Summer is that time of year to get outdoors, take vacations and see extended family and friends we haven't gotten to visit in all the school year chaos. Now that summer is at an end, we're shoring up our energy for the school year ahead, and spending time calling or visiting those we love.
As a kid, I have really great memories of giant family reunions at my great-uncle's Idaho farm where there was endless food, games, and latenight campfire singing. The adults gave us kids a free pass to run wild till long after dark.
Unfortunately, with shrinking family-sizes and no family farms, reunions of that magnitude are a thing of the past for most of us. My kids may never know the all out abandon of playing hide-and-seek in acres of crops and only coming to the house to get plates piled with food.
