Family Dinners

When we have dinner with Adam's family there's a nice small group of eight of us. It's generally pretty quiet--only one person talks at a time. We all listen and laugh. Cody cracks a funny one liner. We tease Bryan about funny things he did as a kid. Aubry tells a story about one of the pets. Adam and Michelle swap cooking ideas. Michelle and I swap creative craft ideas. Mom and Dad provide balance and wisdom to the conversation. You know, the usual.

When we have dinner with my family it sometimes makes me laugh how MANY of us we cram around one table. Round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody knows....

At any given time there are probably at least five people talking. Topics range anywhere from a random celebrity tidbit to something someone learned in church to one of Dad's funny stories (he's got several, but there are the top 10 that make regular appearances at family gatherings) to how do you visualize the days of the week and what color are they? Happy chaos.

Families. We love both of them so much and are happy to live close enough that we can enjoy the dynamics of both groups. We really feel so blessed to have such great parents and siblings and nieces and nephews.