Our website, and therefore my blog, was down during Super Bowl weekend, but I wanted to go back and post a little about it. We had a really good time, as always, and a house full this year. All of Tim’s family and my dad came, which was great. My dad will turn 86 in April, so it’s really good that he’s still able to get out and about, and come visit us a bunch. We also had some friends and extended family here. All in all, I think we had about 20 people or so.
Tim and I went on Saturday to Sam’s Club and bought food for the party. Note to self – if you take Tim, expect to load up on meat. It was definitely a male-oriented, cholesterol laden, meat festival at our house on Sunday. 😀 We had hamburgers, hot dogs, smoked sausage, 3 flavors of wings (thanks Terry!), a sausage stuffed/bacon wrapped concoction (thanks Mark!) that I dubbed the Bacon-ator. We had Lil’ Smokies, a meat and cheese platter, a vegetable tray, several kinds of dips and chips, Chex Mix, potato salad, fruit, and a double decker cookie cake for dessert. I had three things that I had planned for later in the day (game time or half time), but everyone filled up at lunchtime on the food we had, then nibbled throughout the afternoon and early evening. So, I put those into the freezer and we’ll have to plan another party so we can eat that food up 🙂 As it is, Tim and I have been eating leftovers all week, which has been wonderful. I got out of cooking for many days! Since we purchased everything and Tim did the grilling, I was home free for this year’s party. I think that’s definitely the way to go, at least for me! Isn’t that terrible. You’d think I’d want to cook for 20 or more people, huh?! 😀
I took a few videos of the guys playing Madden 09 on the Wii, but I’m not going to post those. They’re funny though 🙂 Here’s a couple of still photos that I took. We had enough 3-D glasses for everyone, and big kids and little kids alike had a good time playing with them and waiting for the 3D commercial 🙂
Here’s the first round of meat on the grill…. 22 burgers, some of the sausage and hot dogs. Tim filled it up a second time!
Lots of Electronic toys here: Wii playing, iPod Touch, iPhones, Nintendo DS’s…
Having fun with 3D glasses:
I’ve lost count on what consecutive party this is that we’ve had. Tim and I have been married almost 13 years, so I’d say we have had a party at least 10 of those 12 years, and maybe 11 of those. We plan to have one next year. Unless the Saints go to the Super Bowl. If Tim’s beloved Saints ever make it, we have already told everyone we will not be having a party. We’ll lock every door in the house and tell people to go away, so we won’t miss a second of the game! As it is, I don’t get to watch a lot of the pregame or game (I did finally sit down and watch some of the second half this year though, it was a really good game). I didn’t get to see Faith Hill or Jennifer Hudson sing beforehand, and I missed the halftime show, which was fine because I’m not a Springsteen fan. I did watch the 3D commercial though. Gotta have your priorities straight. Anyway, we’re already missing football season around here. Training camp can’t come soon enough!
Next year I am going to crash your Super Bowl party! Looks like a lot of fun and like you had a lot of good food!
Look at all that food! I’m sorry we didn’t make it, it’s hard for us to go out of town on Sundays with all Don has going on. I didn’t see Faith or Jennifer Hudson or halftime but did dvr it and watched it later on Monday and Tuesday…….wasn’t too impressed with halftime, did really enjoy both girls singing! Watch it if you have it saved or you can find it online at lots of places! What 3D commercial? I missed that!
The bacon-ater sounds delish!! Glad you had fun and I don’t blame you for locking the doors if your team gets to the superbowl. My hubby hates superbowl parties for that reason. We usually have one couple over.
Ha! Meat festival. =D That’s funny! I miss football too. Which is why I am so glad I also love baseball. I really only need to make it about 2 weeks with no sports action whatsoever. Pitchers & catchers report to camp a week from yesterday! =)
Looks like you had a great party! Adam says the same thing about watching the game. We usually go to a party, but if the Titans are in, we are watching at home alone!
Hubby and I don’t have that many friends, and we have no family around here, so we don’t throw or attend Super Bowl parties. Of course, wen the Colts played, and even this year, I was very glad we weren’t around other people!
Wow, you guys know how to throw a party! It sounds like lots of fun was had by all. I think this is only the third time I’ve sat through a Super Bowl. I’m just not a football fan, but my son and DH were watching it, and I got in on all the fun. Even the 3D glasses! Was hoping for a win for Kurt Warner, as we’ve followed him since he was with the Rams. It was a great game though, lots of excitement!
Sounds like so much fun! I watched the game but pretty much by myself while the fam wandered in and out of the living room asking if it was over yet. And being Canadian, we don’t get all the commercials, just a smattering of them. They put Canadian commercials in, even though I watched it on the NBC network. Bummer.
Wow, that is some seriously yummy looking food there! Looks like a great party. Good to see you posting again. I’ve missed you.
Wow looks like you guys had a great party! So glad to see you’re back online!!!!
All I have to say is look at that grill…wow.
I wish we lived by you and could be invited to one of your parties! It looks like a great time was had by all. We did not even watch the super bowl this year…gasp! My “men” just didn’t care that much about either team and had other things going on. Professional teams on all front in Seattle are really struggling this year–lets face it–lots of things are struggling in Seattle right now! We are tentatively looking for some baseball fun this year–but you never know how our team will shake down.
*smiles*
Kim
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