Dec. 17, 2024

Breaking Bread: The Power of Family Meals

Breaking Bread: The Power of Family Meals

Welcome to We Are The Hansons, where family, love and laughter take the center stage. In today's episode, w're diving into the heart of family life. The dinner table. Eating together isn't just about sharing a meal- it's about creating moments of connection, building bonds, and fostering open communication in a busy world.

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Welcome to We are the Hansens, where we celebrate food,

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family and memories one meal at a time. Here we

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share stories of our journey as a family, from navigating

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life's challenges to embracing the joy of togetherness at the

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heart of it all to the table, where we believe

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the simple act of eating together strengthens bonds, builds traditions,

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and creates lasting memories. Whether it's a weeknight dinner or

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a holiday feast, we explore how food connects us and

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keeps us grounded in love and gratitude. Join us as

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we reflect on life, share recipes, and celebrate the importance

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of family meals. I'm Jeremy Hanson. I am your host,

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the husband and the father.

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And Maya Hanson and she's.

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The mom and the wife and usually usually the cook.

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Would you would you.

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Say that I'm definitely the cook?

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What's your favorite thing to cook?

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I would have to say I like to cook. Well,

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you guys would always tell me I like to cook pork,

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but I like to cook be strogn Off.

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That's great. So, you know, eating together as a family.

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That's been a tradition of the Hanson family pretty much

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since we started dating. Like me and you ate at

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the table. Before Morgan was born.

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Yep, we used to sit down together, whether it be

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right after you got home from work or you know,

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just to hang out.

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Yeah, and I appreciated that too, you know, the sitting

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down at the table and eating. I mean, that's where

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you learn so much about your kids. And it can be,

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you know, big things, it can be little things, but

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you actually kind of get a pulse of where they're at,

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like how school's going, are they having problems with friends,

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you know, girlfriend's boyfriends, all of that type of stuff

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you learn.

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Yes, and you also learn a lot about your children

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in every way possible, right.

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And I think that it makes them feel special. Like

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you know, I keep telling people this that kids are

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completely different. We all come from the same family and

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we have some of the same likes, but how you

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interact with them and how they interact with you are

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two way different things, and you get to kind of

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learn about them at the dinner table.

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Yes, we learn a lot about our kids, like the boys.

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A big thing for our boys is talking about what

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type of girls they like and what type of girls

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they want to date.

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Yeah. I don't even think they know. I literally think

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that half the time. It's just funny. What is thick?

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While I always thought thick meant like a big butt,

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thicker thighs.

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Well, I guess we got a couple of boys like

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thick whatever, whatever thick is. Because verbiage keeps changing. And

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that's one thing that I learned at the dinner table

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is the things and what words meant to me are

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completely different today. Like dating words. There's seeing each other,

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there's talking, there's I don't is dating a real thing anymore?

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They sometimes I say dating.

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Yeah, Well, there's so many different words that mean different

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things now, It's it's crazy. It's almost like an English

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lesson for me at the dinner table. You know, I

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think that you get to strengthen bonds. I mean most

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of the time, the dinner tables will take her place,

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so you don't have bickering and fighting. Now once in

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a while, you got the kids being testy with each other.

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And I'll tell you this, folks, Maya will never admit this,

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but if she wants to send a subtle message to me,

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I'll come home. I'll be tired and we'll have two

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to noodle cast role. If that happens, that means that

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she's telling me that I messed up somewhere. Is that

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Is that true?

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That is not true.

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I'm telling you folks, I think that it is. I

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think that it is because I just I ate it

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a lot growing up and now I can't stand it.

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And she knows that. So if I do something wrong

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or if I make her mad, that's that's her subtle

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way to let me know. It's no.

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Sometimes it's just a quick meal and if we're busy

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then I just throw it together.

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And meal for telekinesis no. Yes, it is what it is.

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But you know it's so important because it's not just

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at our dinner table food. And I think this started

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before us, my mom and dad when we had family over.

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You never let somebody walk out being hungry.

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That's how it is here.

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Yeah, well I think that's how it is, you know,

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at our house, at our family's house, like we had

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the Oyster Supper growing up. Everybody got together for oyster

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soup and sandwiches and chili, and that's just what we

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called it, the oyster supper, but it was really a

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celebration of New Year's and it was everybody got together

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and the focus was the food.

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I know, that when we went. Well, when I cook meals,

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it's a large portion because one our kids are growing boys,

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so they eat a lot.

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Oh it's not just the boys, and the girls eat too.

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They do. But the boys tend to eat. They'll wait

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a little bit and then they're right back at it

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because they say they're hungry again.

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See, that's something I always like with our daughters. Like

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when we were having a meal. It was a treat

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for me when Morgan would bring a boy over that

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she liked, because well, one i'd really make fun of her.

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I'd really just in good fun, not like.

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You always gave the boys hard times she brought.

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That's part of my job. But being at the dinner

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table made it easier. And guess what the boys joined

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right in they did. Yeah, I mean you had to

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be brave to come to our house if you're dating Morgan.

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Yeah. And she always said I am never bringing my

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boys around, but.

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She always did.

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She did.

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And if you notice, here's the thing. When they were

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eating in our house, it's like our girls felt comfortable

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they would actually eat.

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I would have to agree with that.

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Yeah, Like if they went out, I remember, Cooper, that's

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our daughter. Morgan's boyfriend, and they've been together quite a

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long time now. I mean one of those modes where

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I'm waiting for him to put a ring on her

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finger and we'll see if that happens pretty soon. But

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he would always tell us, I can't believe she eats here,

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because when we go out, she eats like a bird.

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She doesn't eat nothing.

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I think that's a girl thing in general.

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Is it a girl thing? Or she's comfortable at home.

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You're comfortable at your dinner table because at that dinner

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table you've had so many conversations about everything that it

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literally feels like home.

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I don't know. I was always the girl that if

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a boy asked me on a date and I went

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and we went to eat, I would try not to

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eat anything because I didn't want to make a fool

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out of myself if I dripped something on my shirt.

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Well, you know that's true. But I think you can

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look at it from a different point of view, like

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our dinners. I'm going to tell you a story, folks.

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We lived next to a what was that a rehab

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home or it was it was just it was a

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home for battered women and recovering at and the thing

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was a lot of them weren't recovering. A lot of

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them were there. But we had a ton of kids,

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a ton of kids, And I would come home from

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work and I would walk into my house and there'd

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be ten kids sitting at the table and I had

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no idea who they were.

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Yep, that was a normal thing at our home, just

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because I felt bad for the kids.

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Right well, you know. And the thing is is, we've

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actually became friends with a lot of those kids just

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because of Hey, we got food. You're free to have

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some come in enjoy it. This is us having community,

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This is us breaking bread with friends and family.

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Yes, I mean, you know a lot of those kids

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didn't get the opportunity to eat home cooked meals because

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they were living in a I guess it was an

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old hotel that was converted into a shelter right well.

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And it always gave me a sense of pride coming

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home and seeing my kids, those kids, just kids in

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general being kids. Sometimes I think people can forget about

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how important it is for letting kids be kids. And

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I think it all starts at the dinner table. You know,

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besides having good quality meals that's going to physically nourish

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their bodies. Just having that spot, that home that I

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can sit here, I can talk about my day. People

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are actually going to listen to me. There's a safety

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to the kitchen, you know. It's It's just funny with

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the different experiences we've had. My Granmar, Grandpa, nobody left.

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They're hungry.

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One of the things I can remember. And Jeremy might

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be able to attest to this, but when anytime we

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had kids over, they became part of our family. Even

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after we moved, they still were coming to our house,

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hanging out, playing with our kids, enjoying dinner with us.

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They became whether they were just coming to see us

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for the day or coming to spend the night, they

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always came back to our.

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Family, absolutely, And you know, I think that's I think

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that's part of our heritage. I think that our family

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both I can still remember, folks. I'm not gonna lie.

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I went to the first time we ever spent a

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holiday together was Thanksgiving, and I had never had this

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stuff called scalp corn, and it kind of tasted like

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cold puke. No, And to this day, I don't like

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scalp corn. But I learned so much about them, and

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I learn, you know, so much about different people because

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of eating at home. But if you want a strong family,

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have them sit down, have them get rid of the phones.

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And that's that's one of my biggest things. If you're

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going to have quality time, have quality time, not time.

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What do you think I believe that too, just because

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you're not paying attention if you're on your phone, you

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can't be part of a conversation. If you're sitting there

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looking at your phone or listening to YouTube or whatever.

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It may be right. And you know, I think that

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you know, having like if you're just having a dinner

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with you, me and the kids, it gives them all

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an opportunity to feel equally important for us listening to them,

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you know, and them asking questions, them telling us about

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their day. That feels good. But on the other side

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of that, when it comes to functions like having fun.

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We have a grill we worked hard for. We got

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a smoker, and we got a blackstone given to us

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as a gift, and we use those things all the time.

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Our nieces and nephews come over, our great nieces and

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nephews come over, our granddaughter comes over, all of our

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kids come over. Sometimes they have people with them. Sometimes

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they don't, but we all always make it an occasion.

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It's like memories are built there all the time.

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Our house is big for memories because we will just

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spend one weekend do a movie night. Maybe the next

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weekend we have a cookout and we have everybody over,

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and after we eat, we play games and we just

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enjoy each other's company and talk about whatever.

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Absolutely, our dinner table is a staple of growing our family,

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strengthening our family, and understanding our family. And I absolutely

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think that it's wonderful. This is one of those things

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that a lot of people don't get to experience that

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and I'm so thankful that I did. I'm thankful that

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our kids did. If you look at the data, the

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data sets that are coming from the scientists that study

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this stuff, you would not believe how many benefits they

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see from children, like self image is one of them, bonding,

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better relationship, retention, all these things just from the simple

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act of sitting down together, enjoying each other's company, and

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communicating with their family at summertime. And you know, and

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plus we've got thirteen kids, and I would say three

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of them want the same thing, but all the rest

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of them want something different. We have explained to them

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the birthday dinner.

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So each child of ours gets to pick their birthday

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dinner and the type of cake they have. I make

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it whatever they want. They can pick anything. I make it.

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We all hang out, we eat, and then when it

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comes cake time, the kids, whoever's birthday it is, gets

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held and everyone goes around and gives them their birthday spankings,

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and then it's cake fight time because the child gets

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cake smashed absolutely.

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if Logan would have been down here for his birthday,

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would have been stuff Burgers. Yeah, okay, you have McKenna

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where she wanted.

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Chicken Alfred all chicken out Fredda.

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is what it is. Morgan masta choli. Yeah okay.

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Tristan spaghetti, either spaghetti or sometimes he likes sloppy Joe.

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and I mean one of them is a spaghetti fanatic. Yeah,

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another one is a lasagna fanatic. Yes, there's me. I

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like a fish sandwich or I think this year we

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had oyster stew. So it's all over the place, but

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we build these memories. We have special days where you

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make fry bread. Okay, that is one of the best

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tasting things in the world. I absolutely love it. We

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make homemade mac and cheese and we kind of have

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contests like who can get the closest to Grandma Darlene's

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mac and chiefs.

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a fun thing. It's a game thing, it's a communication thing,

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it's a come together thing. It's a love thing. And

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now even my little girls they say grace every day, yeah,

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at supper time, especially because we give thanks for those things.

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but at that point, I think that it is good

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to feel thankful. And that's a father I'm gonna tell you.

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You know, some days you get in late and you

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come in and you walk in and you see your

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family sitting there enjoying wonderful food. You see smiles on faces,

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you see them talking back and forth. That is a

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sight to behold and it really really does make you

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feel wonderful as a father, and I'm sure as a mother,

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Like how many times have you walked in all the

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kids are laughing and stuff like that, or you know,

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giving me a hard time or one of them, and

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you're like, this is awesome. I did this, I put

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all that out there, and this is exactly what I wanted.

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That's one of my favorite's. Another favorite of mine is

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when the kids ask me to make something that they

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really like of mine that I cook.

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a lot of stuff that you can make that I can't.

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Beef stroganof is a very big favorite to Adam and

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Keenan at our house.

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I think all of the kids like it. You know,

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Gavin's probably the hardest one to nail down what he wants.

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like and what they don't like. And it's weird. We

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all come from the same family. But you take carrot

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cake for instance, Half of my kids want raisins and

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carrot cake, the other half don't. Half of them love

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chocolate cake, half of them can't stand it.

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I just think they don't like the raisins.

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Now you know, it is what it is. But one

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thing I'm proud of, all of our kids love whole milk, yes,

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and real butter.

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We go through so much milk.

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We cook a lot of German and a lot of

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Norwegian and a lot of Mexican food. Besides those three,

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what do you think we cook?

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We bake a lot.

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Yeah, baking. Baking is a big deal. And you know,

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I kind of hang my hat on that. Our older kids,

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our daughters, they're good.

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Cooks, thank goodness.

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And and I'm not gonna lie me. And you have

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this thing where we always tell the boys, you can't

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really be a man until you can cook your girlfriend

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something really good on the grill or the smoker.

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I think Tristan's mastered cooking.

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He's pretty good. Adam is a very.

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Good Adam is definitely mastered that.

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Colin is definitely the one that likes to experiment. But

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here's the thing. I think that it's awesome because they've

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they've gotten all this information and it's a family thing

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and it is something to you know, have have a

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feather in your cap, Like, you know, you start dating somebody,

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have you ever had this? And they're like no, and

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they're like you got to try it, Like this is

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the name of a cookie, folks. I don't think i'd

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be funny. It is Norwegian. It's called krum kakka. Okay,

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when then, when I first told you that you thought

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I was crazy, didn't you?

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I thought you were trying to feed me poison?

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Yeah? See, and how good was it? Okay? So you

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got krum kakka, you've got sound bacles. Okay. Those are

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things that we absolutely love. Krum kokka and strewel are

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pretty much the same thing. Lefsa absolutely love lefsa. So

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we teach traditions to the kids. Like you know, you

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tell most people do you like lefsa? And they're like what,

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and You're like, yeah, it's a Norwegian potato tortilla.

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I like the fact that our kids know how to

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cook some of their heritage.

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Yes, yes, absolutely. And I like the fact that we're

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building traditions that they can with their families. And I

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think that over time, it's just going to build and

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build and build. And I hope when I'm dead and

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gone that these type of things are instilled in my

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great grandkids and they keep doing it forever, because I

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think these are the types of things that makes family bond,

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and those are the types of things they keep family together.

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Tradition bonding, communication, love.

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I learned a lot from Grandma Darling.

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I did too. You know, all my family have been

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pretty good cooks. I've been very very lucky.

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I mean, just like everything family wise, like how to

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make people happy and just put a smile on their face.

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Absolutely, you know grandma's and moms they all make stuff

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that we can't do. I got lucky. I got a

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dad that's very very good at especially pies and cakes.

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Oh, cheesecake, you has meant cheesecake.

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But you see that's a matriarch and a patriarch thing.

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And you know, usually you wouldn't hear about grandpa's like, well,

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what is he going to make for you know, for

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a dessert this year or just tonight.

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He can give you a recipe and you still can't

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make it taste like his. I don't know what it is.

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Or tonight, Maddie Graandma Susan, what is the recipe for

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that primp Alfredo stuff that you mave?

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Food Alfredo?

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You will see food Alfredo. Well, I'll see if I

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can get it to you. See, those are the things

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that memories are built from, whether it's tongue memory, muscle memory,

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or brain memory. And I absolutely love it. If you

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want some of these recipes from us, send us a

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message and we will for sure get you a recipe.

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What we're we going to say?

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So I wanted to give you our five tips so

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you can use this however you want. Five tips of

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making family meal times meaningful. One is be consistent, eat

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together regularly absolutely. Two eliminate distractions snow phones, no tablets,

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anything like that. Three involve everyone. Everyone should contribute in

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the conversation.

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Yes.

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Four encourage sharing. Everyone should share their thoughts and something

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at the table. And then five keep it positive and

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focus on encouragement, no criticism or negativity, because that is

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a very good bonding time is when you're all sitting together.

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Absolutely. And then another little tip and trick for you

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parents out there. When supper's done, everybody should get the

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house cleaned up. They should be putting food away, They

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should be washing dishes, they should be helping put the

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other dishes away. They should be washing the table. It

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shouldn't just be mom's job. And if you do those things,

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even those things can be fun, you know, like get a

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little bit of a wet top and snap them snap

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you and no, you know that now, well, that's the

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show for tonight, the podcast for tonight, and it's so important.

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And I know it was a little lighthearted and stuff,

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but like I said, if you want any specifics, like you,

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if you've ever had a question about something, send us

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an email. Go ahead and tell them the.

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Email it's We are the Hansen's Show at gmail dot com.

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Or you can send us a message on Facebook at

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we are the Hansens.

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There you go. If you have a question, we'll answer

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it and if you want a recipe, we'll give you

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a recipe on most of the things. There's a couple

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of things that I have in my repertoire that especially

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my smoking recipes. Do we don't share I'll get well, yeah,

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i'll get it. I'll get it close, but you know

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it's not going to be perfect. Okay, does that work?

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Yeah? That works?

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All right. We love you very much, thank you for

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listening to We Are the Hansons.

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You guys, have a good night.