I Miss...
Haircuts in the garage
Golfing
Hunting / Stopping for something at the gas station on the way to Eureka
Camping and 4 wheeler rides
My greatest example of reverence, patience and hard work
Going on plumbing jobs
Flicking water after washing hands
Talking to himself on plumbing jobs
"Pooooosibly, pooooosibly"
The sighs
Cafe Rio together and at times making his burrito for him
"HEY! How-are-ya"
That distinct feeling of fingers on my head
Play time as kids, and the distinct feeling of his beard on my skin
Waking up to my thumb being smacked out of my mouth
Naps on the couch
Simply sitting down and talking
The rolling of the eyes
Finding out how tall I am with the tape measure
"KYLE, LANE, ANNA!"
Simple teachings during FHE
Those hands
Evening trips to Carl's Junior
Visiting grandma and grandpa all together
The bicep bounce
The approving "Alright!" with a smile
Vacations and stays in hotels
The best pancakes
Sunday walks and visits to members
Hearing snoring
German milk ("Goo-n-col")
The help I got with my Rube Goldberg (poking the book) :)
Habitual knuckle popping
Watching him connect with others
"Because I said so."
Washing golf clubs in the sink
The approving nod after I would return home from a haircut
"You admiring yourself in the mirror?"
The old work truck
My Bishop
"In one ear, out the other"
Tickling my feet
"Thank you, thank you very much" (Elvis)
Hearing those slow footsteps creaking above me
The milk carton or cold sodas on the back of my neck
"Thas-right"
Golf Channel
"Hasta Luigi, Mario!"
Being rushed by two snaps
Zoom
Fathers and sons / Campouts
The many ways of saying "Hello" on the phone
Runs to the supply house
"You're slower than grandma!"
Ritz, cheese and salami while watching TV
The 'hurry up' mannerism with the beckoning hand signal and pursed lips
Our personal plumber
Hearing my mom scream and knowing he was home
Someone pulling my blanket off of me
Having oatmeal made for me with the milk cap used to measure the milk
A silent wave from the other side of the room
That tone of voice saying "It was AWEsome!"
Barking spiders / buck snorts
Poking into my collar bone and saying "What's that?"
The sarcastic "Goooosh!"
The country swing King
"Didn't bother me!"
Softball - watching games and playing together
The one who always finished their dinner first
The slow-paced use of technology
Perfect counsel
Night-time knuckles
"Baah" (Bye)
Castle Dale
"Thaaat's good" when saying 'that's enough or plenty'
Ordinances done with or by him
Those offers to trade how much money is in our wallets
Basketball
"Are ya just gonna stand there with the fridge door open?"
Bear hugs
Putting in the family room
Getting a laugh from me
The interpreter of Kyle's letters
The stern glare of disapproval
Dropping off breakfast in the office on Sundays
That wide-eyed, taken-back look
The one who knew the most about cars and machines out of all of us
Games - Thirty one, Tri-Ominoes, Texas Hold'em, Monopoly, Farkle
The sprinkler maintenance man
Late night ice cream
"Earth to Laaaaane"
Pokes with a fart sound
The intensified "Yes!" during an intense sporting event (with fist pump)
"Git-tuh-bed!"
Hearing someone slowly walking down the stairs
Being told I'm such a dork
The grill guy
"What'd ya do that for??"
TF Squared
A very fearful, humbling, protective yet effective temper
Seeing the truck in the garage and knowing he's home
"Let's go!"
Sharing chips and salsa
That ability of spotting a deer no matter where it was
The neighborhood snow plower
Silent reading
Peanut butter and honey / jelly sandwiches
Someone listening to me
"It was goooood" (Food)
Searching the house for him when coming home from school
"Green means go!"
Someone turning the light on
The one I learned from to put milk in first before the cereal
Inside jokes between the family
The other milk drinker
The fine line between joking and nonsense
Being scared to death after almost being pushed off the ledge I was standing on
Those mornings with the complete breakfasts he made
Trusting in such great driving skills
Being told I'm so lucky after saying 'I have to work today'
That tone of voice offering a prayer
"Cow went dry"
Logical explanations
'Empty Plumbing'
Marvelous
"How's your sugar with your oatmeal?"
Quiet early-morning drives in the truck
The one who knew how to open letters the right way
Stories - Childhood, Mission, Mom
NCIS, 24, Ghost Whisperer, White Collar
Driving the golf kart together
"Hi-ho-hi-ho"
That laugh and chuckle / Laughing
Toe-tapping to upbeat music (sometimes with the head bob)
The shaking of the head
The "fag" voice :)
The pose on the stand (two fingers on side of head, thumb under chin, other fingers covering mouth)
Fake sucker punches when you least expected them
Being called Bongo, Bed-head, Mop-top, Goof-troop, Feebee (FBI), Goober
"Whut"
Reaction-speed tests with fast smacks
Soft quiet singing in the car
"Money money money MUUUNAY!"
NASCAR Sundays
The laundry man
Waking up on weekend mornings to pancakes and music playing such as George Straight, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, The Eagles and Bryan Adams
Combing my hair over so sharp on Sundays
Help with brain teasers and problem solving
Little cat-calls when I looked good
"He's aliiiive"
Drink runs at McDonald's
Quietness
Walking in during personal prayer
French toast
Seeing a hand on the back side of the couch as I walked upstairs
"You're jumpy"
Hearing the door close every morning
Shooting out west
Seeing my parents' hands together in between the driver and passenger seat
Rolling down the windows a crack
The rodeo together
Our tennis matches
Home teaching
"Yahoooo!"
"Let's eat!!!" or "Vamos a comer!"
Playing with my hair the last night together
The one who could admit that others were better than him
All of those hats
"Rrribit"
Finding all of the Ferguson invoices in the mail
Driving me to school
My Coach
Showing no fear
The hereditary "Mm-hmm"
Seeing the computer being used off of the reflection of the picture in the hallway
The cake thief ("More for me!")
Putting contests for a drink
Two-finger-typing
Birthday lickens
The body clock that could change to 'bed time' in an instant
"You spill, you die."
Jokes about killing/skinning/eating Penny
"I'll trade ya!"
Watching my brother grow closer to him than I did with talking, stories, experiences
"Did you brush your hair and comb your teeth?"
"Ah-choo my food"
"You know, a light would help"
Being thrown upward to the ceiling
"Red rice, red riiice!"
The exquisite fine art of graham crackers with frosting in milk
Haystacks a la Marv
Working on Taco Bell together / Using heavy machinery for the first time together to accomplish a job
The only one who would obviously get annoyed with my tapping
Ocassional video games together
Singing the bass line in church
Going to the movies
Help with my math homework
The only person I knew who listened more than they talked
...My Dad
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The Advice of Dad
"Prayer is always the right answer to any question"
"There are three certain things to happen in life: Death, change, and The Atonement"
"Thompson family, together forever"
"The most important decision you will make in this life is who you will marry"
"Listen, learn, obey, ok"
"It's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it"
"Finish the job"
"The more I study the more I know. The more I know, the more I forget. The more I forget, the more I don't know...so I study."
"It's better to work with your mind than your body"
"The body is just the shell of the soul"
"It's better to look up"
"Wear out your knees when you pray"
"I've seen the best missionaries come back home and fall, making you say, 'They struggled with that?'"
"You're not alone"
"Work hard, play hard"
"Wait for the edges to dry before flipping the pancake"
"Always stay behind the person with the gun"
"Where the head goes, the body follows"
"Divorce is NOT an option"
"Look down the road plenty of seconds while driving"
"Let the lawn mower pull you"
"Try to tie the tie with the seams at your neck"
"Cut the water heater box along the corners"
"Water expands"
"Love is selfless service"
"The moment you see tail lights, foot off the gas"
"If you put it down on paper, there's no way I could have not been in debt, but because I payed my tithing, I have been blessed"
"Cruise control is more fuel efficient because it can keep the accelerator more still than your foot"
"The more pot-holes you hit is more wear and tear on your car"
"Cover their eyes when they try to make a lay-up"
"You don't have to hit the ball hard to make it go far, you just have to hit it right"
"Let the haystacks boil to dissolve the sugar"
"Use your hunting walk"
"Make your drink last"
"Because I know I'm not the slowest driver, nor the fastest, I drive in the middle lane"
"Stay close to your side going around blind corners"
"Don't stand too far back in the outfield"
"You should slow down a little at every intersection"
"Do not let the jackhammer tip over"
"You can't have a ziplock bag full of single parts of a disassembled watch, and throw all of the parts out of the bag and expect to have a full working watch connect together in the end. That's why The Big Bang Theory is false."
"Oatmeal acts like glue"
"Practice shooting on your bed, the ones that go straight up would have gone in"
"There's a difference between a scary movie and an evil movie"
"Peel stickers off slowly"
"Compact the mashed potatoes when they're finished so the heat doesn't get out"
"Whenever my parents gave me money for a trip, I tried to save it all"
"Rub away the pain"
"If we were to do this right, we would start out with a prayer"
"If you're not sure what the speed limit is, 50 in the country and 30 in the city"
"Fold your suit pants from the bottom along the creases"
"How well you do in school determines if you go to a good college, or a dumb-dumb college"
Mom thought of a few more...
"Let's go" or "Way to go, Coca Mo Joe."
"Prayer is always the right answer to any question"
"There are three certain things to happen in life: Death, change, and The Atonement"
"Thompson family, together forever"
"The most important decision you will make in this life is who you will marry"
"Listen, learn, obey, ok"
"It's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it"
"Finish the job"
"The more I study the more I know. The more I know, the more I forget. The more I forget, the more I don't know...so I study."
"It's better to work with your mind than your body"
"The body is just the shell of the soul"
"It's better to look up"
"Wear out your knees when you pray"
"I've seen the best missionaries come back home and fall, making you say, 'They struggled with that?'"
"You're not alone"
"Work hard, play hard"
"Wait for the edges to dry before flipping the pancake"
"Always stay behind the person with the gun"
"Where the head goes, the body follows"
"Divorce is NOT an option"
"Look down the road plenty of seconds while driving"
"Let the lawn mower pull you"
"Try to tie the tie with the seams at your neck"
"Cut the water heater box along the corners"
"Water expands"
"Love is selfless service"
"The moment you see tail lights, foot off the gas"
"If you put it down on paper, there's no way I could have not been in debt, but because I payed my tithing, I have been blessed"
"Cruise control is more fuel efficient because it can keep the accelerator more still than your foot"
"The more pot-holes you hit is more wear and tear on your car"
"Cover their eyes when they try to make a lay-up"
"You don't have to hit the ball hard to make it go far, you just have to hit it right"
"Let the haystacks boil to dissolve the sugar"
"Use your hunting walk"
"Make your drink last"
"Because I know I'm not the slowest driver, nor the fastest, I drive in the middle lane"
"Stay close to your side going around blind corners"
"Don't stand too far back in the outfield"
"You should slow down a little at every intersection"
"Do not let the jackhammer tip over"
"You can't have a ziplock bag full of single parts of a disassembled watch, and throw all of the parts out of the bag and expect to have a full working watch connect together in the end. That's why The Big Bang Theory is false."
"Oatmeal acts like glue"
"Practice shooting on your bed, the ones that go straight up would have gone in"
"There's a difference between a scary movie and an evil movie"
"Peel stickers off slowly"
"Compact the mashed potatoes when they're finished so the heat doesn't get out"
"Whenever my parents gave me money for a trip, I tried to save it all"
"Rub away the pain"
"If we were to do this right, we would start out with a prayer"
"If you're not sure what the speed limit is, 50 in the country and 30 in the city"
"Fold your suit pants from the bottom along the creases"
"How well you do in school determines if you go to a good college, or a dumb-dumb college"
Mom thought of a few more...
"Let's go" or "Way to go, Coca Mo Joe."
"Hey, You, Hassamoto!"
His slow saunter that often prompted the "What's your hurry?"
The ability to back up a trailer in a tight spot.
The one-arm shoulder lean-in at the pulpit.
Golf tan lines.
Sunglasses on the brim of his hat.
Perty, ain't it?
Good. Trade.
Like a glooove.
"Hurry back; we might learn to like ya."
"See ya when we see ya, and not before."
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