Elder Bryce William Peacock: Cousins

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Cousins

The night before our oldest son entered the MTC in Provo almost exactly six years ago, we gathered the Peacock family together. Justin was the first grandchild to leave on a mission. In all, there are ten Peacock (including Madsen and McGill) grandsons. The only one missing that night was our middle son, Tyler, who was at EFY (Especially for Youth, a summer program for teenagers) at BYU. We lined all the boys up, youngest to oldest:

They are a bit rowdy. Here's a more civilized pose:

My favorite part was when we joined in family prayer at the end of the night. I can only speak for myself, but I was sobbing.

Just missing Tyler (EFY) and Lexie
(Lexie is taking the picture...and incidentally wearing a bathing suit
although there was no water nearby, as was her habit that year)

Anyway. Since that night, four more cousins (#2-5) have gone and returned from missions in Puerto Rico, Alabama, Peru and Baltimore. Another cousin (#6), Elder Spencer Madsen, is currently serving in the Dominican Republic and will be returning later this year. There has always been at least one Peacock grandson out in the mission field since July, 2010. And then there is this trio (#7, 8 & 9 grandsons):

Zack, Will and Jason each graduated high school in 2015 and decided to go to a year of college. They each received their mission calls within weeks of each other. Jason was the first to leave at the end of May to the Texas McAllen (Spanish speaking) via the MTC in Mexico City.

Will and Zack left the same day: July 12th. Zack is going to Oklahoma City (Spanish speaking) via the MTC in Mexico City. He missed Jason by hours in Mexico City as Jason left for Texas.

So now, each of the four Peacock siblings have a missionary out. It's been a crazy summer, but also awesome because we've gotten together three times in six weeks to love on these boys. We look forward to getting together again in Idaho to welcome Spencer home in a few months.