Sometimes the most powerful sermons aren’t delivered from pulpits but from playrooms, and Utah dads Sean and Jake are preaching love, chaos, and resilience through life with their triplets Winston, Wren, and Willow.
Their latest Instagram post struck a chord as one of the dads reflected on his past as a Mormon missionary, neatly dressed with scripture in hand but secretly praying if he could ever be his true self and still be loved.
Fast forward, and that whispered prayer has been answered loudly, with three giggling toddlers, a husband by his side, and a family built on authenticity, courage, and unconditional joy.
Known online as @daddiestothree, the couple first captured attention with their surrogacy journey, openly sharing the science and heartache behind creating their family, including the loss of their first pregnancy and the eventual miracle of triplets carried by their surrogate Heather.
With 1.7 million followers on TikTok and tens of thousands more on Instagram, their candid mix of diaper duty, heartfelt Q&As, and clapbacks to ignorant comments—like “Which one of you is the mom?”—has turned them into role models for queer families everywhere.
Meanwhile, stories like theirs echo a broader wave of queer family pride, reminding us that there’s no single script for love and parenting, just like when Clay and Chris Rice-Thomson shared their own encore of family adventures on stage and off. Read their story here for another chapter in LGBTQ+ family joy.
In their Instagram reflection, Sean described his life not as two opposites—missionary to gay dad—but as connected chapters, one teaching him discipline and determination, the other teaching him joy, vulnerability, and how to love without shame.
His message landed like a hug to every LGBTQ+ person who’s ever wondered if they could have family, fulfillment, and happiness: “The answer is yes,” he wrote, “maybe not in the way you were taught, but in the way your soul has always known.”
Now, with three toddlers keeping them busy, Sean and Jake’s mission isn’t about saving others but about showing that love—messy, loud, triple-sized love—can rewrite the script we’re given into one that finally feels like home.
And if this story makes you smile, you’ll love seeing how PJ and Thomas celebrated their own milestone as foster dads, another reminder that family pride comes in many forms. Take a look here and keep the family feels going. 😉