What did you do on Valentine's Day? Did you make your own valentine's? How did you deliver them? Did you have a valentine box at school?
Valentine's holds a special place in my heart. I didn't like to make all the valentines that we did each year and it wasn't always easy to make the shoe box Valentine Boxes each year. Yet it was always fun to give out the valentines at school and then get others back from our classmates. They were usually the store bought variety but hand written by each person. I didn't really enjoy writing on all of them either but there were probably a couple of them that I did like to do each year and usually they were to girls. Later in my teenage years though there was one Valentine that I really liked getting something from and of course still do.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
March 2, 2011
Do you have any special memories of holidays or family reunions?
I have mentioned our holiday memories before but I have not always mentioned much about family reunions.
The first reunions that I can remember on my Poulson side were held in Duchesne. The one or two that I can remember are probably mixed into one memory but it was pretty good. We had it at our home and at the fireplace in the yard. I remember most however the fact that Dad, Milton, and Ned all three laid down on the grass with their cowboy or other hats covering their faces and going to sleep. I remember wondering how they could do that but have since learned that it was pretty darn easy.
Later years we held several more reunions at Uncle Tennis's home in Orem. We had a lot of fun at those as well and in fact it was held around their outdoor fireplace as well. I had a lot of second cousins that were my age and didn't know the difference until I was much older.
The Hansen reunions were always held at Centerfield where Grandma and Grandpa lived. It was always a long trip but worth it and then even longer to go on down to Circleville to Uncle Carlings which we would often do as well. I remember Grandma and Grandpa always coming out of the door to meet us and it was always worth a great big hug as well. It was always fun to play Red Rover and other games outside with with my cousins. It was fun and they were my first cousins on that side of the family. There were a lot of cousins and we always had a lot of fun together.
I have mentioned our holiday memories before but I have not always mentioned much about family reunions.
The first reunions that I can remember on my Poulson side were held in Duchesne. The one or two that I can remember are probably mixed into one memory but it was pretty good. We had it at our home and at the fireplace in the yard. I remember most however the fact that Dad, Milton, and Ned all three laid down on the grass with their cowboy or other hats covering their faces and going to sleep. I remember wondering how they could do that but have since learned that it was pretty darn easy.
Later years we held several more reunions at Uncle Tennis's home in Orem. We had a lot of fun at those as well and in fact it was held around their outdoor fireplace as well. I had a lot of second cousins that were my age and didn't know the difference until I was much older.
The Hansen reunions were always held at Centerfield where Grandma and Grandpa lived. It was always a long trip but worth it and then even longer to go on down to Circleville to Uncle Carlings which we would often do as well. I remember Grandma and Grandpa always coming out of the door to meet us and it was always worth a great big hug as well. It was always fun to play Red Rover and other games outside with with my cousins. It was fun and they were my first cousins on that side of the family. There were a lot of cousins and we always had a lot of fun together.
March 1, 2011
What were your favorite family traditions?
I suppose my favorite traditions would have to be using the outdoor fireplace in the summer for family dinners and entertainment. It was always a chore to take all the food from the house down to the fireplace but it was also always worth it. Sometimes the bugs were also a bit bad but that didn't seem to dampen it much either.
Sleeping out side on the 23rd of July so the canon's going off would wake us up on the 24th of July. That was always quite fun. Here again the mosquitos were sometimes a pain or an itch but still fun.
Making homemade ice cream in the summer and swimming in the canal. These were also fun even though the entire family was not always involved in the swimming part.
And maybe this wasn't a tradition but it seemed like it and that was going to Dinosaur land with the cousins every year or so.
Then of course the annual trips to Grandpa Hansen's and the Christmas evenings with Grandma Poulson.
I suppose that was probably most of them that I may or may not have written about. The Family Home Evenings or Sunday Evenings singing around the piano would also have been included in this list as well.
I suppose my favorite traditions would have to be using the outdoor fireplace in the summer for family dinners and entertainment. It was always a chore to take all the food from the house down to the fireplace but it was also always worth it. Sometimes the bugs were also a bit bad but that didn't seem to dampen it much either.
Sleeping out side on the 23rd of July so the canon's going off would wake us up on the 24th of July. That was always quite fun. Here again the mosquitos were sometimes a pain or an itch but still fun.
Making homemade ice cream in the summer and swimming in the canal. These were also fun even though the entire family was not always involved in the swimming part.
And maybe this wasn't a tradition but it seemed like it and that was going to Dinosaur land with the cousins every year or so.
Then of course the annual trips to Grandpa Hansen's and the Christmas evenings with Grandma Poulson.
I suppose that was probably most of them that I may or may not have written about. The Family Home Evenings or Sunday Evenings singing around the piano would also have been included in this list as well.
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