Monday, September 20, 2010

Fajita Night!

Doug and I hosted 4 siblings dinners a year for two years and this had to be my favorite. Everyone was assigned what to bring for the fixings and we had so so much food!
The menu:
Steak or chicken fajitas with peppers, onions, mushrooms and fresh Cilantro
Spanish Rice
Guacomole
Spanish Beans
Pepper Jack and Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Sour Cream
SalsaChips
Pina Colada Slush
Citrus Water
Tres Leche with fresh strawberries
The table:It was just fun to have everyone in the kitchen, chopping, cooking, laughing and then we all assembled our own fajitas. A most tasty dinner and fun excuse to use my fiesta plates!
I hung a few battery powered paper lamps over the table just for fun.
The pina colada drink is to die for! To frost the glasses, I called Chili's and talked to the bartender there (being that I have no clue what they put on alcoholic drinks... I just know that they are pretty.) They told me to dip the rim of the glass in pineapple juice then to dip the wet glass rim in a bowl of sugar. Voila!
After each meal, we sit around the table and enjoy the tabletalk, so there were peanuts, burnt peanuts, hot tomales and other sugary treats to just munch while we gab.
The questions for tabletalk:
Table talk questions:
What would you say is the most important material "thing" in your life right now?

What's a typical day in your life right now?

If you could, what would you change in your life right now?

What's the first thing you think about in the morning?

What do you think is your most valuable role in your life at this moment?

If you could be someone else for a day, who would that be? Why?

What do you do every day that you would love to hire someone else to do for you?

What rituals do you go through every day for the sake of your good looks?

What are your favorite words to live by?

Who do you talk on the phone to more than anyone else?

Aside from the temple or the ranch, Is there a place you've been that made you feel closer to heaven?

Can you pinpoint any one moment in life that you'd call a "turning point"?

What mannerisms would you say that you have that are strikingly similar to one of your parents?

Aside from Christ, who in your life have you tried to pattern yourself after more than anyone else?

What one experience would you count as the highlight of the last five years?

What has been your greatest success and what did you learn from it?

Do you feel that you are a better parent than your parents were and why or why not?

What is the happiest memory of your childhood?

What song did you sing as a child that you've taught your children to sing as well?

What prejudices have you overcome that you once had? How?

What are you teaching your children about life that you did not know as a child?

What character traits do you think that you have passed on to your children?

How is your life different today than you pictured it being ten years ago?

Aside from the Sunday School answers (pray & study scriptures), what's something that you do every single day that you could not go a day without doing?


What would you say is the most important material "thing" in your life right now?

What's a typical day in your life right now?

If you could, what would you change in your life right now?

What's the first thing you think about in the morning?

What do you think is your most valuable role in your life at this moment?

If you could be someone else for a day, who would that be? Why?

What do you do every day that you would love to hire someone else to do for you?

What rituals do you go through every day for the sake of your good looks?

What are your favorite words to live by?

Who do you talk on the phone to more than anyone else?

Aside from the temple or the ranch, Is there a place you've been that made you feel closer to heaven?

Can you pinpoint any one moment in life that you'd call a "turning point"?

What mannerisms would you say that you have that are strikingly similar to one of your parents?

Aside from Christ, who in your life have you tried to pattern yourself after more than anyone else?

What one experience would you count as the highlight of the last five years?

What has been your greatest success and what did you learn from it?

Do you feel that you are a better parent than your parents were and why or why not?

What is the happiest memory of your childhood?

What song did you sing as a child that you've taught your children to sing as well?

What prejudices have you overcome that you once had? How?

What are you teaching your children about life that you did not know as a child?

What character traits do you think that you have passed on to your children?

How is your life different today than you pictured it being ten years ago?

Aside from the Sunday School answers (pray & study scriptures), what's something that you do every single day that you could not go a day without doing?



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