The first time I ever saw my father-in-law put ice cream on his waffle I thought he was crazy. Who puts ice cream on their waffles? This was before Ryan’s mission. A few months after Ryan left I did a semester at Nauvoo and one night we had a waffle night. And believe it or not, they served their waffles with all the traditional topping AND ice cream! Buckets of it too! I guess I was the weird one! (The general impression I got that night was, “Who doesn’t put ice cream on their waffles?!”)
During the years that Ryan was on his mission, and later when my brothers were serving their missions, the party always included filling out fun little Valentine's to send to them. Now the tables are decorated with themed table cloths, jars of Valentine's candy, and other cute decor. This year also included cheesy Laffy Taffy jokes and Valentine's/Love Themed trivia.
My in-laws have always been wonderful to include my side of the family, and each year the number of people attending continues to grow. This year between both sides of the family there were 38 people! I hope I counted that right. Lots of people either way.
We look forward to the V-Day Waffle Dinner with great anticipation every year, especially my little sister, Sabrina, who was so excited about it that it made its way to her Facebook status multiple times. And I quote, "Valentine's dinner tonight(: Oh the pleasure it brings to my heart. (:" and "Waffles with ice cream and chocolate sauce for dinner plus candy for dinner.."(: Best dinner ever."
What a fun tradition!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun family dinner! What, I totally forgot about waffle night in Nauvoo. I found my Nauvoo recipie book the other day and I just laughed remembering those good old days drinking pink milk in the cafeteria until curfew:) Also, I went to the RV show as well. We should coordinate these things! Miss you!
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