Popcorn for Dinner

 Popcorn for SUNDAY dinner in fact. To make this Sunday more a day of rest for me, we had popcorn for dinner.  I need to explain.
Yesterday I spent the WHOLE day sitting and watching Ellie dance at a convention and competition. I actually really love to go and watch. I love to see the joy she has learning from people she really admires and I love to have hours to sit and chat with my friends.  One of the conversations I had with Lindsey Wood (mother of Ellie's friend Madeline and one of my favorite friends to talk to) was about how Sunday isn't much of a day of rest for the mother.  She said one of the things she does is make Sunday dinner something really simple. Traditionally, in most Mormon families, Sunday dinner is fancier than the rest of the week.  I think to show respect for the day.  I don't like spending my entire Sunday afternoon cooking. Its the only day when my family is home together and I would much rather be doing other things with them.  Then there's the big clean up.  It reminds me of Mary and Martha.  Martha was doing good things but there were better things she could be doing.  So I decided I was also going to start making easy Sunday dinners. 

 

The first Sunday after I decided this, Jordan was out of town.  After church (at 2:30) the kids were hungry and had some pretty big snacks. So when it came time for dinner they weren't very hungry and neither was I . So at their request I made popcorn.  Popcorn, red peppers and crystal light.  Dinner of Champions.  It is a little more simple than I planed on or than I plan on making in the future, but it was good. fairly nutritious and was very simple to make and clean up. Overall I count it as a success!