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We have been married for 7 years and we’ve loved every minute! Every day is an adventure. We’re excited that the best is still to come. These photos are a glimpse into our lives. Thanks for checking us out!

Kristen introduced Michael to snowboarding when we were dating. We have loved spending time together in the snow ever since. We also love tubing and sledding. Our big smiles in the pictures are because we made it to the bottom of the hill in one piec

We took a quick trip to the beach this last summer. It was a blast to spend a few days in the sun trying to catch waves on the boogie board, building sand castles and finding sea shells. We love our frequent get-a-ways as a family.

I LOVE spending time with my girls; taking them to new places, playing tea party, throwing a ball around and chasing them around the house. My favorite thing to do is to see their little faces light up when I help them explore their latest interest.

We love camping! We go every summer. We have a lot of fun exploring or just talking around the camp fire. We both have many fond memories of camping with our families so we plan to continue that tradition with our own little family.

We love this picture because it shows how much we laugh together and how much fun we have spending time together. One of our favorite things to do is to try to make each other laugh or join forces and make Jayla and Jessa laugh.

We like to go 4-wheeling every summer. We have been all over Utah and Colorado. We love to see the pretty mountains and explore new trails. It is fun to get away from everything. We are excited to take our kids on these trips when they get older.

We enjoy cooking together and Kristen appreciates the help. We love doing many other things together such as reading, watching movies, having barbecues, going for walks, playing sports together, chasing the kids around the house, or just hanging out.

Michael loves playing baseball, basketball, football and all kinds of sports. He frequently plays city league softball and basketball. He also plays in a softball tournament with his whole family every summer. The rest of us love to go and cheer!

Kristen loves to play indoor and outdoor soccer. She also enjoys other sports, and has fun pursuing her interests. We both hope to give our children similar opportunities to pursue their interests whatever they may be.

Michael frequently rode horses growing up, so he couldn’t believe that Kristen had never ridden one. He quickly made plans to fix that “problem.” This is a picture of us together as Kristen rode a horse for the very first time.

Yearly we have a Halloween party. We carve pumpkins, go to haunted houses, and eat treats. This year Jayla wanted us ALL to be ladybugs (including Daddy!). Michael couldn't say no to her, so, despite being teased by his brothers, he did it anyway.

This is Kristen’s family during one of our recent get-togethers. Kristen’s family is really close and they try to get together as often as possible. They have loved watching our girls grow and are excited for us to adopt again.

This is Michael’s family. As you can tell we are one BIG happy family. Most of them also live close to us so we are able to see them often. They absolutely adore Jayla and Jessa (how can you not!) Adoption has a special place in their hearts.

We love to go to the lake in the summer and fish in the canoe. We try to find some hidden place that no one knows about. It gives us time to relax, talk and enjoy being with each other. We have enjoyed continuing these adventures with our children.

This was during one of our hiking trips. We rode a tram to the top of the mountain and then hiked on all the trials. We could see the whole valley.

We enjoy being active. Spending time outdoors is one of our favorite ways to do that. We’ve been to geysers, mountain trails, waterfalls, lakes and streams. This picture was taken at the bottom of Bridal Veil Falls.

We both enjoy being physically fit and we feel that this is even more important now that we have kids. We want our children to have plenty of memories of being active and having adventures with Mom and Dad.

We love camping! We go every summer. We have a lot of fun exploring or just talking around the camp fire. We both have many fond memories of camping with our families so we plan to continue that tradition with our own little family.

Traditions are a big part of our family. We have many traditions for different times of the year. One of which is making gingerbread houses with our extended family. We look forward to continuing these traditions and making new ones with our family.

Boating is something we really enjoy. We love to get out on the lake in the summer and go wakeboarding and tubing. These are some pictures from some of our recent trips to the lake.

Every year we celebrate the days our daughters were sealed to us. We make those days special by giving gifts, going out to eat and letting each of them know how loved they are. We are so grateful for our daughters and their amazing birth mothers!

We take every opportunity to explore the interests of our girls. They are both really into animals right now... what better way to encourage this than a trip to Sea World and the San Diego Zoo? We had a blast as they made animal noises and got so exc

We love attending sporting events. We frequently attend college football, basketball, baseball, gymnastics and soccer games as well as Utah Jazz, Real Salt Lake and Salt Lake Bees games.

We greatly enjoyed our trip to Disneyland. It was so much fun watching our daughters' faces light up as they enjoyed the magic. We look forward to our next family vacation to Disneyland.

Michael adores the girls! They get so excited when he gets home from work because the first thing he does when he walks through the door is play with them. He loves spending time with Jayla and Jessa and making them laugh.