Joey & RJ
Joey (left), Harvey (center), RJ (right)
Hi! We are RJ and Joey!
Thank you for visiting! We are excited to grow our family through adoption and are so thankful you’re considering us. We were married in 2021 and look forward to taking the next step in life’s journey and becoming dads.
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Joey (left) and RJ (right)
About Us
We met online in the summer of 2016 and immediately started dating.
Our first date was at a small restaurant in our town and were excited to bring our family back to that restaurant years later to celebrate our engagement. We have traveled the world, grown our love for spicy food, and established our home together.
Now happily married since 2021, our next journey is parenthood. We are incredibly excited to grow our family and shower a child with love.
RJ can often be found in the yard busily tending to our vegetable garden, nurturing our native flower beds, and planting new trees.
Joey can be found experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen, inspired by our travels, bringing the taste of adventure to our meals. He uses the produce from RJ’s vegetable gardens to make everything from fresh summer salads to our annual batch of hot sauce.
Harvey, our fluffy canine companion, is always by our side. He enjoys walking through the neighborhood and greeting kids at the park, but nothing makes him happier than curling up on the couch with us at the end of the day.
A Little More About Us
EDUCATION
RJ: BA Political Science & Sociology, MA Applied Sociology
Joey: BS Food Science
Occupation
RJ: Marketing
Joey: Market Research
Hobbies
RJ: Gardening, Weight Lifting, and Home Decorating
Joey: Piano, Cooking, Running and Crosswords
Religion
Both: No religion
Ethnicity
Both: Caucasian
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
RJ’s siblings and mother (left) and Joey’s siblings and parents (right)
Our Home and Family
We live in a small but vibrant town.
There is a robust downtown with lots of shops and restaurants balanced with a large park network, green spaces, and an incredible community pool. Our home is in a peaceful neighborhood on a dead-end street that feeds into a playground, community garden, and a lake with a hiking trail.
We are very close to our extended family. We often visit RJ’s Mom and sisters in Southern NJ to celebrate birthdays and holidays with our nieces and nephews. Every Sunday we video chat with Joey’s parents in California, catching up on the past week and having some good laughs. We also visit Joey’s sister, brother in-law and niece in Boston multiple times a year.
It is important for us to give back to our community. RJ is the Vice-Chair of our town’s shade tree commission where he leads urban canopy and ecological restoration projects. Joey mentors LGBTQ+ youth who need a positive role model and support system.
We plan on raising a child with a focus on service and community – the values at the center of our lives.
Fun Facts
Favorite Vacation Spots
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Asbury Park, New Jersey
favorite traditions
Decorating for Christmas
Making Christmas Eve tamales
Eating the first tomato sandwich of summer
Boardwalk rides and games on Easter
Thank You Again
We cannot begin to understand how difficult this decision is for you and we appreciate all the emotions that you must be feeling.
If you choose us to be the adoptive parents of your child, please know they will be loved unconditionally, supported by our community of family and friends, and given every opportunity we can provide to have a life full of learning, love and laughter.
Contact Us
Jean M. Cavaliere, Adoption Attorney
Call
973.366.2499
Text
973.828.8338
Contact JOEY AND RJ
Call
1-888-755-6395