After much ado, here is the highly anticipated party post.
Following scattered preparations all weekend, all the food for the gathering came together quite easily. The pork butt went in the oven for its slow cook at 12:30 and roasted till 7:30 (WORD.), I started the baked beans around 5, and assembled the always spectacular-looking trifle around 6. While the pork roasted, I realized that I needed both limoncello for the trifle and the prizes that I promised for the party games. So, I decided to double duty my ABC trip by buying both the trifle liquor and baby liquor bottles as prizes. Score!!
Sar Sar came over early to decorate as Little Rhino decorates like a 13 year old boy and pretty soon my roost rocked in red, white, and blue DC-themed decorations, and the whole crew came hot and hungry for my BUTT!! I tore it up and from the lack of leftovers, I think the pulled pork delivered. Yay!! I barely saw the deviled eggs before guests devoured them, Paula Deen's baked beans tasted delicious as always, and the bf made a yummy potato salad with dill and walnuts. The salty coleslaw proved to my only disappointment. Perhaps it needed more of a rinse than I anticipated.
Between limoncello sunrises (courtesy of the lovely Miss Jessika), red, white, and blue drinks (provided by Wes), Apples to Apples, I think everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Just about everyone appreciated the prizes except maybe Elizabeth who scored my cheesecake pudding mix booby prize, and I redeemed my poor coleslaw performance with lemon curd trifle with fresh berries. I tell ya, make a trifle and it will ALWAYS be a showstopper.
Even though preparing for the party took a lot of time and energy and a little money, I am so glad I continued my 4th on the 6th tradition. I love getting everyone together for food and games and any excuse to make deviled eggs and huge decadent trifles. Oh, and my butt has never received so many compliments. ( :
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