For this week's assignment I thought it would be fun to share our dinner plans for the night or if you're organized enough for the week.  You can include pictures if you desire.  Also tell what your family likes to drink, if you have desserts or not.  If you want to then take this assignment and let all the children in your life make dinner for the night.   Please add your favorite verse for this assignment as it might be an encouragement for someone else.  This week's assignment is short and sweet so have fun with it.

You know what?  I dont HAVE a plan for dinner tonight.  Tonight is baseball practice for Landon, followed immediately by church activities for the whole family, so Wednesday evening dinners are often "shoot your own" or leftovers etc.  I don't even have any leftovers!!! Realistically, I will probably make hot dogs.   Once baseball season starts, meals at home become a challenge.  I am a reluctant cook of limited skill, cooking for a family of picky eaters.  They get that from me, not their dad, by the way.    But I do have a couple of tried and true things that I make for dinners that don't tax my skill and time too much, and I can be pretty confident they will get eaten. 

• Chicken and Stuffing Casserole
• Slow Cooker Smoky Meatballs (had these last night - yum!)
• homemade baked mac & cheese
• pineapple casserole
• soft tacos or burritos
• hot dogs or hamburgers
• almost anything on the grill (bonus: DH does the actual cooking!)

Usually we drink milk or fruit juice at dinner, but sometimes soda is allowed.  I used to have a policy that everyone had to drink at least one full glass of water before anything else at dinnertime, but I've let that one slide over the winter.  I've thought of it several times lately, that I need to bring that rule back.  In summer we usually have iced tea and lemonade or limeade available as well.  We don't often eat dessert after dinner, but more often have a late evening snack that is a dessert item. 

She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.  ~ Proverbs 31:15

During the winter, it is still dark when I get up!  I do provide food for the family - this verse doesn't say that it's gourmet food or that she enjoys the preparation, just that she provides it!   I make a lunch for DH to take to work, and for Harrison when he works too.  Now, if I had some servants I could make a case for my qualification as a Proverbs 31 Wife!