My father’s side of the family recently had a cousins reunion. Only about one third of all the cousins showed up, but that is still a lot! The twelve of us had a pretty nice afternoon of catching up. We met at a restaurant in west Georgia, and ate barbecue and “chewed the fat”.
So, in the photo above, there is Jimmy, Joyce, Robert and Carol from my Aunt Sarah’s bunch. Missing are Phillip and Buddy. Next, there is my brother Richard, Me, and my brother Hank in front next to me. My sister Linda and my brother Preston were absent. Behind me is my cousin Joe, his brother Andy in the red shirt next to him, and their sister Bonnie, Uncle Bill’s children. Uncle Herman’s two boys Ronnie and Steve are on the right side. Uncle Bud’s family (4 children), Uncle Bruce’s family (7 or 8 children), and Aunt Mary’s family (4 children) are not represented at all. I really wish more of my cousins had come.
Here are some more pictures from the reunion:
I don’t know when the next reunion will be. Probably one year from now. I really hope that all of us are still on this earth and able to get together again.
Gaelyn says
Nice gathering of cousins. I haven’t seen any of my cousins in decades.
Dianna @ Oy Vey a Day says
How fun! I don’t see my cousins often, but it is always fun when I do.
If we are just counting first cousins, I have 7. Toss in first cousins once removed (and so on), I’m really not even sure. I can think of 16… but I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few.
Mer says
That does look fun! I see some of my cousins more often than others, as we’re all scattered about. It would be great to all get together some time.
Eliza Ferree says
What a fun gathering that would be. Over the summer some of us grandchildren got together for our grandmother. (sister was there so I was in heaven) There wasn’t many of us but we all brought our kids so it looked huge. I can only imagine if we could all just get together but being so spread out not sure. That’s great ya’ll could do this. 🙂
Linda says
I’m sorry I missed this….I need to make sure I make it next year. I have about a gazillion cousins, but I’m the youngest of all the 1st cousins 🙂
Tammy S says
What a great time. There is nothing better then having a chance to reconnect with all your assorted family. The last time we had a family reunion there was close to 150 of us. My mom was the 11th child in her family. Lots and lots of cousins.
Beth @ Musing Mainiac says
What a fantastic idea! I don’t see my cousins often enough!
Paula @ Frosted Fingers says
That sounds like fun!! I only know 3 of my cousins…kind of… I haven’t seen them since I was like 10. My kids, though, have 13?
Marina says
I have quite a few if I’m counting 2nd and 3rd cousins. I really wish we would have a family reunion but with everyone scattered around the world it’s hard
Rachel Young says
I love getting together with my family, it’s always so neat to see how everyone has changed since I last saw them!
Henrietta says
I love that you and your cousins get together! I have quite a few cousins myself and it’s always great to see them at our yearly family reunion, I hope we keep the tradition up! Great photos!
Jennifer @ My Sweet Sanity says
I love big family gatherings like this. I to come from a huge family. My mom is one of eight and my dad one of twelve. It takes us quite a bit to count all of the cousins and don’t know the current totals as some people are still having kids.
Sara Phillips says
I LOVE the idea of a cousin reunion!
There are 4 cousins on my mom’s side and 6 on my dad’s.
Lisa Johnston says
LOVE this! I have a total of three first cousins! Haha! I have to post some pics of our recent get together, that I keep forgetting about!
Andrew @ Mommy's Busy says
What a great post, Karen! Awesome that you guys get together like that.
I have 4 first cousins on my mom’s side and 3 on my dad’s side (though they’re a lot older and honestly, we don’t speak to that side of the family, so I haven’t seen them in probably 10 or 15 years.)
Funny, I started a First Cousins reunion about 4 or 5 years ago. Started small with just my family, my sister’s and 1 other cousin but we’ve had a few more since. We’ve yet to get all 6 of us first cousins together (5 was the most), but hopefully next year!