Sister of the Month – Sister Shantell

I was born in Provo, on January 2nd, 1979. I grew up in American Fork next door to my grandparents. It was very interesting having your grandma right next door, especially when you got in trouble. You could always go hide out at grandma’s house. My parents still live in the home I grew up in and my grandma, who is 92, still lives next door. I moved to Layton right after high school so I could attend Weber State University in Ogden. I started the radiology program there and then the medical sonography program which I graduated from in 2003. I now work at Jordan Valley Medical Center part time as an ultrasonographer which I really enjoy. While at school, I worked at the Student Support office where one of my coworkers introduced me to Kevin. Five months later Kevin took me out on our first date, ten months later we were married in the Salt Lake Temple on May 19th, 2000. We lived in Sandy for a few years and then bought our first house here in the Springview Ward. I became pregnant with our first child shortly thereafter. I was very sick and so we were not very active participants in the ward for the first year we lived here. London, our first child, was born two months early and we are very grateful for ward members who supported us during this trying time. She was in the hospital for 6 weeks and we know without a doubt that if it weren’t for the prayers and faith of our family and friends she would not be here today. We are now the proud parents of three children, London, who is six, Pyper, who is five and Asher, who is two. I stay very busy keeping up with their busy schedule. Kevin and I will celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary this spring and seven of those years have been spent in this ward. We love being in the Springview ward. We love serving and living here and believe that this is where we are meant to be.