Tell about family reunions.

I can only remember 1 reunion the Nielson’s had, mother’s family. It was Uncle Morris who got all the cousins for a reunion at his home in Monroe. We were all married and hadn’t seen each other for years. My cousin Doug, who is dead now, took a picture. It’s somewhere in the den at home.

The Porter’s however had a reunion every year, one in Susanville, California, and the next year in Central. This was my father’s family and was always fun and kept us knowing our Dad’s family including his Porter cousins. Most of these people are dead now. I can only think of two cousins of Dad’s still alive: Frances Markey and Kenneth Porter. They must be in their 90’s. I talked to Kenneth just a few months ago about some genealogy and he still seemed sharp.

Dad’s family had a reunion up at the cabin since before Dad died every Labor Day.  I think we missed only 1 when Joy died. My children know all their Porter cousins and their children because of these reunions and we have many pictures. Some of us are getting too old to go that high because of oxygen so we have them early at Central and the younger ones still go up to the cabin after.  We always made a quilt and raffled it off so our grandchildren and great grand children know the art of making a quilt.