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Dan & Sara are hopeful adoptive parents from Utah waiting to adopt a baby.

If you are pregnant and considering placing your child for adoption, please read the following Dear Birthmother Letter.

How we met... Dear Birth Parents,

We write you this letter with many mixed emotions. We are so excited to be first time parents and to finally have a child of our own, and yet we know that this must be a very difficult time in your life. We cannot fully comprehend all that you’re going through, but we do know that this is truly a great sacrifice on your behalf, and we know that without loving and courageous birth parents like you, couples like us could never have children of our own. So we respect you, we love you, and we thank you for bringing your child to the earth. We pray for you each day, and hope that you will find peace and comfort as you seek to find the best family for your child.

We want to tell you a little about our family and our lives together. We met over 6 years ago at a party held by some mutual friends. The crazy thing is, before we met we were both engaged to other people! But things didn’t work out for either of us and we both called off our weddings. It was in our “recovery” time that we met. Neither of us was looking for a relationship right away, so we started out as friends and we became best friends before we ever started to date. It didn’t take long for Sara to fall in love with Dan’s quick wit and great sense of humor, and Dan was smitten by Sara and her bubbly personality from the day they met. We ended up dating for about a year, and we were married in the temple on October 26th, 2002.

After the wedding... Since we’ve been married, we’ve moved quite a few times. We were in Laramie, WY for a year while Dan went to school to learn about diesel mechanics. Then we went to Las Vegas, NV where Dan was offered a job. We spent 3 years in Las Vegas. We LOVED living in the heat and in the big city, where everything was right at our finger tips. Our grocery store was only a couple of blocks away, and there were lots of fun shops and parks and restaurants. Most people love to hang out at the strip when they’re in Vegas, but we rarely went there. We preferred to spend our time swimming at the lake, or hiking with our dog up in the mountains, and being in the less crowded areas. We often went to the park to play sand volleyball, or play catch or Frisbee. Sara played on a city softball league, and Dan spent a lot of his nights hitting golf balls at the driving range.

We both had day jobs, Dan as a diesel mechanic and Sara as an administrative sales assistant. And although we both enjoyed our jobs, and our friends and everything that Vegas had to offer, we started to miss our families. So we decided to move back to Utah. Dan, who’s always wanted to be an entrepreneur, bought a Fed Ex route. He loves being his own boss and learning how to manage his business. Sara was able to keep her job from Las Vegas, and she does all of her work from home. This has been an excellent bonus!

Our family background... When we compare our lives while growing up, we’re constantly shocked at how differently we were raised. We both had good parents who raised us in the gospel and taught us good family values, but that’s about the end of the similarities. Dan was born in Pennsylvania, and has been a world traveler ever since! He’s lived in Illinois, Belgium, England, Texas, Pittsburgh, and Utah (plus the places we’ve lived since we’ve been married.) His father was the CEO of a ceramics company that was based in Belgium, and that position required his family to move a lot. There were good and bad things that came from the moving. The good: he experienced many things that most people never get to experience. For example: he learned to ski in Austria! And when he lived in Belgium, he was friends with two boys whose fathers were the Ambassadors of South Africa and Iraq! He got to eat many different types of foods, so he is not a picky eater. He loves to cook and many times he will re-create some of those fun meals for Sara. This is one of her favorite things about him! The bad things about his childhood: he didn’t get to experience the joy of having any long lasting friendships. And because they moved so often, Dan became very shy. Luckily when he turned 19 he was called to serve a mission in Houston, TX and that caused him to come out of his shell and not be shy any longer.

Sara was raised in a very small Utah town. The farthest place she had traveled to (before being an adult) was Illinois. But that doesn’t mean she didn’t have a fantastic childhood! It was tradition every year for her family to go to Lake Powell for a week. She learned to water ski at a very young age and has loved the water ever since. Sara has a passion for the arts, and has always loved to sing, play the piano and dance. She was a cheerleader in high school and loved being involved in extra-curricular activities. She also took clogging lessons for many years, and continued to clog into high school. She taught clogging to her own little class while in high school, and eventually she'd love to start up a studio of her own. Sara loves to shop (as most women do) and enjoys decorating the house. Sara is a good listener and loyal friend. She’s the oldest of 5 girls and is extremely close with all of her sisters.

Our hobbies & interests... As a couple, we really enjoy spending time together. We obviously love the outdoors, and especially love boating, camping and four wheeling. We like to spend our weekends at Deer Creek Reservoir during the summer, barbequing on the beach and skiing, tubing & playing in the water. We’ve also continued the tradition of heading to Lake Powell at least once a year with a big group of family & friends. When it’s cold or rainy out, we like to go to the book store and sit and read magazines for a couple of hours. Dan usually heads straight for the truck or four-wheeling magazines, and Sara goes for the Martha Stewart/home décor type. When we decide to stay home, you’ll usually find Dan on the internet (searching for a good bargain) and Sara reading a book. She most recently finished the “Twilight” series by Stephanie Meyer, and she’s a little embarrassed to admit that she really liked it!

As we mentioned before, we do not have any children yet. We have been prayerful about our decision to adopt, and we know that it’s the right path for us. We are going to be very honest with our child about the adoption, and we want him or her to grow up with the same love and respect for you that we have.

We thank you for taking the time to read our letter and learn a little bit about our family. We look forward to meeting you and getting to know you. We look forward to sharing pictures and letters with you, as the child learns and grows. We think of you often and pray that as you make this decision in your life that you will be able to make the best choice for you and your baby.

Love, Dan and Sara


Please send us an email or you can contact
LDS Family Services
Case worker: Chelsea Jensen
Office: 801-240-6500
Cell: 801-815-1037