WAIT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A BIG WAIT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A BIG FAMILY FROM UTAH INSPIRING FAMILY FROM UTAH INSPIRING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. WHEN LIFE DIDN’T GO EXACTLY AS WHEN LIFE DIDN’T GO EXACTLY AS PLANNED FOR ASHLEY AND ALO THEY PLANNED FOR ASHLEY AND ALO THEY CHANGED COURSE AND IN THE CHANGED COURSE AND IN THE PROCESS OPENED THEIR LIVES AND PROCESS OPENED THEIR LIVES AND HEARTS TO SIX BROTHERS AND HEARTS TO SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO NEEDED A HOME. SISTERS WHO NEEDED A HOME. HE TWEETED THE STORY OF HOW THEY HE TWEETED THE STORY OF HOW THEY BECAME A FAMILY AND IT WENT BECAME A FAMILY AND IT WENT VIRAL. VIRAL. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE WHY WHEN YOU YOU’RE GOING TO SEE WHY WHEN YOU MEET THEM IN A MOMENT BUT FIRST MEET THEM IN A MOMENT BUT FIRST WATCH THEIR STORY. WATCH THEIR STORY. THIS IS A TYPICAL AFTERNOON AT THIS IS A TYPICAL AFTERNOON AT ASHLEY AND ALO MOLEY’S HOUSE. ASHLEY AND ALO MOLEY’S HOUSE. IT WASN’T ALWAYS LIKE THIS. IT WASN’T ALWAYS LIKE THIS. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 2013 AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN 2013 AND HAD DREAMS OF STARTING A BIG HAD DREAMS OF STARTING A BIG FAMILY. FAMILY. >> WE JUST WANTED A HUGE FAMILY. >> WE JUST WANTED A HUGE FAMILY. ME IN PARTICULAR, I WANTED A ME IN PARTICULAR, I WANTED A FOOTBALL TEAM OF MY OWN. FOOTBALL TEAM OF MY OWN. >> THEN CAME THE HEARTBREAKING >> THEN CAME THE HEARTBREAKING NEWS, ASHLEY SUFFERED FROM A NEWS, ASHLEY SUFFERED FROM A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT DOCTORS MEDICAL CONDITION THAT DOCTORS SAID COULD PREVENT HER FROM SAID COULD PREVENT HER FROM GETTING PREGNANT. GETTING PREGNANT. >> IT WAS DEVASTATING. >> IT WAS DEVASTATING. AS HUSBAND, YOU JUST DON’T KNOW AS HUSBAND, YOU JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT TO DO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU’RE ALWAYS WANTING TO GIVE YOU’RE ALWAYS WANTING TO GIVE YOUR WIFE EVERYTHING SHE EVER YOUR WIFE EVERYTHING SHE EVER WANTS. WANTS. WHEN HER BODY WOULDN’T ALLOW IT, WHEN HER BODY WOULDN’T ALLOW IT, THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S OUT OF THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S OUT OF OUR CONTROL. OUR CONTROL. >> STILL DETERMINED TO HAVE >> STILL DETERMINED TO HAVE CHILDREN, ASHLEY AND ALO STARTED CHILDREN, ASHLEY AND ALO STARTED TALKING ABOUT ADOPTION OR TALKING ABOUT ADOPTION OR BECOMING FOSTER PARENTS. BECOMING FOSTER PARENTS. >> WHAT IF WE COULD HELP THESE >> WHAT IF WE COULD HELP THESE KIDS THAT COME FROM NOT SO GOOD KIDS THAT COME FROM NOT SO GOOD SITUATIONS AND SHOW THEM WHAT A SITUATIONS AND SHOW THEM WHAT A FAMILY SHOULD BE. FAMILY SHOULD BE. >> THEY SOON LEARNED THERE WERE >> THEY SOON LEARNED THERE WERE SIX SIBLINGS, FOUR OF THEM WITH SIX SIBLINGS, FOUR OF THEM WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND THEY ALL SPECIAL NEEDS, AND THEY ALL NEEDED A HOME. NEEDED A HOME. BUT SIX CHILDREN AT ONE TIME BUT SIX CHILDREN AT ONE TIME SEEMS LIKE A LOT. SEEMS LIKE A LOT. >> TO TAKE IN ALL SIX, I REALLY >> TO TAKE IN ALL SIX, I REALLY HAD TO DO SOUL SEARCHING TO SEE HAD TO DO SOUL SEARCHING TO SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING TO DO. IF THAT WAS SOMETHING TO DO. >> I SAID WE EITHER TAKE ALL OF >> I SAID WE EITHER TAKE ALL OF THEM OR WE TAKE FLUNNONE OF THEM THEM OR WE TAKE FLUNNONE OF THEM I DON’T THINK I COULD MAKE THAT I DON’T THINK I COULD MAKE THAT CHOICE AND SAY SPLIT UP THAT CHOICE AND SAY SPLIT UP THAT FAMILY. FAMILY. WHEN WE GREW UP, FAMILY IS THE WHEN WE GREW UP, FAMILY IS THE BIGGEST THING. BIGGEST THING. >> WITH THAT MICHAEL, BRITTLY, >> WITH THAT MICHAEL, BRITTLY, NICHOLAS, BRIANNA, J.T. AND TY NICHOLAS, BRIANNA, J.T. AND TY CAME INTO THEIR LIVES AS THEIR CAME INTO THEIR LIVES AS THEIR NEW FOSTER CHILDREN. NEW FOSTER CHILDREN. >> IT WAS AWESOME. >> IT WAS AWESOME. IT WAS SOMETHING YOU ALWAYS IT WAS SOMETHING YOU ALWAYS DREAMED OF. DREAMED OF. WHEN YOU’RE LITTLE YOU PLAY WITH WHEN YOU’RE LITTLE YOU PLAY WITH BABY DOLLS AND YOU’RE THE MOM. BABY DOLLS AND YOU’RE THE MOM. YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND HOLD ’EMTHEM AND TAKE CARE O AND HOLD ’EMTHEM AND TAKE CARE O THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMFORTABLE. COMFORTABLE. >> THEY MADE IT SO COMFORTABLE. >> THEY MADE IT SO COMFORTABLE. THEY MADE SURE THEIR HOME WAS THEY MADE SURE THEIR HOME WAS OUR HOME. OUR HOME. >> ALTHOUGH THEY WERE A FOSTER >> ALTHOUGH THEY WERE A FOSTER FAMILY, THE CHILDREN TOOK IT FAMILY, THE CHILDREN TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO START CALLING UPON THEMSELVES TO START CALLING ASHLEY AND ALO MOM AND DAD. ASHLEY AND ALO MOM AND DAD. >> I CAME RUNNING DOWN AND SAID, >> I CAME RUNNING DOWN AND SAID, DID YOU JUST CALL ME DAD? DID YOU JUST CALL ME DAD? HE SAID, YEAH, DAD, I NEED HELP HE SAID, YEAH, DAD, I NEED HELP WITH MY HOMEWORK. WITH MY HOMEWORK. THAT’S WHEN IT WAS ALL WORTH IT, THAT’S WHEN IT WAS ALL WORTH IT, THE HOSPITAL VISITS, THE NIGHTS THE HOSPITAL VISITS, THE NIGHTS OF CRYING. OF CRYING. I TOLD MY WIFE ALL THOSE TIMES I TOLD MY WIFE ALL THOSE TIMES WE WAITED, THEY CALLED US MOM WE WAITED, THEY CALLED US MOM AND DAD. AND DAD. THAT’S WHEN EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. THAT’S WHEN EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. >> BUT THERE WAS STILL ONE MORE >> BUT THERE WAS STILL ONE MORE HURDLE, MAKING IT PERMANENT AND HURDLE, MAKING IT PERMANENT AND ADOPTING THE CHILDREN. ADOPTING THE CHILDREN. >> I DON’T WANT TO JUST BE HERE >> I DON’T WANT TO JUST BE HERE FOR A SHORT RUN, I WANT TO BE FOR A SHORT RUN, I WANT TO BE HERE FOR THE LONG RUN. HERE FOR THE LONG RUN. >> WHEN WE COME BACK WE’RE GOING >> WHEN WE COME BACK WE’RE GOING TO GET TO TALK TO THEM AND FIND TO GET TO TALK TO THEM AND FIND OUT IF THEY WERE ABLE TO DON’T OUT IF THEY WERE ABLE TO DON’T ALL SIX KIDS, WHO BY THE WAY ARE >> WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED IN >> WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED IN AUGUST 2013 THEY HAD DREAMS OF AUGUST 2013 THEY HAD DREAMS OF STARTING A LARGE FAMILY. STARTING A LARGE FAMILY. THAT DREAM WAS PUT ON HOLD WHEN THAT DREAM WAS PUT ON HOLD WHEN ASHLEY FOUND HERSELF BATTLING A ASHLEY FOUND HERSELF BATTLING A SPHERE CASE OF ENDOMETRIOSIS. SPHERE CASE OF ENDOMETRIOSIS. THEY BECAME FOSTER PARENTS TO THEY BECAME FOSTER PARENTS TO SIX SIBLINGS. SIX SIBLINGS. THEY ARE HERE ALONG WITH ALL SIX THEY ARE HERE ALONG WITH ALL SIX OF THEIR KIDS, TY, MICHAEL, J.T. OF THEIR KIDS, TY, MICHAEL, J.T. J.T., BRITTANY, NICHOLAS AND J.T., BRITTANY, NICHOLAS AND BRIANNA. BRIANNA. WE’VE GOT A CHARACTER HERE THE WE’VE GOT A CHARACTER HERE THE LITTLE ONE, TY, IS AMAZING. LITTLE ONE, TY, IS AMAZING. SO FIRST OF ALL, WE LEFT IT ON A SO FIRST OF ALL, WE LEFT IT ON A CLIFFHANGER ABOUT WHETHER YOU CLIFFHANGER ABOUT WHETHER YOU WERE ABLE TO DON’T ALL SIX KIDS. WERE ABLE TO DON’T ALL SIX KIDS. WERE YOU? WERE YOU? >> YES. >> YES. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SO THIS IS THE MOLEY FAMILY. >> SO THIS IS THE MOLEY FAMILY. >> THEY TOOK OUR TONGAN NAMES AS >> THEY TOOK OUR TONGAN NAMES AS WELL. WELL. THEY INCORPORATED OUR FAMILY THEY INCORPORATED OUR FAMILY NAME. NAME. >> YOU’VE BEEN TOGETHER MORE >> YOU’VE BEEN TOGETHER MORE THAN THREE YEARS NOW. THAN THREE YEARS NOW. WHAT DID THAT FEEL LIKE TO HAVE WHAT DID THAT FEEL LIKE TO HAVE IT OFFICIAL, TO HAVE THAT STAMP? IT OFFICIAL, TO HAVE THAT STAMP? I KNOW THE STAMP WAS IN YOUR I KNOW THE STAMP WAS IN YOUR HEART FROM THE GET GO BUT TO HEART FROM THE GET GO BUT TO HAVE IT BE OFFICIAL. HAVE IT BE OFFICIAL. >> IT WAS AMAZING. >> IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS FINALLY BEING ABLE TO SAY IT WAS FINALLY BEING ABLE TO SAY THESE ARE -- WE’VE ALWAYS SAID THESE ARE -- WE’VE ALWAYS SAID THESE ARE OUR BABIES, THESE ARE THESE ARE OUR BABIES, THESE ARE OUR KIDS. OUR KIDS. BUT TO BE LIKE, HA, NO ONE ELSE. BUT TO BE LIKE, HA, NO ONE ELSE. THESE ARE OUR BABIES. THESE ARE OUR BABIES. IT WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL THING, IT WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL THING, BEST DAY. BEST DAY. >> YOU KNOW, SIX KIDS IS A LOT >> YOU KNOW, SIX KIDS IS A LOT OF KIDS. OF KIDS. TAKE ME BACK AGAIN, I LOVE IT TAKE ME BACK AGAIN, I LOVE IT WAS YOUR BROTHER TAKE CALLED WAS YOUR BROTHER TAKE CALLED YOU. YOU. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. >> HE TOLD YOU, HEY, THERE’S >> HE TOLD YOU, HEY, THERE’S THREE KIDS THAT NEED A HOME. THREE KIDS THAT NEED A HOME. THEN WHAT HAPPENED? THEN WHAT HAPPENED? >> YES. >> YES. I WAS DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION I WAS DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION WORK JUST NEAR SALT LAKE CITY. WORK JUST NEAR SALT LAKE CITY. MY BROTHER HAD GIVEN ME A CALL. MY BROTHER HAD GIVEN ME A CALL. HE SAID, HEY, A FAMILY OF THREE, HE SAID, HEY, A FAMILY OF THREE, JUST TALK TO YOUR WIFE ABOUT IT JUST TALK TO YOUR WIFE ABOUT IT AND LET ME KNOW. AND LET ME KNOW. I CALLED MY WIFE AND ASHLEY I CALLED MY WIFE AND ASHLEY SAID, YEAH, LET’S DO IT. SAID, YEAH, LET’S DO IT. HE CALLED ME ABOUT A MINUTE HE CALLED ME ABOUT A MINUTE LATER. LATER. HE SAID, ACTUALLY, THERE’S A HE SAID, ACTUALLY, THERE’S A FAMILY OF SIX. FAMILY OF SIX. WHEN HE CALLED, I WAS STRUCK FOR WHEN HE CALLED, I WAS STRUCK FOR A SECOND. A SECOND. I SAID, DID YOU SAY SIX? I SAID, DID YOU SAY SIX? HE WAS ORIGINALLY THREE BUT HE WAS ORIGINALLY THREE BUT THERE’S NOT A FAMILY OUT THERE THERE’S NOT A FAMILY OUT THERE THAT WANTS ALL SIX IN. THAT WANTS ALL SIX IN. THEY MIGHT HAVE TO SPLIT THEM UP THEY MIGHT HAVE TO SPLIT THEM UP EVENTUALLY. EVENTUALLY. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT, LET IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT, LET ME KNOW. ME KNOW. I CALLED ASH, HEY, SURPRISE, I CALLED ASH, HEY, SURPRISE, THERE’S SIX OF THEM. THERE’S SIX OF THEM. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK MAMA? >> WHAT DID YOU THINK MAMA? >> I WAS OKAY WITH IT. >> I WAS OKAY WITH IT. I COME FROM A FAMILY OF 13. I COME FROM A FAMILY OF 13. >> YOU SAID THAT’S IT. >> YOU SAID THAT’S IT. >> WE TALKED TO BRITTANY, YOUR >> WE TALKED TO BRITTANY, YOUR DAUGHTER. DAUGHTER. WHAT HAS THIS WHOLE JOURNEY WHAT HAS THIS WHOLE JOURNEY MEANT TO YOU? MEANT TO YOU? >> IT’S MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME. >> IT’S MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME. GOING FROM PARENTS THAT GOING FROM PARENTS THAT DIDN’T -- WEREN’T REALLY THERE DIDN’T -- WEREN’T REALLY THERE FOR YOU YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND THEN FOR YOU YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND THEN GOING TO PARENTS THAT WERE THERE GOING TO PARENTS THAT WERE THERE FOR YOU, BEING YOUR CHEERLEADERS FOR YOU, BEING YOUR CHEERLEADERS ON THE WAY FOR EVERYTHING WAS ON THE WAY FOR EVERYTHING WAS AMAZING. AMAZING. WALKING INTO THEIR HOME, IT WALKING INTO THEIR HOME, IT BECAME OUR HOME. BECAME OUR HOME. THAT IS JUST SOMETHING I’M NEVER THAT IS JUST SOMETHING I’M NEVER GOING TO FORGET. GOING TO FORGET. THAT’S SOMETHING I’M ALSO GOING THAT’S SOMETHING I’M ALSO GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE AS WELL WITH TO DO IN THE FUTURE AS WELL WITH MY FUTURE FAMILY AND WITH PEOPLE MY FUTURE FAMILY AND WITH PEOPLE THAT I COME BY. THAT I COME BY. IF THEY ARE STRUGGLING, MY HOME IF THEY ARE STRUGGLING, MY HOME IS GOING TO BE OPEN AS WELL IS GOING TO BE OPEN AS WELL BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT MY MOM AND BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT MY MOM AND DAD TAUGHT US. DAD TAUGHT US. >> YOUR DAD TALKING ABOUT THAT >> YOUR DAD TALKING ABOUT THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU GUYS FIRST MOMENT WHEN YOU GUYS FIRST CALLED HIM DAD, WAS THAT LIKE A CALLED HIM DAD, WAS THAT LIKE A KIDS’ MEETING, SHOULD WE CALL KIDS’ MEETING, SHOULD WE CALL THEM MOM AND DAD OR DID THEM MOM AND DAD OR DID EVERYBODY COME IT ON THEIR OWN. EVERYBODY COME IT ON THEIR OWN. WELL, THE TWO LITTLES STARTED WELL, THE TWO LITTLES STARTED CALLING THEM MOM AND DAD AT CALLING THEM MOM AND DAD AT FIRST AFTER TWO MONTHS OF BEING FIRST AFTER TWO MONTHS OF BEING WITH THEM. WITH THEM. WHEN THEY STARTED CALLING THEM WHEN THEY STARTED CALLING THEM MOM AND DAD, I ALWAYS WENT LIKE, MOM AND DAD, I ALWAYS WENT LIKE, GO TO MOM, GO TO MOM. GO TO MOM, GO TO MOM. THAT’S WHEN I STARTED CALLING THAT’S WHEN I STARTED CALLING THEM MOM AND DAD. THEM MOM AND DAD. I REMEMBER I STARTED CALLING I REMEMBER I STARTED CALLING ASHLEY MOM AFTER I GOT A ASHLEY MOM AFTER I GOT A SURGERY. SURGERY. I WAS LIKE WHERE IS MY MOM. I WAS LIKE WHERE IS MY MOM. IN THE RECOVERY ROOM. IN THE RECOVERY ROOM. WHEN I GOT HOME I WAS CALLING WHEN I GOT HOME I WAS CALLING FOR DAD. FOR DAD. ONE DAY I WAS CALLING THEM ONE DAY I WAS CALLING THEM ASHLEY AND ALO, THE NEXT DAY, ASHLEY AND ALO, THE NEXT DAY, MOM AND DAD. MOM AND DAD. >> THAT MUST MAKE YOUR HEART >> THAT MUST MAKE YOUR HEART GROW. GROW. >> MOST PEOPLE GROW UP WITH A >> MOST PEOPLE GROW UP WITH A MOM AND DAD AND IT’S JUST A MOM AND DAD AND IT’S JUST A WORD. WORD. BUT WHEN YOU CAN’T HAVE KIDS OR BUT WHEN YOU CAN’T HAVE KIDS OR HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO AND THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO AND THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN, LIKE P SHE ALL OF A SUDDEN, LIKE P SHE SAID, ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? SAID, ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? I HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE I HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE TALKING TO ME. TALKING TO ME. IT WAS AN AMAZING THING. IT WAS AN AMAZING THING. BOTH OF US CRIED AFTER THAT. BOTH OF US CRIED AFTER THAT. >> YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. >> YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANKS SO MUCH. >> THANKS SO MUCH. >> YOU’VE GOT A LITTLE -- A STAR >> YOU’VE GOT A LITTLE -- A STAR IS BORN WITH MY LITTLE FRIEND TY IS BORN WITH MY LITTLE FRIEND TY ON THE CORNER. ON THE CORNER. THAT IS A CUTIE. THAT IS A CUTIE. HE’S LOOKING AT HIMSELF ON THE HE’S LOOKING AT HIMSELF ON THE CAMERA. CAMERA. YES, YOU’RE ADORABLE.
