Eric & Julie, and their boys are a wonderful family in Utah that are excited to add to their family through adoption.
You can find out more about them by visiting their online profile.
Eric and I have been married for 14 1/2 years. We met while attending Ricks college and it was love at first sight. We dated for a few short months and then we were married for time and all eternity in the San Diego Temple. I never dreamed then, how much I could grow to love and admire and respect Eric. He is the man of my dreams. He is my rock, the steadying force in my life. Not only is my best friend, he is the one that I can count on always. He is a worthy priesthood holder and honors that priesthood to its fullest. He is the type of father that I always dreamed of for my children. The boys love it when daddy comes home. He is not afraid to get on the floor and play with them. He teaches them through his example how to work, how to serve, how to treat women and how to love. I could not have asked for a better husband or father.
Eric's thoughts on Julie
Julie is someone who gives anything for anyone. She gives her whole self to anyone in her family. She is the glue in the family; she keeps us all together. She is someone who loves easily and is loved easily. She will do something for her children before herself. She is someone who is a great example to me of how I need to be. She is patient, loving, caring and the best mom and wife I could ever ask for. She is someone we all enjoy being around and feeling of her love. I love her with all my heart, more now than when we married.
We are very active in our church. We are always finding ways to serve those in our ward and neighborhood and are trying to teach our boys through example to do the same. Andrew, our oldest, is 9 years old. He is musically talented, athletic, and loves to watch sports with his Dad. Josh is 5 years old. He loves Kindergarten, playing with his cousins and friends, and spending time outside. Alex is our 4 year old. He is independent and loves his brothers.
As a family we love to spend time together. We love our Friday night movie night together at home, going up to the canyon and roasting marshmallows, camping, boating, going on bike rides and, of course, bowling on the Wii! Anything that allows us to spend time together as a family is what we like to do. Eric and I also take the time to spend time as a couple. We know the importance of this and so we take the time to go out on dates. We strive to attend the Temple once a month together and to teach our boys the importance of this.
We love our family and strive to teach them and raise them to be stalwart sons. We have been privileged to be part of the adoption process 2 times before. All 3 of our boys have been placed in our home through the loving, selfless, sacrifice of birth parents who have only wanted what is best for their children. Our boys know that they came to our family through the miracle of adoption. We tell them the story of how much their birth parents loved them and so they placed them in our homes. We still communicate with Josh and Alex's parents through e-mail and send them pictures and updates. Andrew's adoption was closed but he does have a picture of his birth mom that we share with him as questions arise. Adoption to us is a miracle, an act of love, a gift that we could not give ourselves.
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