Kissing Cousins

Five years ago today, my dearest little cousin Trevor passed away. He was such a beautiful little boy! 

Never once was he angry that he was sick or in pain, but he took his cancer as just another trial in his life. He was so brave, so courageous. He loved our Heavenly Father and His Son. He loved the gospel. He cherished his family and held on to them with everything he had. He wanted nothing but happiness for his friends and family. 

He wanted the world to know that this gospel is 110% true. He was funny and a prankster, even when he wasn't feeling good. He hated but loved my kisses.

 He was amazing. He was happy until he entered the Kingdom. He is now the Lord's missionary in heaven, preaching to those who may not have been able to hear the gospel on this earth. Trevor is here with all of us. In our hearts and minds forever. 

He was the most handsome towards the end. His spirit shined through him. 

Forever Rest In Paradise Trev!! 

The Rich & Famous

This week.. I was both rich and famous. 

1. Rich. Chad recieved his school money. Yes, I know we have to pay them back, but it's nice, you know, to have more than $10 to our name. BOOM! 

2. It was my birthday. I became famous... amoung my friends. Fame is fame!! I'll take it. 

Chad was very wonderful to me on my birthday! Man do I love him. He's awesome. Amazing. 

I want to dedicate this posting my lovely sister McKenna who came down from Idaho to spend our birthdays together. Hey Madi! We miss you!

Well McKenna, she's our special sister. I'll give examples. 

1. Have you played the "5 Seconds" game? You are given a category and have to name three things related to that category in 5 seconds. Always play with Kenna if you want to just laugh at her. 

Me: Name three dwarves from Snow White? GO!

...1...

...2...

...3...

McKenna: SNOOPY!!!!

Me: Name three chinese dishes. GO!

...1...

...2...

...3...

McKenna: Taiwan!!

Keep in mind.. Kenna seems to only yell out one answer. One wrong answer. 

Me: Name three types of fish. GO!

...1...

...2...

...3...

McKenna: STAR FISH!!

2. Another thing she likes to tell boys is that she is a fan of "fire crotches." Boy are they extremely freaked out and confused when she realizes she meant to say"crotch rockets." (motorcycles for you oldies)

3. We were playing Scattergories. The letter was B. Kenna gets down to the word "companies". When it was time to read what eachother wrote for that category, Kenna wrote "blue". What company is named Blue? 

She thought it was companties. Like underwear. Blue Panties was Kenna's answer. 

I love Kenna. She's special. 

Pregnancy

I'd like to inform America.. I am not pregnant. 

My mother-in-law says I have a pregnancy glow about me. Not pregnant. I went to my aunt and uncle's house for dessert and I had a rather large slice of Ghirardelli Double Chocolate cake. ALL my cousins assumed I was pregnant. I like cake people!! Not pregnant. I had a stomach ache last night and Chad questioned, "are you pregnant?" Not pregnant. I tweeked my lower back and my brother-in-law asks if I'm pregnant. NO AMERICA. I'm not pregnant. 

However, I do have names picked out. 

From Hawaii to Utah

I ask myself every morning "Why Sam? Why did we move back to the frozen tundra? WHY?" 

We left the beautiful beaches, white sand, exciting nature and mysterious sea turtles for.......snow. But most of all, we miss our little Tucker the most. 

My heart breaks. Daily. 

But we are here. In Utah. In Ute territory. Which makes everything THAT much worse. A blue living in the red. Does that make me a blue ute? A red cougar? I'm so conflicted. 

I'm Switzerland. 

Chad and I were seriously blessed that we were able to find our home. The Lord has answered our prayers. We had been searching for a place close to the U so that Chad didn't have to travel very far, but nowhere seemed "right". And one day, we drove to campus and we called a For Rent sign and BOOM.. an extremely old lady (she said she's pushing 90) showed us her two bedroom apartment 500 ft. from campus. I do believe in love at first sight. Our home is perfect. 

We have a living room, kitchen, and two bedrooms and they are NOT in the same room. Our living room is the size of our Hawaiian house. We are surely blessed.

Dear Hawaii, 

We miss you. 

Please don't forget us. 

Sincerly, 

The Thurgoods