This is NOT a Party...

Now let me rewind a bit…all the way to New Year’s Day.  J and I were discussing what has become our annual Super Bowl Party.  Funny how things seem to just evolve instead of being planned…each year we have ended up hosting a kid-friendly appetizers and desserts Super Bowl Party.  But, we decided that since we’d hosted 3 events in two weeks with at least 12 guests per event, we were burnt out a bit on entertaining and weren't going to host a Super Bowl Party this year.  We made sure to share this with our group of friends so that they could make other plans or even elect to host themselves.  Did I mention that we are kind of the ‘entertainers’ at this point? Fast forward to Friday at supper…we were discussing what we were going to do for the Super Bowl.  There were a couple of parties going on but none of them appeared to be kid-friendly and we have two football-loving, very well behaved little munchkins that we did not bring into this world to pawn off on babysitters.  So, J suggested that we contact just a couple of our closest friends and see if they had plans...

We did.

They didn't.

I said something to J about our decision to not have a party. “This isn't a party” he said. Uh huh.

So I told them that I was going to experiment with some wings…around 5:00pm. 

This is not a party.

That’s when the game is about to start?

This is not a party.

I will also be making potato skins and a ‘dips bar’ to go with the wings.

This is not a party.

Oh, you’re bringing a 7-layer dip and sopapilla cheesecake? Great!

This is not a party.

Oh, y’all are going to bring some French bread dip thing and cupcakes? Awesome.

This is not a party.

I clear off the buffet and set out plates, cups, napkins and utensils and then use the dining room table for all the food.

This is not a party.

A living room full of our favorite people while we eat, drink, watch the game and laugh at the commercials.

Sure was one of the best parties that we didn't have.

~Jac