Hello! We are Brandon and Elise Miller. We met in singles ward while Elise was completing her undergraduate degree and Brandon was working on his PhD at the University of Wisconsin. In December of 2005, we were married in Idaho Falls and a few years later, we moved from Madison back to Brandon’s hometown of Idaho Falls. After 3 years of infertility struggles, we adopted Cadence Avery in June of 2010! We’ll tell you a little about ourselves…
Elise was born and raised in Wisconsin and majored in neurobiology and psychology. After moving to Idaho, she continued in school for her MBA at ISU and now works at North Wind, Inc., as a finance analyst. She loves to travel, play/watch sports, bake, and read…and spend time with her family. Brandon is originally from Idaho Falls and attended ISU for his mechanical engineering degree and UW-Madison for his masters and PhD in nuclear engineering. He is now a nuclear and materials engineer at the INL. In his spare time, he loves to hunt, fish, and play sports. We are currently in the process of building our future home, which keeps us very busy. The first two children in the family, Bella and Nessa (short for Bellatrix and Narcissa), are a black and fawn pug.
We started the adoption process in January of 2009, with our approval in April of 2009. From there, we waited, until at the start of 2010 we finally heard from a birth mom! One of our contacts was Cadence’s birth mother, in Utah. For a few months we sent emails, and after we sent a short video of ourselves and our dogs saying hello, we really seemed to connect with her. We went to visit at the end of February and she chose us shortly after that. Then it was just a waiting game… Cadence was due May 31. We continued to develop our relationship with K, in the mean time, including a second visit, and Cadence was born on June 5, 2010. She is a happy, healthy, smart little 7-week old and we both adore her. We’re taking her down to see K again soon and we’re looking forward to sealing our family together this fall.
