Family & Home

We live in a four-level split single family home in Pickerington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus.  The home has four bedrooms, and two living spaces. Luke’s parents live in the lower portion of the house with their own living room and bathroom, and we live in the middle and upper floors. This gives us great ability to care for his parents’ needs while also maintaining our own personal space. When we welcome a child, we have a bedroom designated to be their bedroom across from ours.  

Our neighborhood is fantastic, and Luke routinely comments on how lucky he feels when driving into it.  Our neighbors are great, kind people with kids of their own, and folks in this area are always willing to give each other a helping hand.  There is a park within walking distance in the neighborhood that we look forward to bringing our kids to. The local school district, Pickerington Local School District, is one of the best in the area, and we are excited for our children to have the opportunity to go there.  

Since Luke’s parents live here, we are naturally quite close to them. They suffer from sight and mobility problems, but since Luke is here during the day to assist, they do quite well. We sit down as a family to eat dinner together every night.

Vanessa’s family still lives in Southwest Virginia, and we like to make a point to visit several times a year.  We love seeing both her parents and her sister’s family - our nieces and nephews are a joy to visit, and we have grown close to them in spite of the distance.