Hello friend, and welcome! Thank you for taking the time to learn about us as prospective parents and about our loving home.

We met at a church activity in July 2019, shortly after Cory relocated from Arizona to the Salt Lake City area. We connected on Facebook, but did not have much contact after that until October 2020, when Cory reached out looking for connections with others during the lockdown of the COVID Pandemic. Rebekah had just ended a year-long relationship and decided she was “done with dating,” however, based on past experiences, she was determined to go on a few dates. 

While Rebekah was not looking for anything serious, as we got to know each other through the holidays of 2019, we started to develop a deeper connection. We discovered remarkable similarities, like a shared interest in Disney and in the old TV series M*A*S*H. We “went exclusive” in January 2021, got engaged in April 2021, and were married at the end of June 2021.

Unfortunately, due to age and health complications, we are unable to conceive biological children. Despite this, our desire to become parents and to grow our family remains strong, and we are excited to welcome a child into our hearts and home through adoption.

Cory is an IT project manager for a large, publicly-traded company, headquartered in the Salt Lake area. While not a teacher by profession, Cory loves guiding others through the learning process and leading discussions on different topics, whether in a professional, church, or community setting. He takes a goal and to expedite completion. There is no better feeling for him than setting a challenging goal or objective, breaking it down into simpler steps and timelines, and successfully achieving it! He is great at helping others achieve their goals and ambitions, as well, and is looking forward to sharing passions and knowledge with children, helping them achieve success in their schooling and other endeavors.

As a child, he was involved in the Cub Scout program, and fondly remembers planning the different tasks and steps to achieve advancement with his dad. Cory is excited to one day share this scouting experience as a dad with a child.

When he’s not working, Cory loves learning new things, studying new topics, and developing new skills in the technology area. He would classify himself as a “life-long learner” and is always interested in side projects to consume and synthesize new information. He also enjoys reading and listening to audiobooks. Some of his favorite genres include science fiction/fantasy (especially the universes of Brandon Sanderson and Terry Pratchett) and mystery (Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes).

Rebekah is a health care systems analyst, helping to structure and maintain computer systems for a health care company. She went to school for clinical laboratory sciences and worked in labs for several years. When her hospital network started implementing a new computer system, she was selected to represent the lab space on the implementation and received specialised training on the system. Eventually, this led to her moving from being a lab technician to systems analyst to support the system full-time. In January 2025, she joined a new company to help with implementing the same system in their hospital network.

When she’s not working, Rebekah loves to be outdoors, enjoying nature and God’s creations. She has been an avid hiker since young adulthood, and hikes as often as circumstances and schedules allow. She enjoys taking nieces, nephews, and church youth groups on hikes, as well. She also enjoys biking and camping. When at home, she enjoys doing logic puzzles to keep her brain active and has dabbled a bit with painting. She enjoys the warm, cozy feeling baking brings, especially at Christmas time when she can decorate cookies with kids in our family. 

Coming from a larger family, Rebekah has always looked with anticipation to raising children and fostering a loving home environment.

As you walk up to the front door of our Salt Lake area townhome, you will know our home is a Disney home! Most areas of our home include Disney paraphernalia and reminders of previous trips to Disney theme parks. We enjoy listening to Disney music and watching Disney movies together, especially the classics from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s. Our townhome is nice for the two of us, but in the coming years we are looking forward to moving out of the busy Salt Lake area to a smaller town with space to spread out and for children to have a backyard and more space to play in.

There are several dozen townhomes on our street, with diverse ownership – single professionals, young families, empty nesters, and retirees. We are flanked on either site by neighbors with young daughters who love to play together. We often go on walks and enjoy seeing neighbors out and about. We love going to the neighborhood park where we have annual barbecues with church and neighborhood friends. 

We enjoy being part of our church community, connecting with our large, local congregation who are very supportive of our adoption journey. There are a variety of activities nearby including canyons for driving and hiking, and walking tours and museums in Downtown Salt Lake City.

While Rebekah’s family is larger than Cory’s, our families are both defined by the love and support each member is offered. We both have siblings who live within a 30-45 minute drive from our home, and our parents all live out-of-state. Some of Rebekah’s siblings are scattered throughout the United States and one lives in New Zealand. We love getting together with our nearby siblings several times a year and intentionally stay connected with out-of-state family through regular Zoom and FaceTime calls.

We are excited to bring a child into our large, extended family with many cousins whom they’ll have to play and connect with. Our extended family members are all supportive of our adoption efforts, excited to love the child, and to eagerly welcome them into our family ecosystem. 

Cory’s parents (“Mama and Papa N”) love spending time with their grandchildren, and we have our very own family “Santa Claus” with Rebekah’s dad (“Grandpa Pete”) sporting a long white beard. Rebekah’s sisters love spoiling their nieces and nephews, and Cory’s brother and sister-in-law are excited for a cousin on his side of the family for their children to play with. We have quite an age range in our nieces and nephews, including infants, toddlers, school-aged children, teenagers, and college-aged adults. 

As we mentioned before, we are definitely a Disney family. Disney-themed trips have become a tradition after we spent our honeymoon at Walt Disney World in Florida. These days, it’s annual trips to Disneyland in California. Every other year, we take a summer trip or adventure with Cory’s family to celebrate his parents’ anniversary, and in 2024, that trip was to Disneyland. One of our big bucket list items is to visit each of the Disney theme parks around the world.

In 2025, we started doing monthly “Adventure Days” as a family where we attempt something new or different that we have not experienced before. These have included day trips to different parts of the state or exploring a new local attraction like an art museum or planetarium. This has also included areas and attractions one of us enjoyed before we got married but that we have not experienced together. These have become a highlight of our months and help to break up the monotony of our daily and weekly routines.

Christmas time is by far our favorite time of the year as a family. This season was when our connection as a couple really developed and we love the special Spirit of Christmas. We go all out decorating our home on the day after Thanksgiving, including getting a live Christmas tree and putting up decorations all through our home. Christmas music is a favorite part of this season, as well, and we enjoy caroling to the elderly. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to review our book and for considering us as potential parents. We recognize that making an adoption decision can be fraught with emotions, and we recognize your strength as you weigh your options. 

We joyfully anticipate the opportunity to become parents and have a little one to care for and raise with love and tenderness. We promise that the baby will be loved and accepted into, not just a family, but an entire “village” of support and care. The child will have every opportunity we can provide them to grow and develop into the best person they can be.

We want what is best for the children who come into our home, and we are open to healthy amounts of contact with birth parents, depending on the circumstances. Regardless of the amount of contact you would like to have, we will ensure that the child knows of the loving choice their birth mother made that allowed them to have a life with our family.

Thank you again for getting to know us a bit better. We pray for each birth mother who is presented with our profile. We wish you all the luck and support you need to decide what is right for you and the baby.