Sister Spotlight: Ashlyn Flynn

Our sweet sister Ashlyn Flynn moved into our River Rose ward in October 2014. Ashlyn and her husband Riley have a son, Ridge, and are excited to be pregnant with another boy.

She was born in Anaheim, CA, with her family eventually settling in Mesa, Arizona. There are five children in her family with her being the middle child.

She has known her husband, Riley, since the 8th grade when he was a sophomore. After high school, she attended school learning phlebotomy and then worked at a hospital in Mesa. Ashlyn was 18 years old and her husband Riley 20 years old when they married in the Mesa Temple. Riley became a pilot for Sky West Airlines this past October 2014. 

Ashlyn enjoys redoing furniture, especially dressers. She also enjoys working out at our Herriman Recreation Center in the aerobic classes 3 to 5 times a week. When asked what is her favorite food she said, “everything,” especially Chinese and Mexican. Her goals for the future is to continue with her nursing school as she would like to be a nurse someday. One of her guilty pleasures is sugar and sour candy.  

Let us all welcome Ashlyn when we see her in the hallway at church and in our meetings. We are fortunate to have this sweet family in our ward.  

Sister Spotlight: Teri Flynn

Our sister, Teri Flynn, was born in Murray, Utah and grew up in Holliday. Her family consisted of five children with her as the middle child.  Her dad was an airline pilot for Pan American Airlines and was in the National Guard flying planes. On his last day before retiring with the National Guard, he was flying with his younger brother and they both were killed in an airplane accident in the Utah mountains.  This happened 30 years ago, and last year all Teri’s family hiked up the mountain where the plane came down. They were surprised to find some of the airplane parts still there.  All the family, including grandchildren and great-grandchildren, wrote notes on paper, put them into a time capsule, and buried it on that mountain.  

Teri went to college at BYU for three years and then married Thomas Patrick Flynn, who is now a mechanical engineer for Tesoro.  They have four biological children and adopted two boys 12 years ago. They have lived in Texas, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Arizona.  They moved to Riverton in October from Arizona.  Her hobbies and talents are anything outdoors: tennis, gardening, hiking, and crafts.  Her favorite food is Italian, especially at Carrabbas restaurant. And like most of us, she enjoys anything chocolate.  Teri keeps herself busy substituting for the Canyon District School part time and works also part time as a phlebotomist doing health screening. 

It was so enjoyable visiting with Teri.  We are so glad that they decided to settle in Riverton.  We will all enrich our lives getting to know this family better. Welcome to Riverton, Flynn family!