Dear Family,
On Saturday I got sunburned just from teaching three hours
of tennis lessons, and this is actually good news. After what seems like rain everyday in May, I think summer
might make it to Logan after all!
We had finals week the first week of May and were both glad
to get that over with. We worked
really hard in our classes this semester and were both able to pull of
4.0s.
As celebration, we headed down to St. George to spend some
relaxing time at Grandma and Grandpa’s beautiful new home for the one free week
we had between finals and summer semester starting. We were only there a few days, but it was a perfect little
get away. We relaxed at the home,
enjoyed the hot tub, watched some disappointing Jazz games, and enjoyed eating
out. We also continued on with our
“temple collecting” by attending a session in the St. George temple, making it
the ninth temple we’ve attended while being married! We’re so lucky to live so close to so many of them!
The highlight of the trip was going to Zion’s National
Park. We both hadn’t been there
before, or at least didn’t remember having ever been. We spent a full day in the park and hiked 3 different
trails. The first trail we hiked
took us to some waterfalls. We
hiked to the lower and middle falls.
They were very beautiful.
It was about a 3 mile hike round trip. We then took a short 1-mile hike, which was more like a
walk, along the river, which lead us to the end of the canyon, at the head of
the Narrows. We wanted to hike the
Narrows, which really means forging the river through the canyon walls;
however, the canyon was closed due to high levels of water. To end off our day we went on what is
said to be the most dangerous hike at Zion’s- Angel’s Landing. It was a 5 mile hike and was a “nice”
hike for 4 of the 5 miles. The
last ½ mile up and then back was quite another story. We were gripping on to chains basically the entire time just
trying to stay on the mountain. It
reminded us a lot of hiking Wayna Picchu at Macchu Picchu in Peru last
summer. It wasn’t as bad as it
appeared to be when starting out, but definitely not something for little
ones. The view at the top was
spectacular. It was gorgeous to be
overlooking all of Zion’s canyon.
May was also filled with celebrations. Jake’s sisters Meghan and Colie, had
birthdays, followed by both my mom’s and dad’s birthdays, our cousin, Dan Seamon’s
wedding, and mother’s day! We were
able to go to my home ward to watch Heather sing for Mother’s day. I am surely grateful for mothers. I told my mom I don’t know how she
keeps the house clean, because I can barely do it with just Jake and I!
This past month I was accepted for a marketing internship
with the Franklin Covey organization in Salt Lake City. They are being very flexible with me
and I will be doing some work at home until my summer school is over, come July
9. Then I will be working about 20
hours a week partly from home and also in SLC.
We also enjoyed going to Heather’s end-of-year dance
review. She sure is a star on the
stage! She had to have been the
cutest one up there, and that is not just because I’m bias;) She was smiling and sticking every
move! Heather and Scott also both
finished up soccer. They had great
seasons, and we enjoyed watching their games, which lucky for us, were at a
park only a few minutes from our place.
Scott’s team made it to the championship game. The game was full of rivalry and about gave Jake and I both
heart attacks. We get a little too
into games, to say the least, and this game was one incredible game! A goal at the second half buzzer, and
then a goal at the over time buzzer, sent the championship game into a PK shoot
out. Scott’s team did excellent
and won the shoot out 4-2.
Jake and I have one more week until we finish our first summer
semester of classes. The following
week we start up our second semester.
After which I will be done, and then Jake will be taking a subsequent
semester, and will wind up at the end of July.
We hope everyone is happy and healthy!
Love,
Kristina & Jake Peterson
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