Hogan Family Christmas Party

This year my mom was in charge of the Hogan family Christmas party. That's the party on her side of the family. We had an amazing turn out, and a lot of fun. My mom made Cafe Rio Chicken and Pork with homemade salsa and tomateo dressing. Delicious. And a big hit. Then we played some funny games. We split up into teams. Each team got a pair of panty hoes and a hand full of balloons. The object was to blow up the balloons and stuff them in the panty hoes and be the first one to put your "reindeer antlers" on your head. Above is my sister-in-law, Emily Sparks, sporting her antlers.

Another game we played was the candy bar game. Everyone gets in a circle and starts out with a candy bar. There are lots of dice going around the circle. When they come to you if you roll a 3 or a 6 you get to take someone else's candy bar. At the end of 3 minutes (or however long) you get to keep all the candy you've collected. It's gets pretty violent. But it's fun.

I think everyone had a good time. I also think eveyone was glad when it was over. It was a lot of people for one house. We might have to start having the Hogan Family Party in a church or something, because there really are a lot of us when we all show up. :)