Yesterday morning as I was walking to class,

I was going over the highlights of the weekend in my head.

Of course, the major fun being had when my family was here for the festivities.

We are your average family, but we are all just a little nutty. If you get us together our true nuttiness comes out in a plethora of embarrassing moments.

I love this about my family.

Anyone who knows me is aware of the fact that I am very close with my family, and not just my immediate family, but my entire extended family.

On average, we get together about every other weekend for a dinner.

And in all honesty we use any excuse we can to have cake and a full course meal. This includes getting together on the Fourth of July, Labor Day and Memorial Day. Not to mention we get together on all 19 of our birthdays and the regular big holidays like Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving.

We have even been known to get together simply because we have not seen each other for a couple of weeks.

This weekend was no different here in Charleston.

We ate more food than any of us care to mention, enjoyed a few drinks and along the way had many laughs.

Joking around, making fun of each other and simply enjoying each other’s company is what we do best.

Only half of us were here, but this did not mean we were lacking fun in the least bit.

My roommates, Michelle and Emma, were certainly taken aback and our neighbors were ready to vote us off the block.

However, we still had a great time together, as we always do.

There is never a dull moment with my family, and while some grimace at the idea of seeing their family more than just the major holidays, we know this time together is something to appreciate.

This coming weekend my whole family will get together again for our annual wiener roast.

We will cook our dinner over the fire and tell stories from the past week.

After the sunsets, we’ll all bundle up and go for a hayrack ride around my aunt and uncles’ property just north of Arthur.

Some people would find this to be boring and outdated; however, my family loves it.

This brings my cousins and me back to the family farm, before our grandparents passed away and before we sold the property.

Perfect memories of cool fall nights will be racing through my head.

Though my last Family Weekend at Eastern has past, I’ll still have these memories with me to remind me of care free times shared with my family.

Kayleigh Zyskowski is a

senior journalism major. She can be reached at 581-7942 or

[email protected].