Approved and How you can help the Sweeneys

Nathan and I received our court approval/certification last week. Which means we are now on the waiting list until we get matched with the right birth parents. We are eager to meet our little one, whenever that may be.

Many of you may know that adopting isn't cheap. While we wouldn't take this step unless we absolutely knew we could, we are still asking for donations to help alleviate some of the adoption fee strain.

With humility we ask for any help in this process. We've set up a PayPal account if you would like to donate money and gift registries with Pottery Barn and Target if you like to donate baby items (help us out parents, we need your expertise!).

Our Story

    Nathan and I, Linnley, both attended the University of Utah in beautiful Salt Lake City. He was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and I was working towards mine in Health Promotion and Education when we met at the University Bookstore. I remember well the day we met, he was purchasing chocolate covered cashews in his blue track-like jacket when I rang him up at the cash register. Since I was an employee he was able to see my name and  he made a mental note of it for later use.

     Not long after that, he stopped me in a chance passing on campus and said, “Linnley, right?” We soon began dating and quickly fell in love. We married in 2009 and moved into a tiny one bedroom apartment. We didn't have much. We didn't need much. We had each other! When you’re in love and busy, life moves quickly. Time passed. I have always longed to be a mother, and after years of negative pregnancy tests, we sought the help of doctors. The moment I found out we couldn't have our children naturally, my world stopped. Though it was difficult, we came to understand that God had another plan for us, that plan was for us to be parents through adoption. 

      After Nathan graduated he decided to follow his passion in cancer research which has led him to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Arizona in Cancer Biology where he is currently. I work as a personal trainer helping and encouraging people to obtain their personal fitness and wellness goals.

    If we had to pick one phrase to describe us, we’d choose old fashioned. For example, we pray together, play together, kiss each other when we come and go, we cook and have dinner together every night - often followed by a chocolaty treat.We love doing things as a family. Most of all we love the simple things. For example, a daily walk with our dog, a chocolate lab named Reese, whom we adopted at Christmas in 2012.  Reese has brought us immeasurable joy. As a family we like to run, go hiking, swim, watch movies, take road trips, and visit family. In addition to family time, we never miss our Friday night date night. These date nights have a broad range of activities but our favorite is - country dancing. Nathan has quite the moves and loves to twirl me around the dance floor and I love to be twirled! 
      
   Adding to our family will be one of our greatest blessings and we are overjoyed at the prospect of becoming parents.

We sincerely appreciate your support and love,
Nathan, Linnley and Reese