Super Bowl Recap

TWIG / DON / CRAIG / PRUDEN / COLLEEN / GARY AND LAINE McKNIGHT / MORGZILLA / CONNIE / THERESA / DAVID / ANNA / ALAN / MARY / ANDY / MALIK / CLEO / ANDREW / KIMBERLY / TOM / JOHN / WAYNE / JACK / CANDACE / ERIC /  all spent their time, resources, and efforts Sunday night to help our guys enjoy the Super Bowl.


T.J. / ELAINE / PATRICK / ELISE / EMILY / CECELIA /  stayed after church on Sunday and helped me mix, bake and decorate the 12 cakes we had for dessert.


It was a long day for me and Twig. We got to the church about 8 in the morning to get the pig on the grill. We were there the rest of the day getting ready for the party. We started baking cakes around 11. We put some chicken and baked potatoes on the grill and stopped about 12:30 to eat and let the cakes cool. Then we decorated them, made tea, counted plates, etc.
 I ran and got the bus at 3:30 and people started showing up to help between 4 and 4:30. The folks that came were incredible and did a fantastic job.
We chopped up half the pig and put the other half on the table to pick . It looked pretty cool laying there. Somebody gave Twig 3 gallons of a BBQ sauce called SPIVEY'S SAUCE. It was just about as good a sauce as I've ever had on pork. It's a vinegar base but it's heavy and dark. Way good.


I picked up the Mercy House guys at 5:20, the other folks came around then too and we ate from 5:45 til kickoff, with walk-ins showing up throughout. At halftime we went back in to Fireside Hall for another round of eating, this time putting out appetizers and finger foods, plus more of the "meal" food if they wanted.


As good as the game was, it's as much fun to watch them watch it. It's hard to imagine there was a crowd anywhere else that laughs harder at the commercials or reacts more to the plays than these guys. Alan and Mary brought about 20 "Terrible Towels". Everybody wanted one, even the Packer fans.


As far as I know, no one knocked over a drink that sitting on the floor, which was a first.


We went through 40 dozen hush puppies.
Drank 9 gallons of tea.


A couple mentioned they expected leftovers this Tuesday and we planned enough BBq to have some left over for sandwiches but we won"t do that this week. BBQ will freeze.
We're planning HUEVOS RANCHEROS this Tuesday.    Ole'


Our goal for the night was to provide them with a great meal and a relaxing place for to them to enjoy the game and to let them know we were doing it because we cared for them and wanted them to know that God did, too. By those criteria, the night was huge success.