Family

Some of my favorite childhood memories were from my family reunions. Having all of my cousins, aunts, and uncles together was always fun. I loved setting up the tents in the yard, going swimming whenever you wanted. You see every family reunion we have a play horseshoes. And not just play a few petty, but a full on tournament, with a trophy. My family takes horseshoes very seriously and the teams are randomly made by whoever thinks of it first. And at the last family reunion, I got roped into playing as well. I got paired up with my dad, and surprisingly I had a lot of fun. My dad and I even won two whole games, which is shocking because I am terrible at horseshoes. It’s funny how we have this at the center of family reunions, and it has been for a long time. I am pretty sure that horseshoes has been played at the Forest Family Reunion for at least the past fifty years. Also the youngest person I know of that was one of the champions of the great horseshoes tournament was my cousin Ryan, I think he was fifteen or sixteen years old, and his partner was my grandma, who by the way is awesome at horseshoes. Even my little cousins run off into the shed to get the little plastic shoes so they can play too. My younger cousins are actually the ones who keep score most of the time. We were all just brought up learning the rules of the game and how to play. And when we play, it is fun and amazing, and makes me happy to have a big family.