Family Dinners

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The Value of Family Dining
Yet for those who decide to make a shared repast a priority, family dinners can provide a valuable time for teaching. They can give everyone a chance to unwind, relax and talk together.

Think back to what you remember as a child if you ever ate dinners together as a family. I remember letting our dog eat the food I didn't like under the table. Kevin Mikkelson remembers, "I learned to eat fast so I could get seconds first!"

We seem to remember events or things we did, but forget the greater picture of what really occurred at the dinner table. When we ate together, our parents taught us many things. We learned to eat with utensils and with proper manners. We learned about nurturing, giving and receiving – to accept the food that was earned, prepared and brought to the table; to share that food and to share the work of preparation and cleaning up.

The family Dinner- D has his girl friend over for Dinner tonight. Interestingly they don't talk about her likes and dislikes around food? Why because I don't knkow what they talk about at all when they are on the phone for an hour and all giggly but don't really have any meaningful conversations.

So we will have salmon for dinner tonight. I bought so rasta rub a few weeks ago at whole foods market -

this stuff is so spicy but soo good. and I will grill the samon with it! serve some pasta and a vegie and some thing for desert - My father in law will arrive from topeka today too, and spend a few days with us so that makes me happy too.

we really try to have many family dinners, it is more that we do than we don't and it is a great place to get to know each other and be happy together, find out what is happening in everyones life and catch up.

We will have another Family Dinner on Easter Sunday as well with a ham and pottaos and a salad. Blue berry pie for desert. A great weekend to have a great time together and then, S and I have monday off together to celebrate or 7th Wedding anniversary - we are planning on doing something fun don't know what just yet.....

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