meaningful part of our story—Rudy was adopted by his dad Ben and recently reconnected with his birth father and extended family, which has added a beautiful new layer to our lives. Michelle’s uncle and mom were also adopted from birth into a supportive, loving family. We are grateful for our positive history of adoption and we look forward to hopefully expanding our family this way.
OUR HOME & COMMUNITY:
Our home is warm, cozy, and filled with love—perfect for hanging out, sharing a meal with loved ones and where we see us expanding our family. Our neighborhood is vibrant and community-oriented, surrounded by natural beauty with easy access to trails, rivers, lakes, and mountains. We are within walking distance of various schools, a community centre and our local library. The area is wonderfully diverse, with families from many different cultural backgrounds, creating a rich and inclusive community atmosphere.
OPENNESS:
Openness in adoption is deeply important to us. We believe it plays a vital role in helping a child thrive—emotionally, mentally, and in forming a strong sense of identity. For us, openness means creating an honest, respectful, and child-centered relationship with you, the birth family, that supports the child in knowing where they come from and who they are. We want your child to grow up feeling whole, connected, and secure in their story. We are committed to supporting their mental health and well-being by embracing openness in a way that honors you in their life and keeps their best interests at the heart of everything.
We cannot begin to imagine the difficult decision it may be to place your child up for adoption, our hope and prayer is that you feel at peace and rest in confidence with your plan.
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