The Pre-Game Meal

Nine people can seem like 47 when there are 5 kids involved.  Parts of the evening were wild but we had some fun.  I meant to take some pictures of us eating, but kind of forgot until dessert time.  We had meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, corn on the cob, chocolate caramel pie, and chess bars. It was all pretty good.  Christi and I generally don't like meatloaf, but this recipe is really good.  If you are interested search meatloaf throwdown on food network.  Make the following adjustments: one pound ground beef and one pound ground pork instead of 2 pounds of ground beef; use a mixture of ketchup and barbecue sauce to top it off instead of just ketchup (we used 1/2 cup of each this time, but I think in past it was maybe a 1/4 cup of each).