We went to my parents' for the weekend. It was the 104th Anderson famiy reunion. We had only 21 people (down from 120 at the 100th!!) but what a wonderful time we had. In a way, the smaller reunions are more fun because we can really spend time with each other and talk. The kids had fun with the penny hunt--we had quite a hunt for sawdust, there just aren't that many places that create it any more. And of course, there were hardly any pennies -- mostly quarters.
I remember when I was a kid, how much I looked forward to the penny hunt, it seemed to me I could get rich from it! I had fantasies of the things I could buy, mostly candy or pop -- soda to the east coast, and maybe one of the comic books that my mom would only let me buy on vacation, which we always took in August, after family reunion.
We continue to have the reunion at Midway Park which is now owned by the State of NY b/c its a historic, old amusement park which is now slowly crumbling. But my kids get the same kick out of the train, small roller coaster, big slide, tilt-a-whirl that I did. Its a small park but its the small things that make life so satisfying.