Progressive Dinner 2014

Every year for the last 5 years we have gathered  with our cul-de-sac neighbors for our own version of a Progressive Dinner. It usually involves great food, lots of alcohol, good company, a White Elephant gift exchange & many memories made with this wonderful group of neighbors!

This year proved to be no different. 

Everyone was busy with the hustle bustle of the holidays in December so we opted to have it later in January - the 18th to be exact - so that everyone could attend. 

We started out at our house where we munched on chips/salsa, corn dip, 7-layer dip & sipped on margaritas, wine & beer. One hour later & we were moving on to the next house. We had our babysitter Katie over to watch Mase so this mommy & daddy could enjoy the evening!

Next stop was Dave & Gael's house where we were served stuffed jalapeno's, meatballs & margaritas! Everyone was stuffing their belly's full of good food, the drinks were going down smoothly & it was fun to be able to catch up with everyone!

After an hour there we made our way over to Mike & Pamela's for some beef tacos, mexican beer & wine. By the end of this stop people were starting to feel the effects of the previous margaritas & cocktails. Next thing I know the camera's came out along with a picture frame & the rest is history.....

The last stop of the night was Ken & Kathy's house for dessert & ice cream cocktails - YUM! This is always my favorite stop because the desserts are usually fancy, rich, oh so dee-lish & Ken & Kathy didn't disappoint!

I may or may not have tried one of everything. That chocolate cake was to die for!! Not only were there cake, cookies & pastries but Kathy was blending up alcoholic ice cream drinks as well. YUM!!

And then the boys got a hold of the picture frame....

I guess they were feeling left out?! 

We did our annual White Elephant gift exchange & it was so very entertaining seeing what kind of gifts people gave & their reaction to them.

Surprisingly everyone seemed pretty satisfied with their gifts so there wasn't much stealing going on. After the gift exchange there were a few more ice cream cocktails had & of course a couple more pics with that darn picture frame.

 

I have no clue where the frame came from but it sure was a fun photo prop! Thank you neighbors for yet another fun Progressive Dinner! Until next year...