Do what my sister does when she volunteers her house as the venue for our whole tribe. And boy is it a huge tribe... 10 grandkids alone.


Delegate.


Divide the responsibilities, after all, its a family thing, not an "I am entertaining you" thing.


Put someone on salad duty, dessert duty, pasta duty, BBQ duty, etc... You get the idea.


Buy paper plates so that you don't end up with a mountain of dishes, unless you don't have an issue with getting them to help you clean up.


Seriously, this is NOT YOUR baby just because you provided the venue. So don't take on the entire responsibility and drive yourself nuts in the process.


Del-e-gate!!!