It is good to communicate with family
Ian is traveling to his home town and is planning to visit some family while there, but they do not yet know that he is coming.
Ian wants to take his family out to dinner.
Ian calls his family and asks when a good time would be for them to go to dinner.
Ian keeps his arrival a surprise, shows up at their house, and invites them out to eat.
Ian and the family find a good time to eat together and go out.
The family has already scheduled a get-together that evening and cannot go out with Ian.