UPDATE! We are covered for now (we expect until September/October of 2026). Will be back perhaps next summer to connect with our next au pair!

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Hi! We are an American host family with three sweet kids, ages 5, 3, and 1 (but the oldest will be six in September). We have had 4 au pairs so far over the last four years.

We are a happy and fun-loving family. The kids can be very silly and always make us laugh. The grown-ups are very social and we love to have dinner parties (perhaps once/month or so) and spend time with friends. Most of our friends are from our church community, or other parents from our children's school. We live in a very beautiful suburban neighborhood with incredible views of the Rocky Mountains and the Denver city lights. There are lots of trails for hiking and biking right outside of our door, and all of the popular Colorado sports within driving distance (we provide a car for our au pairs).

We are looking for an au pair who is genuinely interested in becoming like a member of our family. We are also looking for someone who is calm and patient, because little kids, even good and sweet little kids, could be a handful! Rodney and I are fun and loving parents, and we play a lot with our children, and try to use silliness to diffuse tensions, but also, with his cancer, we are under a lot of stress. It helps to have an au pair who is kind, patient, and understanding, and very calm.

Our best match au pair is:

- A clear and direct communicator, friendly, no-drama. Family life, getting to know each other, and establishing how we live and work together will always require smoothing out rough spots. Someone who tells us, early and clearly, what they need from us, is great! It's hard when we're trying to guess why an au pair isn't happy.

- Positive and upbeat. The most frequent cause of problems with our au pairs is (surprise!) other au pairs! Whatsapp and social media groups in which au pairs complain about their host families and compare different perks have a tendency to sow discontent. Our au pairs have (thankfully) told us that we are much better than some other host families out there... but the truth is, no family is perfect. Every family will have different positives and different flaws. We are very open and honest about what is great about our family (loving, kind, fun, flexible, excellent perks, beautiful home & city), and what is not (3 little kids are hard work! And cancer is looming over us).

- Truly loves people! Especially our children. :) Someone caring and loyal, who sees us not just as employers, but as real people, a real family, with big hearts and hopes and dreams and challenges of our own. We care about our au pairs and want to see you have a wonderful experience here in the US, making friends, traveling and seeing places, all of that. And we want to be cared about in return.

- Very clean, tidy, and organized by nature. We are a tidy family, at least the adults! The kids, obviously, are always making messes. We are trying to teach them to clean up after themselves more, but they are very little. It helps us all if we have an au pair who is clean like us, who will see something on the floor or a mess on the counter and put it away because she feels better in a clean home. That way we all contribute.

We are very excited to welcome a new au pair to our home and to our country!