Family Reunion Picture: Try Something New This Year By Creating Cookbook
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
by Stephany Springer
With summer officially here, it is that time of the year again to reunite with family and old and new. It is that time of the year that individuals travel across the country to meet up in some hot park or if they are lucky some family member’s house that is large enough to hold the entire family.
My dad was one of 11 brothers and sisters. Needless to say, reunions were huge in his family with over 100 cousins and second-cousins, etc.
See every year, we would all gather and ask some poor soul in our family to take a picture to commemorate the occasion. Most likely it was some new member that was recently married into the family. Nothing says welcome more than leaving him out of the official family pic for the year. J
Then he would have to stand at least 100 feet away just to fit the rows and rows of members into the photo. You can imagine the photo memories I have now as an adult. I have no clue who anybody is just that a mass of people were there at the reunion. They look like blurred dots on bodies of all sizes.
In an effort to never see another picture of blurred color dots, I am sharing this great secret that we have used over the last few years. It is known as a family cookbook.
The catch is that you have to have someone who is organized and good with the computer or at least knows where the local print shop is located.
A few months before the reunion, ask each family member to email a current picture of their immediate family unit and their favorite recipe. There are so many options to this project.
You can make it a theme cookbook. They can send their favorite dinner, appetizer, drink, Mexican dish, etc. You can plan a different theme for every year if you want. Get creative.
This is great because it not only shares a little about what the family unit is like. It also gives you an up-to-date picture of the family instead of a blurred dot.
This book can be extravagant or it can be printed from a home computer. Just use whatever program you are proficient in and layout the picture of each family on a page with the recipe.
You can then print it out and put in binders or take to the local print shop. It makes a great keepsake and gift at the reunion. It also provides a photographic reminder of everyone. Add to that, everyone can always use more recipes!
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