Sister Spotlight: Olivia Peterson

Olivia was born in South Jordan. She has three older brothers and one older sister, making her the “baby” in the family. She married Kyler Peterson last July, so they are our newlyweds in the ward. Kyler is the manager of T-Mobile in downtown Salt Lake.

She received her medical assistant nursing degree, and is planning on going back to school to receive her Bachelor's degree in nursing, which should take about three years. Before her move to Riverton, she worked at The Huntsman Breast Cancer Clinic.

Volleyball is her favorite sport--she played competitive volleyball in high school--and she still loves to play whenever she gets a chance. In her younger years, she learned how to play the violin. Italian food is her favorite cuisine.

Because her mother is a travel agent who owns her own agency, Olivia and Kyler are able to travel with hotel and other benefits. For instance, to help celebrate her grandparents 60th wedding anniversary, her family went on a Carnival cruise in the Caribbean. She, her husband, and other family members are going to Disneyland this coming week to celebrate her sister’s birthday. I’m thinking that we all need a travel agent mother in our family!

A FUN fact about Olivia: She has always loved Olivia the Pig cartoon character and because of this, on her 12th birthday, her mother gave her a real live Pot-belly Pig! Since her move to Riverton, her pig is staying at her mother’s house.

It was an enjoyable time visiting with Olivia, and we are so fortunate to have her and her husband living in our River Rose ward. Take the time to say hi to her and welcome her into our ward. To know you is to love you, Olivia!

Sister Spotlight: Linda Gallagher

Linda was born and grew up on an island in Rhode Island called Aquidneck Island. Some of her family still live there. Linda is the oldest child in their family, with one brother and three sisters.

Because she and her family grew up Catholic, Linda went to Catholic schools with nuns being her teachers. She became a member of the church after marriage when missionaries came to her door. Five months later she and her husband were baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

 Linda has five children- four sons and one daughter. Two of her sons and their wives live in Utah (Herriman and Cottonwood Heights) while the other two live in Boston with their families. Her 16-year-old daughter, Megan, is busy in the Young Women’s program and planning on going to girl’s camp. Linda has ten grandchildren who range in ages from 7 months old to a 7 year old, with three of them being triplets! So she has all babies in her family.

Linda loves crafts, riding horseback, and photography. One of her guilty pleasures is enjoying ice cream. She and her daughter were able to fly to Boston this past April, and Linda is planning on returning for a vacation in August which happily means also driving to Rhode Island to be with family.

It was such an enjoyable time visiting with Linda. What a sweet sister she is! Be sure to say hi to her when you see her in the halls and our church classes. To know you is to love you, Linda and Megan! We welcome the both of you into our ward!