Basic Info
Devin
Ethnicity: White
Religion: Christian
Denomination: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Yuri
Ethnicity: Asian
Religion: Christian
Denomination: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Devin & Yuri
Utah
Intro
About
Work & Education
Devin
Education: PhD
Profession: Research Scientist
Yuri
Education: Masters
Profession: Researcher
Post-Adoption Relationship
Open (Open to contact, phone calls, in person visits before adoption. Sharing photos and letters after placement. Visits at neutral location after adoption, etc.). If you want a more closed adoption, we would honor that request as well.
Semi Open (open to an in-person visit before adoption placement, phone, email, sharing pic/letters after placement
Environment
Country: USA
State: Utah
Parent Relationship: Married
Parent Neighborhood: Suburban
Parent Years Together: 5 to 10 years
Parent Residency: House
Parent Pets: no
Children At Home: No children
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual parents
Preferences for a child
Age: Newborn to 1 year of age, 1 to 3 years of age
Gender: Either
Multiple Children: Twins, Sibling groups
Race/Ethnicity: All
Special Needs: Open to discussion
Certification 
Adoption Service Provider
UtahAdoption Specialists
Devin, Yuri, and Totoro
Hello
We admire your strength, courage, and love for your child!
Thank you for taking the time to get to know us. We are excited that you are considering us as parents of your child/baby. We can only imagine how difficult it is for you to make this decision. We admire your strength, courage, and love for your child.
Devin and I met when he sat next to me in a sacrament meeting on his first day attending our ward. He sang tenor and bass parts in the hymns with his beautiful, deep voice. So, I invited him to come sing in the ward choir. He came to the choir, and we started talking after that. He asked me out for our first date about a month after that first Sunday, fell in love, and we were married one year later.
Thank you for taking the time to get to know us. We are excited that you are considering us as parents of your child/baby. We can only imagine how difficult it is for you to make this decision. We admire your strength, courage, and love for your child.
Devin and I met when he sat next to me in a sacrament meeting on his first day attending our ward. He sang tenor and bass parts in the hymns with his beautiful, deep voice. So, I invited him to come sing in the ward choir. He came to the choir, and we started talking after that. He asked me out for our first date about a month after that first Sunday, fell in love, and we were married one year later.
Devin through Yuri's eyes
Devin is hard working, caring, and loves to make people he happy.
Devin rock climbing in Iceland
Devin is hard working, caring, and loves to make people happy. One of his good friends told me that he would bend over backwards to help others. He enjoys cooking and eating. He loves being outside; mountain biking, rock climbing, camping, and skiing. He likes spending time with his family and being the favorite uncle to his nieces and nephews.
Yuri through Devin's eyes
She is wonderful with all my nieces and nephews, and I can see how great of a mother she will be.
Yuri among the cherry blossoms
Yuri stood out to me from the moment I met her. She is cheerful and talented, always cooking, baking, and working on crafting projects. She is level-headed, diligent, and hard-working. She is proud of her Japanese heritage and celebrates it through cooking, playing the koto, and performing and teaching the Japanese tea ceremony. Yuri has many friends from all walks of life and is well liked by all. She is wonderful with all my nieces and nephews, and I can see how great of a mother she will be.
Things we love
We promise to provide the love and care your baby deserves
Looking forward to sharing our love
We love learning and education. We both work in research fields and love learning experiences we get through our work. This love of learning is something we want to pass on to our future children. We enjoy being outside. We go hiking when we have time. Devin is trying to teach Yuri mountain biking and rock climbing. We love eating and trying different kinds of food and cooking together. We cook Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Italian, Mexican, and many other kinds of food. We enjoy music, singing, and playing instruments. We like to spend time together as a family especially on special occasions such as birthdays and holidays. We plan to annually visit Yuri’s family in Japan and hope to someday travel to other places. We cannot wait to share these moments with your child and explore new things as they show interest.
Thank you for considering us to be the adoptive parents of your baby. We promise to provide the love and care your baby deserves.
Thank you for considering us to be the adoptive parents of your baby. We promise to provide the love and care your baby deserves.
Post-Adoption Relationship
Open (Open to contact, phone calls, in person visits before adoption. Sharing photos and letters after placement. Visits at neutral location after adoption, etc.). If you want a more closed adoption, we would honor that request as well.
Semi Open (open to an in-person visit before adoption placement, phone, email, sharing pic/letters after placement
Environment
Country: USA
State: Utah
Parent Relationship: Married
Parent Neighborhood: Suburban
Parent Years Together: 5 to 10 years
Parent Residency: House
Parent Pets: no
Children At Home: No children
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual parents