"Cousin to cousin we'll always be, Special friends from the same family tree."

My husband has 10 cousins. That's the total for both sides of his family (with the exception of a few love children that we're unaware of). He said he had some interaction with 4 of them growing up but the 4 on his dad's side were so much older than him and the 2 others on his mom's side are still not even teenagers yet. Even though he came from a big Mormon family with 6 kids, he really hasn't had the benefit of having a huge extended family.

I, on the other hand, have 28 cousins on one side, and am the oldest of 17 on the other side. So yeah- I have a whole lot of cousins. Not only do I have a lot of cousins, I actually like them and see them and have relationships with most of them. I would say my husband has a relationship with one, maybe two of his cousins, and they aren't the same ones he played with growing up. He says he always likes going to see my cousins and it's kind of a neat concept to him.

Who wouldn't love them, though? I have great cousins all over the country! I have had the pleasure of seeing most of them this past weekend since my grandma did indeed pass away and we were all gathered for her funeral. Every time we get together I can't but help think how lucky I am to have such an awesome extended family. They really are the greatest and some of my favorite people, and friends for life.