Ever since I moved to Provo, I've been blessed to have closer contact with my cousins who lived out of state most of my life--until they too moved to attend BYU. As an undergrad, I had the wonderful opportunity to have two classes with two cousins: I had 19th Century Native American History with my cousin Cami (who, incidentally, also graduated with a degree in history the same day that I did) and I had World Civilization with my cousin Karen. I also had the chance to be roommates with my cousin Ashley when we both decided to participate in Washington Seminar together. I think overall I've overlapped with about eight cousins throughout my college career.
When I didn't have classes with cousins as an excuse to see them, I tried to organize occasional "cousin get-togethers" so we could catch up with each other's lives. Today was one of the most successful of those gatherings--5 cousins (plus spouses) came for a dessert and games night at our place! I'm grateful that we've finally been able to get together, despite our busy schedules.
Activities ranged from deep discussions about wildlife preservation:
To updates with the newlyweds:
To intense one-on-one combat:
Rhetorically,
Rebekah
What a fun evening it was! Thanks for organizing this.
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