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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 Jayla on these trips when she gets older.

This is Kristen’s family on Jayla’s sealing day. Kristen’s parents and sibling all live close so we are able to get together often. They have loved watching Jayla grow and they are excited for us to adopt again.

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

We love swimming with Jayla in her pool, taking her to the BIG pool, or going boating at the lake. She LOVES the water. Jayla also loves having her daddy read to her.

This was a great day! We were so excited that we could be sealed together for time and all eternity. We were surrounded by family and friends who were just as excited as we were.

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

Michael loves softball and plays in a city league team every year. He also participates yearly in a softball tournament with all of his cousins, uncles and brothers. Everyone gets together for the entire weekend and there is never a quiet moment.

Kristen introduced Michael to snowboarding and we have loved it ever since. We also love tubing and Snow Days (a yearly tradition with Michael’s family). The big smiles on our faces are because we were still in the tube at the bottom of the hill.

We love wakeboarding! (Bottom Picture) Michael, being the gentleman that he is, was helping me strap into the board right before he threw me in the cold water. This was after I had told him that I wanted to get in slowly and get used to the temperatu

We both enjoy being physically fit and we feel that this is even more important now, so that we can be active with our kids. We want our children to have plenty of memories of them playing sports and being active with Mom and Dad.

Here Jayla is playing in her playhouse. She loves being outside. Kristen (who’s latest hobby is working on her photography skills) often dresses Jayla up in clothes that her birth-mom has given her (hence the tutu) and sets up a mini photo shoot.

Kristen talking - I love this picture of Michael kissing Jayla since it is about the first thing that he does when he comes home from work. Michael loves playing with Jayla . There is just something about a daddy kissing his little girl.

We love this picture because it illustrates how much we laugh together and how much fun we have just spending time together. One of our favorite things to do is to try to make the other person laugh.

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 Jayla around the house, or just hanging out.

We enjoy attending different sporting events. We often get season tickets for several sports. We enjoy this time together and we already have many memories of Jayla enjoying the crowd with us. Sometimes, we have more fun watching her than the game.

We had so much fun building a sand castle, which was soon destroyed by a little girl. We love being outside and going to new places. We enjoy going on vacation every summer and we are excited for future family trips.

We have annual camping trips. We have a lot of fun exploring and talking around the camp fire. We both have many fond memories of camping with our families so we plan on continuing that tradition with our own little family.

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.

Jayla loves being outside playing at the park so we love to take her often! We enjoy the walk to the park and next to the river. We also love feeding the ducks that swim in the pond near our home.

We took Jayla on her first Easter egg hunt. She loved pointing at all of the candy and running to get it. She would try to shove them all in her mouth as fast as possible before anyone noticed. Unfortunately for her we didn’t let her get away with it

We both grew up fishing with our families, so we want to continue to share these experiences with Jayla. She has so much fun helping daddy hold the fishing pole and waiting for the fish to bite. She is always intrigued by the fish and ducks.

We love the outdoors and we like to hike and camp. We were lucky enough to see this cold water geyser go off during one of our adventures. Jayla was very enthralled with it, especially since she loves playing in the water just like the two of us.

Michael grew up riding horses, so he couldn’t believe that Kristen had never ridden one. He quickly made plans to fix that “problem” and Kristen had a lot of fun riding a horse for the very first time.

We have been married for 5 years now. We can’t believe how we can finish each other’s sentences or have a whole conversation by just looking at each other. We are excited that the best part of our lives is still to come as we raise our family.