Cousins....?

So I was at a dance on Saturday night, PARTAYING it up and having the time of my life! (Because that's what you do at dances.) The thing about BYU-I dances is that rather then everyone standing in a circle and dancing around, it's like a mob. Seriously everyone crowds to the center of the floor and jumps up and down (so there was a lot of whipping hair in peoples faces, bumping elbows, stepping on toes etc.) After about an hour or two of this craziness, I decided to take a breather. Pulling myself from the crowd, I noticed a girl off to one side leaning against the wall. She looked nice, so I decided to head on over and maybe make a new friend.

We got to talking, exchanging small pleasantries as we discussed the school, the majors, the dance and other such things. At one point she asked where I was from, I told her, and then asked where she was from. When she said Star Valley Wyoming, I commented that my Dad grew up their thinking that maybe her parents knew my Dad or his parents (for it's a small world after all right? :) She asked who my Dad was, and after I told her she looked at me with wide eyes and exclaimed. "Oh my Gosh! I think we're related!!!!"  (The world just got a lot smaller!)

So yeah, I found my second cousin (or at least I think she's my second cousin... How does it work if your parents are cousins? Does that make you second cousins or third cousins, or second and half cousins once removed...?) Isn't that crazy?

This is me and my cousin... I looked better earlier on in the
evening, but this is what I look like after hours of jumping
up and down....

See! This is me at the beginning of the evening BEFORE
I got all hot and sweaty! :) 

~Keep Smiling~ :)