Our story

Lil' Govs Bright Beginnings is a daycare owned by husband and wife, Garrett and Tori Peterson. We met in college when we both ran collegiately for Black Hills State University. While neither of us are originally from Pierre, the community has made us feel at home since 2020.

Our history

Tori has been a 7th grade science teacher at Georgia Morse for the past six years and coaches girls cross country and middle school track. She recently resigned from teaching after we found out that we were expecting our third child in July, which will give us three children all three and under age wise. Garrett one day jokingly texted Tori that they should buy what is currently Sunnyside Daycare and she immediately fell in love with the idea. She was a very passionate teacher and that fire has already transferred over to the launch of this daycare venture. Tori is the brains behind everything. Garrett has worked as a credit analyst for the past 8+ years and will continue that role while managing some of the finances for the business. We have two beautiful boys, Cooper (3) and Dawson (2), with another child joining us very shortly. We are excited to start this adventure and hopefully be a positive addition to the community.