Tell about family reunions in your childhood.
I only remember about three family reunions while growing up with the Poulson family. We had one at our house and the main thing that I remember is cooking the meal on the little outdoor fireplace that we had down in the yard. The other two were both held in Orem at Uncle Tennis’s home. He always had a beautiful yard and it was fun to play around it. Almost all of my cousins were at least 20 years my senior. Their children were mostly around my age so all my first cousins once removed were more like cousins to me on my father’s side of the family. That was because I was his 6th child born when he was 42 years old. He was not married until he was 32 years old and his brothers were all married many years before that.
Mother’s side of the family was a different story. We had reunions almost every year or at least we made a trip to Centerfield every year and would see most of our cousins during that trip. I was in the middle of this side of cousins with a number older, several with in one to two years of my age and a number younger. We have reunions now every other year and I enjoy seeing the cousins. I wish however that we culd get a reunion on my father’s side.
July 4th, always out at Grandma Poulsons. We had BBQ in the lawn between Uncle Stan's and Grandma's and then play any and all sorts of games in the huge area.
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