TV and interacting with my in-laws

I was at my in-laws house for most of the day today in West Jordan because my wife's brother's family is in town from Colorado. Although I would say that my wife's family isn't big into watching TV, because of the NCAA tournament the TV was on most of the time we were there today. I couldn't help but notice how much it drew everyone's attention, including my own, and seemed to sort of limit really meaningful conversations. We were there to see my brother-in-law and sister-in-law and their daughter and son since we only get to see them once or twice per year, but we were all distracted by basketball games on TV. Also, my sister-in-law was intent on playing games on her ipod during part of the time as well. As we were driving home to Provo I couldn't help but feel like we had all missed out on opportunities to build relationships. Media is an interesting facet of our lives.