My grandmother birthed 19 children (including two sets of twins) in 24.5 years, according to my aunt. The 14 who survived early childhood attended today's reunion, along with many of their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.When I entered the cafeteria, the crowd was a blur, so I focused on the food: chicken; meatballs; dressing made with homemade bread; slow cookers of noodles, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, mixed vegetables, and sloppy joe filling; taco salad; fruit salads; vegetable salads; watermelon; cheese plates; a vegetable platter; and about 14 kinds of dessert.
On tables to the side sat water, lemonade, sweet mint tea, unsweetened iced tea, and coffee. One aunt asked another, "Do you think other family reunions have this much food?"
That's impressive!! I mean, the 19 children AND the food. What a joy to be able to connect with all those people who share your family!
ReplyDeleteLots of family = lots of food - easy!
ReplyDeleteIt must have been such a blessing to be together with such a large portion of your family.....
Like Sparrow sai - "What a joy"
DId you have to wash up though!!??
Sparrow, Barbara,
ReplyDeleteYes, it was fun. No, I didn't have to wash up. They used mostly disposable plates, cups, and silverware, and everyone took their own serving dishes home to wash.
Washing up with a group of women can be fun, though. :-)
Lovely, and looks mouth-watering. (Btw, I too come from a family with two sets of twins - twin brothers and twin brother and sister. Then three of my siblings have twins - so that makes five sets when everyone is there!)
ReplyDeleteDo you get together like this often?
Goodness, Viola. Your family must belie the statistics on twins. We have a town in Ohio, Twinsburg, that has big twin conventions every year or so.
ReplyDeleteThe big family gets together once every summer, in a local school. This is the first year in the new one with air conditioning. :-)
At Christmas, there is a smaller get-together, for the ones who don't have their own family reunions. (Three of my four aunts did not have children, and the other had only one--so I think it is mostly them.)