Housewarming Party! 11 Months Late :P

We finally hosted our official housewarming party for my family last weekend. Most of my extended clan of 17 have been over to the house at some point or other, but many of them haven't seen it since we actually got furniture. It also happened to be hubby's mom's birthday and she was in town visiting us so it was fun turning it into a birthday party for her as well. I don't think she's used to having so much family around, and I think she enjoyed it.

Thank goodness my mom brought 75% of the food for the party because I seriously don't know how I would have pulled the event off otherwise. I mean, I cook OK but for 18 people? Yikes. And when my family gets together, it's an all day eating- and hangout-fest. So the party started at noon and everyone went home probably around 10pm or so. Lots of fun; good practice for when we host Christmas this year. Good thing my sisters brought their Wii over too to keep everyone entertained--Grand Theft Auto on our PS2 is probably not the best choice for the 6 and 4 year old cousins :P

As for WC's mom's visit, that was really nice too. She spent about a week and a half with us, and it all went really well. The guest room was a little loud for her at first since we're on a semi-busy street and she lives in a retirement community, but after the first night she adjusted pretty quickly. It probably also helps that she did things like working on our yard for four hours to tire herself out. Who knew our tiny yard could require that much work? We really didn't mean to put her to so much hard labor on her vacation, but she claims to enjoy it and I'm not going to say no to free yard help (esp. given my black thumb...OK maybe not so much "black" as "lazy :P).

Yay for successful parties and mother-in-law visits!