A SUPER late Superbowl.

For the past 7 years, Andrew has taken it upon himself to throw a big Superbowl party in San Diego, complete with mounds of food, drinks, and fun times with all of our closest friends. Now although we are away from San Diego this year, Andrew decided to bring the tradition to Naples anyways. The hard part in this case was the time change....the game didn't start over here until 12:30am Monday morning. We knew it would be a longshot to get people to stay all night for the big game, but we invited everyone over earlier in the evening so that even though they didn't stay all night, they could at least get a taste of America with some real Superbowl goodies.

Andrew's Superbowl Eve meat prep...on the menu: pulled pork sandwiches.

The "healthiest" table in the house....green salad, potato salad and the ever-popular veggie tray.

The "unhealthiest" part of the house (yet most delicious)...chili, make-it-yourself pulled pork bbq sandwich station, and Andrew's famous meatballs.

Dips, cupcakes, and cocktails...this table was a huge hit. "Look, little footballs!"

(sorry about the shadow, not sure what happened there)

And the TV watching snack table.

Some peeps gathering in the kitchen...well hovering over the food would be a better word for it.

Chatting with some of our new Naples pals before the game started. We had to wait for almost 5 hours until kickoff even happened!

Our buddy Peter gets the award for best coozie of the night - a real deal cheese coozie sent straight from Wisconsin!

We planned to do a bit of gambling too, as usual. I even drew some perfectly straight squares a couple hours before the game started and we neglected to sell ANY of them. What a waste of straight lines! Oh well.

The superstar crew that stayed to watch the game.

We definitely could have used a couple extra chairs..poor Khristine ended up sitting on the arm for a while!

Look Dad! Even ALF was there to watch the game!

And finally, the CHAMPIONS who made it to the very end...just around 4:30am!

Needless to say, Monday was a day where I was definitely thankful not to have a job or anywhere else I had to be. What a long night! Andrew's 8th Annual Superbowl was a success!!!