I recently saw a post on one of my social media accounts about cousins. Have you seen the one? How your cousins were your first friends?

Anyhow, it got me thinking about my own cousins. I was one of the youngest of the bunch. My memories are of camping with one set of family, picnic in the backyard and softball with another family. Long car rides to see another side of the family in the back of the station wagon.

A-frame houses, canoe rides, shooting off bottle rockets, swimming in the lake, penny candy, old town church, dirt roads, crickets and quiet mornings, my uncles booming laugh.

Large family gatherings, food, fireworks, swimming, playing, laughter

Seeing family not often seen, swimming, bagels, city life, chickens in the back yard, giggles with the girls

All snippets of time from many years and many adventures with my first friends, my cousins.