Family Night

Family Night has a special meaning in our house.  We had started it when we had only four children, continued it through the years while the family grew, and now there are two that have moved out of the house.  So, the family being together is more special now that it happens less frequently.

On Sunday night one person in the family is highlighted.  That person gets to choose either a dinner meal, or a dessert.  That person also gets to choose an activity that the whole family gets to participate in.
Meal choices range from pizza to grilled pork chops. Desserts (rare on a daily basis) are always something out of the ordinary, ice-cream cones, kettle-style popcorn, etc.  Activities over the years have been pretty interesting.  Dear Farmer and the Wife are the "stuck-in-the-muds"...apparently going to bed early and having a family picture are not activities highest on anyone else's lists.  Sometimes activities have been simply inviting over another family to join in the chaos.  Always it is fun to simply be together.

Last night was one of the Little Farmer's Daughter's Family Night.  She was all excited planning her dessert. Ice-Cream Cones dipped in chocolate with jimmy-sprinkles and an apple cider donut on top.  I'm with you, I don't understand the donut, but there's little reasoning with a four-year old.  For her activity we were going to pull out the dress-ups and dance to the music from a certain movie about a couple of Nordic-princessess and a snowman.  The adults didn't do much dancing, but we did do some picture taking.  Honorable Son No.1 and Dear Farmer were conversing on the text from church (1 Thessalonians) and Spurgeon's sermons. The Eldest Farmer's Daughter was trying to plan out her week between jobs, family schedule, and friends. The Second Farmer's Daughter was braiding the Wife's hair (it's fun to have a mother with long hair).  The Pied Piper of the Farm-boy trio said the evening was so much fun!  He even did an "ice-cream dance" that he learned from his brother, Honorable Son No.2, who was not present with us...and we had the dessert. There will be a repeat of this night next week, which I think is very comforting.  There will be a different person in the family highlighted, a different dessert, and a different activity-but the picture will look much the same.  Family loving eachother.