Sister Jenifer Tate

My family lived just above 900 E. on Elgin Ave. when I was born in August 1983. I even remember going down the steps to the primary room in the old building that used to sit where ours does now. About 5 years later we moved to Cottonwood Heights and in another 5 years to Holladay where my family still lives. I have 2 younger brothers: Michael (21) and Stephen (16).

I have always loved to sing and have had a bit of a flair for the dramatic. When I attended Olympus Jr. and Olympus High, I participated in every choir and performance group offered, in addition to school musicals and various performing opportunities with friends. I was fortunate enough to travel to New York with a select choir to sing in Carnegie Hall my sophomore year. I started to write my own songs and music in high school, just to dabble in the creativity of it.

After graduating from high school in 2001, I attended the University of Utah (a decision that was partly influenced by my sweet mom who would throw away all "out-of-state" college brochures before I had a chance to see them, partly by the full-ride academic scholarship they offered me, and partly because I have always been a UTE at heart) to double major in Public Relations and Vocal Performance. By the end of my first semester I realized that I didn't want to sing because I had to, but because I wanted to, so I dropped Vocal Performance and focused solely on Public Relations. In addition to full-time school, I worked full-time and started dating a cute boy who I sent off on a mission with the intention of "waiting for".

My first year of college, I rushed Epsilon, an LDS sorority through the Institute of Religion, got extremely involved, met some wonderful friends and did a lot of dating. The next year I was called to be the vice president, in charge of planning activities, and later in the year was called to be the president. One of the first "exchanges" I planned was a summer activity with a fraternity that many of my friends were in. We had breakfast up the canyon and I gave a ride home to a very cute boy named Seth. I asked Seth out to a sorotity date night the following week and we quickly started "dating". He was also "waiting" for a missionary. Seth and I continued dating for more than 6 months, became best friends, and fell in love. Then, we broke up so he could more diligently "wait" for his missionary and spent the next 7 months getting back together and breaking up at least 20 times.

We broke up for the last time when Seth decided to get back together with his missionary but stayed friends and continued to hang out. My missionary returned home 2 weeks later and informally proposed the night before I left on a trip to Lake Powell with some friends (including Seth). Knowing how much I had changed, I told him we would have to start by dating and go from there, so he promised to "woo" me until I was convinced. The following day, Seth broke up with his missionary and that night, in Lake Powell, proposed. I said yes, we got married 2 1/2 months later in October 2003 and it has been 5 years of wedded bliss since. We lived in an apartment across from the Salt Lake temple until we bought our home on 800 East in July 2004.

I graduated from the University of Utah in December 2004 and Morgan was born in April 2005. With Seth still in school, I went back to work and he did the stay-at-home dad thing. I was offered an amazing job doing Public Relations for FranklinCovey and worked there until Chloe was born in March 2007. When Chloe was born, I was able to stay home and become a full-time Mom. Our third baby, a girl, is due January 21 and we are excited to welcome her to our family. I currently serve as the 2nd counselor in the Young Women's Presidency and love working with the girls and the leaders and especially with my sweetheart as the Young Men's president.

Some of my hobbies include snowshoeing, hiking, boating, scrapbooking, photography, music, writing, camping, cooking, sewing, and home decor crafts. I am a major thrill-seeker and love roller coasters, cliff jumping, bunjii jumping and all sorts of adrenaline-pumping activities, but have gotten more cautious since becoming a mother. I have always been a planner and organizer and most would consider me a bit OCD, so motherhood is teaching me, by neccesity, to go with the flow!