Once upon a time, all cousins lived within a mile or two of each other, but not any more. My grandchildren's cousins live in Mississippi while my brother's grandchildren live all across Canada with one in Korea too. An event such as our 55th celebration gives opportunity to get to see cousins.
Eight girls, all related, ages 12 to 16 stayed in the bunkhouse. They enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Our electrical system was stressed with the 14 trailers and the bunkhouse operating on one 200 amps service so we asked the girls to shower in their parent's showers and we turned off the hot water heater in the bunkhouse. Instead, Kate decided to take a cold shower. Next Mary Frances did too and soon, all the girls took cold showers. It became the norm. They took turns driving around the ranch in the Mules and they shuttled people back and forth from the skeet shooting range. They always ate all meals together and were seldom seen anywhere else than all together. The eight girls were six of my granddaughters plus two Dickie cousins from Toronto. They had not been all together since our 50th.
Dave and Irene's had 6 of their 7 grandchildren at the 55th. These cousins are all in their twenties. They live in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal and because they were all staying in trailers at the ranch, they got to see a lot of each other. Every evening, they played games in the tent under the lights of the chandeliers. I have no idea how late they were up and I don't really care but I do know that one of the best parts of the 55th was spending time with cousins. They told me so.
Old friends getting together getting to know new friends became the pattern. But the best part for me was the pleasure observed by the cousins playing together and enjoying each other. It makes the efforts worthwhile.
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