Some weeks it's been on a Tuesday. Sometimes a Friday. We even had family night on Thursday's while A & Kate were training. But at least once a week, we all come together to have dinner at Mum's place.
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The Family - in Wagga back in January after a family breakfast after Katie & S's engagement party |
My Mum starts a new job next week and she'll be working full time until Christmas. Yesterday and today are her last week days off for a while. So for family night she made what she makes best. A baked dinner.
Last night for example, it was a leg of lamb, a slow cooked silverside, a massive meatloaf, steamed veggies, baked potato and sweet potato, and about a billion baked potatoes. Mum's baked potatoes are legendary. People want to come to family dinner just to have her baked potatoes, they are that good. I do not exaggerate!
It takes Mum hours of preparation and cooking to pull it off and we are all so thankful to have a Mum who not only can cook great food, but who loves us enough to go to all the effort. Even when we don't have a baked dinner she cooks amazing food, like apricot chicken, tuna casserole, beef goulash, a BBQ feast of various meats and salad. All our favourites. Whatever it is, we all love it, and look forward to family night every week.
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Sisters, at a restaurant family dinner for one of the ma birthdays we celebrate through the year |
And I am thankful for those baked potatoes. They seriously are the best in the world. And video cameras on phones. I am also super thankful for those when Dave is not able to make it to family night.
What are you thankful for this week? Does your family live close by? Do you get along and get together for a regular meal?
Linking up this fine thursday with the ever-fine Kate over at Kate Says Stuff.

Treasure your mum, what a gem of a woman. We used to have family night every Wednesday growing up: it was always loud and fun! I miss those days.
ReplyDeleteHow fantastic! I wish I could do that, but there is a big body of water in the way.. curse you bass strait!
ReplyDeleteWhen we do go home, we have heaps of get togethers. My Mum loved to fuss over everyone and always makes heaps of yummy stuff.
I LOVE how excited everyone is about her step in the video! Very loved!
ReplyDeleteLook at her go! She's gonna be hard to keep up with soon!
ReplyDeletegood job Kylies mum and good job Mia!
ReplyDeleteHow lucky are u!!! A big family, a mum close by and one that is a damn good cook. I think families who can continue meeting regularly and who cherish It experience so many healthy benefits for themselves and for their friends. And obviously your mum has had a lot of practice perfecting those mouth watering potatoes.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother would never let us wear sunglasses in a family photo.
ReplyDeleteAnd my mother would never let me post a family photo.