After all the paperwork is done, and the year-long contract is underway, many nannies say they can understand people's perceptions about Utah "Purity."

"The people here are very uptight and somewhat paranoid," says Jennifer Hill, a 23-year-old nanny from Salt Lake City who works in Gulf Mills, Pennsylvania. "They're afraid to extend a helping hand to people...they're afraid they'll get robbed or shot."

Utahans, on the other hand, are more trusting, says Hill. "there's an innocence about them...the people are more wholesome, more apt to trust you," she says.

"The sense of humor is a lot different," she adds. Out West, there is more of a "happy-go-lucky" attitude, while back East, she says, "Even the sense of humor here is more serious."

Rogers' predictions of the homesickness do ring true for Hill. "I miss the mountains [Utah] is an easy place to live in. Here it's just all very unsure. I'm lost everyday." But Hill says she loves the cultural opportunities of the East. "There's a lot more to see and do," she says.

When Turner tells people where she grew up, she often gets some raised eyebrows. Turner says that questions range from "Don't you people have horns?" to "Don't all the husband have tons of wives?"

Parents say that although they were aware of "the Mormon mystique," the stereotype didn't necessarily affect their decision to work with the Rogers.

Nevertheless, says Helen E. Schardt, who hired Turner, "I knew enough to know that these girls would probably be Mormon, a little more clean-cut. Possibly a little more stable than what I had been getting."

Perry Katz, the father of a 15-month-old boy, says that the agency's location in Utah didn't matter: "If Nannies From Utah was Nannies From Malaysia, and they interviewed well over the phone, it wouldn't matter where they were from," he explains. "That perception was out there but it really didn't factor into our decision."

As with any business, sometimes the match-making just doesn't work out. when a nanny seems to be a "mistake" for a particular family, says Rogers, "I drop everything else and correct it. I get another girl, and fast."

Recently, Rogers says one nanny was sent home after she was out until 4:30 a.m. the night before.

So much for the stereotype of Ivory-pure Utahans--or even the Mary Poppins ideal: this particular nanny was out until the wee hours slam dancing. With chimney sweeps, perhaps.