Karen you know I'm going to stalk this contest right? What do I love about family dinners? That we are all in the house at the same time! It happens so rarely with Daddy's hours that I relish it every time it happens.

I love to cook for the dinners. Making something new and special is just as much a treat for me as it is for them.

I love that we shut out the world and just focus on the 4 of us for awhile during family dinners.

kim@accidentalmommies.com

Hi Karen!

Food puts us in good spirits, and makes us laugh.It is so nice to be in the cofort of home, sharing a laugh and a meal with loved ones!

quitecontrary1977@hotmail.com

Sitting down and eating dinner together allows everyone chance to talk about their day and interact with one another.

This is an awesome giveaway! Thanks!

I also like to eat all of our other meals together because it's fun to start the morning off with the girls in a good mood and laughing. Nothing bad has happened and neither one of them is upset. They've just woken up, they are happy and watching them sip their milk and eat their toast is so peaceful!

And finally, I like to each lunch with the girls (and Daddy most days) because it means half the day is over and it's almost nap time! LOL!

I like dinners together because it's a great chance to catch up on what's going on at work, school, and extracurricular activities!

Thank you.

shevilkenevil1 at aol dot com

Eating together also is a great way to plans family outings, vacations, or road trips. Sometimes fun ideas come when you're all talking together!

shevilkenevil1 at aol dot com

I love family dinners, we have a very funny family and we all love to laugh alot. We have a delicious meal and a special dessert and a lot of laughs.

I love cooking and creating- it destresses me and lets me know they are eating healthy food

mrs.mommyyatgmail.com

I love hearing whats going on in their world- good and bad mrs.mommyyatgmail.com

eating together is a way of planning and getting things organized mrs.mommyyatgmail.com

Just to sit down and spend the quality time together while enjoying a spagetti dinner is just the best to know what is happening with each and every one of us.

Nora
nenelynn@yahoo.com

I love eating together as a family because it gives us a chance to slow down and catch up on each other's day!

My niece is such a messy eater that she really makes me laugh at meals,I love it.

I love to cook for my family just to see if I can make something to please everyone.I like the challenge.

Family meals are sometimes the only time I see every one at once on most days.

I love good dinner conversation and my family is full of that.

With all our little ones, dinner is often a very loud and messy affair. :) But I love gathering them all together and starting the tradition now so that when they are older and busy with various things, hopefully this shared meal will remain an important part of our day.

Thanks for the chance to win! I'm hthaden at gmail dot com.

This is an awesome prize! About eating at home, I love that it is perfectly acceptable to undo your button after eating too much. They look down on that in restaurants.

It's not dinner, but a mealtime tradition I love - we're blessed to have my husband home in the mornings & he makes breakfast for us. I love to hear the kids giggling and making jokes with their daddy while he flips pancakes. :)

Thanks again! I'm hthaden at gmail dot com.

The thing I love most about eating together is connecting with my family in this stressful and hectic world. When we all sit down together we talk and laugh and really relate to each other as a family.
hkropog [at] yahoo [dot] com

The best thing about eating at home together is about sharing each others wonderful day with each and talking about our plans and dreams as a family!

Thank you so much and have a lovely night!

Heres for an extra!

The other thing I love about family dinners is that they are always homemade! Yummy food!

;-)

Thanks!

I enjoy hearing about everyone's days!

Saying a meaningful and well meant grace.

I love the dough boy toy! LOL!!!

I love having family dinners because I love cooking and I love making healthy foods for my family and making sure my kids are eating/drinking enough to keep them happy and healthy.

HunnyV "at" Optonline "dot" net

I love cooking and trying out new recipes on my family. LOL!

HunnyV "at" Optonline "dot" net

I love learning about how everyone's day went and making plans for future family get togethers.

HunnyV "at" Optonline "Dot" net

its our time to just be and enjoy one anothers company

best thing is the relaxation and enjoying one anothers company

I like family dinners because we can just relax.

I love watching my daughter use a fork, she is 22 months old.

Did you get all this stuff from Pssst?

I was just wondering, the other thing I like is being a family of four all eating together, laughing at each other and being together.

The chance to catch up with what everyone is doing.

One thing I enjoy about eating together at home as a family....spending time talking with my girls. My daughters are 13 and 10 and we sit down every night at the kitchen table for dinner as a family, even if we order pizza. We just talk about our day or joke around. My daughters friends all like coming over for dinner (they have to sit at the kitchen table too, lol). Also, my daughters really got to know my fiance over the last 5 years because of dinner time :)
icunursemicki@yahoo.com

Family dinners are also about cooking. My daughters love to help cook and they are really quick learners. They have actually made appitizers they have seen on the cooking channel :)

I also have a 21 yr old son who has my 16 month old grandson. When they come over and I'm cooking, my grandson pushes his highchair (it has wheels) to the kitchen table. I think he already enjoys dinner time. But then again he is a ham and loves the attention he gets when he's making a mess with dinner :)

I grew up with sitting down to family dinner every night. I have so many fond memories. I hope my kids take the same memories. It's sad that all kids can't grow up like this. My kids also have excellent manners, they ask to be excused and clear they plate. My parents, my siters, and I still tend to congregate at the kitchen table at my parents house, lol

We have a big family. Dinner time is the ONLY time we all get together in the same day and hook up. It is a chance to make sure everybody in our family is remaining bonded and concerned for each other. It is where we share our joys, struggles, and hopes.

It is also where I get to hear everybody's input about how they want me to prepare their food next time. Do I look like a short-order cook??? LOL!

This is a great giveaway! Thank you!

I like just learning how everyone's day has went... what fascinating things they may have done, etc. Thanks for the contest.

I enjoy hearing about everyones day!

I like that it forces us all to slow down and enjoy each other's company. cdziuba@aol.com

It is fun to make our favorite foods and then we enjoy eating them together. Our daughter goes to college a ten hour drive from home, so we are looking forward to the Thanksgiving holidays in a very special way!
Nancy
allibrary [at] aol [dot] com

the catching up on each others day

hearing all the funny things my kids say

I have 2 very busy teens,with the hectic schedules it's a joy when we can all sit down together and catch up on what is happening in all our lives!

I really value the toghterness that eating as a family brings to us.

Cheers!

emerald420@hotmail.com

I enjoy the quality time with my family.

It is really hard getting kids to talk to you. At dinner we make them tell us at least one thing that happened that day.

I like our family all eating together because the kids are too busy eating to fight! So it's one of the only peaceful times in our house.

I love finding out how everyones day was.

rebbi511 at peoplepc.com

Wow i would love to win this one. I never won anything and this would be a great one to win. Also this is my favorite site so i love this one.

There is nothing better than getting together with my 2 sons and their families. It is difficult when they are grown to get together but family is everything to me.

being able to be together.

As a mother of five daughters, I have found out more useful information while all of us are eating at the dining room table, and everyone is all talking at the same time. What wonderful memories they are making!

I love eating together. That's the only way I get to know what happened in everyone's day.

It doesn't happen as often as it should, but I love the chance for all of us to sit down together and talk over dinner. Plus it seems like my picky 3 year old will eat more when we're all eating together. Thanks!

Eating together helps us bond as a family by spending time engaged in quiet conversation during the meal. Thanks for the chance to win. asthenight at gmail dot com

I love the conversation and time spent together.

Just being there for them :)

ktgonyea at gmail.com

Dinner time is the first time (most days) that we are all home at the same time. Thanks for the chance.

My favorite part of eating at home with my family is we all get to just relax, eat some good food and enjoy each others company. Its also a great time to talk about what we each did all day.

I love catching up on what everyone did during the day!

urchiken at gmail dot com

It is just my husband and me now. It is our one time that we can focus on each other

We enjoy eating together as a family because it is the one time of day when we can sit closely and focus on what our days have been like, any thoughts we want to share, special moments we had, and things we remembered we wanted to tell each other!! Thank you for the contest!
txgigggles@yahoo.com

I love talking about how everyones day went

When were eating together we get the chance to catch up on whats going on with each other.

:) Thank you for the wonderful giveaway! :)

I like eating together because it's the time we all actually spend time together.

Thank you

I love the laughter around the family dinner table.

Talking about what the weekend has planned for us!

Thats when we catch up on each others day.

I love it when the whole family is together and laughing and joking, brings back memories of their childhood.We get a chance to catch up with each other and just just enjoy being together. :)

Since my daughter moved in with 2 of my grandchildren eating dinner as a family is really enjoyable. I have someone to talk to.

I also enjoy hearing the kids tell me about their day at school and daycare. I miss those special talks.

just love the time spent talking with the kids

One thing I enjoy about eating together at home as a family is for one, it is much cheaper than going out. It is also a chance for all of us to be together.

I too like the fact that's it's cheaper than eating out. I like the fact that the money saved can be used to save for a child's future education.

I just like having everyone together to visit.

When we are with extended family, I like to catch up on all the gossip and drama going on.

I love sharing meals together at get togethers like the holidays. We learn so much about eachother and in our conversations become closer together as a family!

when everyone is eating, it's just easier to talk about everything...I love it!

The commradory of love and togetherness

When I have the time to make a special dinner for my children it is made with love and celebrated with lots of laughter. It is agrata time to share each others thoughts of the day and bond.
tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

I love the sharing , not only of the food but of ourselves, our day and our thoughts and feelings. Meal time should be family time

Having dinner together as a family - keeps us all up to date as to what is going on with each of us.

brn2lisn(at)gmail(dot)com

We all change out on cooking and change out on what we eat. It is always an adventure.

LilithSilvermane(at)gmail(dot)com

I love that we can all focus on each other and learn about everyone's day!

Thank you for a great giveaway!

kerin0874 (at) yahoo (dot) com

I like that our family has dinner together and talks about how our day went

This would be perfect for the Holidays!

Carla
cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com

I like the quiet time we share, talking about our day.

Eating together as a family is important; it helps everyone reconnect. Turn off the radio & the TV & get to know the people at your table! Thanks for the giveaway.

jwright (at) iowatelecom (dot) net

I wish I could say that we had family dinners. But the schedule my hubby works makes it hard. I would just love the company at the dinner table.
livlifelov at yahoo dot com

I love the inside jokes :)

I enjoy teasing each other...its all in good fun! :)

I enjoy swapping recipes, and funny stories from our jobs.

Everyone loves my Chicken & Noodles. I love making something that everyone enjoys.

:) I love eating at home as a family because...
it brings our otherwise busy, scattered family together at least once a day without the distraction of other people around:)
ty for the chance to win!

i love to try new recipes and see what everyone else thinks of them

I love that eating at home as a family also gives us a chance to catch up on our days activities :) with 3 kids (ages 13 1/2, 10, and 4) this is very important bonding time!

I also love eating at home together as a family because it gives my husband and I a chance to impart our values/beliefs through letting each one of them pray before our meal and talking about how God has blessed us as we eat :) (the younger 2 love to do this by going through the alphabet and saying something they are thankful for for each letter...1 person does A, next one does B, and it goes around the table until we get to Z...*whew* lol)

I love the togetherness time about eating as a family. It is time to just enjoy good food and eachother's company.

I also love cooking together. It is something that makes the food taste that much better to know that it was worked on together, with love.

Eating together gives us a chance to catch up on the day and see how everyone spent their time. It's a break from the rush.

I love that we are all together and having conversation!

I love eating together as a family because sometimes it's the only chance where we all get together and really talk and share.



lilygaze at yahoo dot com

Fast food may be fast but there's nothing like a home cooked meal.


lilygaze at yahoo dot com

Family dinners are great because whenever a friend comes over, there's always room for more.


lilygaze at yahoo dot com

What do I love about family dinners? The time we have to reconnect with each other. A few laughs, a few burps ( I have 3 teenagers) and a lot of fun.
jen62728@aol.com

I also like family dinners because everyone likes to critique my cooking. Nothing makes my day like a clean plate.
jen62728@aol.com

I like family dinners because they happen so rarely! :) It's great when we're finally able to spend time together and talk while enjoying a good meal :)

anastasia[at]mediamafia[dot]org

We eat as soon as Daddy gets home from work, so I like that dinner serves as our bridge from our regular day to family time.
give_me_a_latte at yahoo

I love trying new recipes :)

ktgonyea at gmail.com

The only time we get to sit down as a family is at dinner. Although it's rare.

You know what I love? We may bicker from time to time...but it stops when we are all at the table. It becomes a time for us to laugh, tell stories, and just pass the smiles around in a bowl of mashed potatoes. =)

the chit-chat

Being able to hear each other without the distractions at a restaurant.

I learn a lot about my teenager's life that way.

FAMILY TIME AT MY HOUSE IS WEEKEND WHERE NO ONE IS RUSH AND WE ENJOY OUR BRUNCH TOGEATHER

I like we are not worried about bothering other people in restaurants, dinner is fun

weblynx at hotmail.com

Eating together at home means better quality food, bonding, and relaxation. Whats not to love? parvax at aol dot com

I love eating at home together as a family because its some of the only time that we have all together. My husband works a crazy schedule and everything is always so hectic except at the dinner table!

I enjoy the time we have together. I love cooking with my daughter and then the whole family sitting down to talk about their day.

The thing I love the most about Family Dinners is that it is a time to sit down together without distraction and reconnect.

Sitting down to family dinners is rare. I cherish the time the whole family is all together at dinner. It gives the family time to communicate, laughing and sorting out any problems.

I have added a post to my blog about your giveaway:

http://sweepstakeshunter.blogspot.com/2008/11/pillsbury-home-is-calling-gift-basket.html.

Thank you!

I love the conversation

so nice to sit and relax

my husband is a workaholic, although at the moment we need him to be. So, when we get to eat together, I feel a sense of accomplishment. It may only be once a week, but we manage it.

I love how my son and my husband chat about the day when they eat together, he'll talk about pre school, going to the park etc.

Being together also gives me time to talk to my husband on a more informal level.
I usually have a list that I talk him through before he goes to work and he answers yes/ no. (He works nights as it pays better)
So, when we eat, we can chat about nothing important and just enjoy the moment.

I love the food selection! It's always better when we sit down and eat together-- and it doesn't happen often enough.

lizames2003 (at) yahoo dot com

What I love most about eating together is that my 4 yr old son loves having dinner table conversations. He's a charming dining companion and that time with him and the whole family is priceless!

murphykatt[at]yahoo[dot]com

I like sitting down to eat together because it is fun to watch my kids interact with each other while telling about their day.

I love that we can sit around the table together and talk about our day, each one of us always has something different to talk about and it's always so neat to find out what we all did with our day. Plus I just enjoy being with my family, thanks so much for a wonderful giveaway, this would be so great to win!

Eloise
furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net

I also enjoy the variety of foods that I get to cook for my family and the smile on their face lets me know they really enjoy our meals and being together. Thanks again for a wonderful contest!

Eloise
fuygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net

The thing I like most about eating together is the conversations we have. All of us are so busy that when we can have a meal together, it is catch-up time.

I like meals together with my family, because we get to see the kids make faces when they try new foods. Always good for a laugh!

I enjoy eating at home, because it gives us a chance to teach good manners to our children without others judging us in public.

Talking over good food is the best!

conversation and company
jceko77@yahoo.com

I love having an excuse to cook
jceko77@yahoo.com

I love those few moments from each day that I get the full attention of my family!

I like to look around the table and know that the food I prepared for them is my way of telling each of them that I love them and know that I am nourishing their bodies and their souls.

I love to look around the table and see my sisters. We do not see each other but twice a year and I just love it when we can all come together to eat, and talk about when we were little. Thanks for the giveaway!

I love eating together as a family because it is one time where we can all sit down and talk to each other about our days and our lives. Things get so hectic that we all tend to forget how important family is.

Vanessa C.
vanessasuethompson@gmail.com

I love eating together with my family, beczuse we are TOGETHER. It's great if we all have a hand in preparing the meal. Thank you!

we just laugh amd laugh and laugh.

I like the conversation it brings from everyone!

Getting together at dinner provides us lots of time to talk!

I like eating at home with the family because it gives us all a chance to share how the day went and see each other!

You can contact me by following my link and then either leave a comment on any post or use the form on my contact page! Thanks for the chance to enter and win!

The best thing is hearing about what the kids did at school, and how our day went.

It's nice to be with my family. We're pretty busy and don't get to eat together as much as I'd like.

well i love to spend a lot of my family and we do that every night at dinner thanks please enter me in to the giveaway

petteytiffany@yahoo.com
love family time at dinner

I love to eat with my family because no matter what goes on before and after that is the time for our family. Thanks so much.. brewerchickey(at)yahoo.com

Adult Conversation.

ktgonyea at gmail.com

I love that we get time to just sit and be together! We can talk about anything or not, but either way, we just get to spend time together. It's great! jinglesells[at]gmail[dot]com

I love sharing meals as a family because with this busy scheduled world, it seems like the world slows down and we're able to converse and talk about our day and enjoy one another's company!

rae_lds@yahoo.com

What I love about dinner time is that it feels like it's finally the time of the day when things wind down! With kids to take care of during the day, places to go, things to do, hubby's come home, we all sit down and just relax!

rae_lds@yahoo.com

I love that in our home, dinner can be a time to create and have fun with meals! I have a calendar and when it's someone's turn, they can write down what they'd like for dinner, so they have the opportunity to have it be "their" day for dinner!

rae_lds@yahoo.com

In a religious point of view, sitting down as a family for dinner is a great way to ask questions and have a religious discussion. I especially love Sunday Dinner's when we come home from church and sit down to eat as a family and talk about what we learned that day throughout our different classes!

rae_lds@yahoo.com

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I love how the stories become so detailed because we have time to share the little stuff - who wore what color today, who made what silly face...

mom2leah[at]gmail[dot]com

Eating together gives us a chance to discuss things


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We eat together every night, we talk about our days, we talk about what we plan to do the next day. we share funny stories.

It has always been the rule at our house that the TV goes off at dinner time. It's a rare chance for the whole family to catch up and share what is going on in our lives. Thank you for the delicious give-away!

I love to make Bubble Up Pizza Casserole. You use lean beef, reduced fat pillsbury biscuits, tomato sauce and your fave veggies. Warm, delicious, and always a crowd pleaser!

aclawyer1@cox.net

it lets us catch up with each other, we're all so busy sometimes we have no time to talk

I love the way that we laugh at each others jokes around the table
souldolphindream@aol.com

I love having my daughter help me crack eggs even if she gets shells in the mix

souldolphindream@aol.com

I love that before we eat that each of says a small prayer. I feel so close to my family and to god while we do this

souldolphindream@aol.com

I love how my husband kisses me when he is thru with his dinner and tells me how much he loves me

souldolphindream@aol.com

I love how my daughter holds her fork while she eats

souldolphindream@aol.com

I love how the cat meows to be feed from the table

souldolphindream@aol.com

I love how we share what has happened in our day with one another

souldolphindream@aol.com

I love knowing that my family is enjoying the food that I have made for them that norishes their bodies and my soul

souldolphindream@aol.com

I love being able to talk to my husband and children about their day. It's the only way we can get our 13 year old to open up!

I love the chance to sit down with my family and talk about our days.

I like that it gives us all a chance to sit down and talk about different things.

I love catching up on the day and having at least one hour a day where our first priority is our family

We like hearing the funny things that come out of our kids mouths when we're sitting at the dinner table. We wouldn't hear all those things if we didn't share family dinner night!

We enjoy good coffee,good food and we enjoy each other.

I enjoy the conversation and "catching up" on everyone's day

we play games at the dinner table. The kids love it and we get to find out more about each other.

I just enjoy spending time together. As a child, we always ate dinner together at the table, and I am continuing that tradition on!

I like family dinners together because that's we connect and communicate. It keeps us close.

cdrury@gmail.com
chance to give everyone one on one attention and to feel special

Love that I get to hear about everyone's day :)

ktgonyea at gmail.com

talking and laughing at the dinner table

Family dinners are great to improve communication between everyone.


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I love family dinners because we're all together, sharing a meal, talking, just being a close family.
Lisa
mistyfuji [at] yahoo [dot] com

I love that everyone is off their computers, the tv is off, and everyone is just focused on one another.

I love that my kids pitch in and help make the meal and take pride in our family enjoying the work of their hands.

I love that it is often the only time our family is one place to pray together. And in that we get to hear each other's hearts.

I like hearing about everyone's day, and it's nice and quiet, unlike a noisy restaurant.

I love family dinners because it is nice to have everyone doing the same thing at the same time so that we can all connect.

nateandjakesmom at gmail dot com

I love family dinners because it is the one time that everyone can agree that I need to be left alone so that I can cook! Everyone wants to eat!

nateandjakesmom at gmail dot com

I love family dinners because it is the only time my 16 year old will sit with me long enough to get a 2 syllable answer out of him!

nateandjakesmom at gmail dot com