FINALLY!!! Some pictures and video of the Bama Blast! :D KorngurlAmanda

(if someone knows how to embed them for me, please do :) <--- HAHA, Nevermind! :D

We also have video of the "tolling of the bell" that we do at each Get together, that honors those whom are no longer with us. The video is 45 minutes long, so, it was decided that if anyone wants to see it, just let Donna know and they will send you a copy of it. Youtube requires it to be broken up in several parts, unfortunately. <3

In the meantime, enjoy some of the festivities by watching the below videos of many of the pictures that were taken throughout the event. :) I wish we could tell ya'll all the things that happened and all the fun that we had, but this post would be 5 pages or more long if we did. :D xD hehe

Day 1 & 2

Day 2 & 3

(these were Beautifully created by Angi)

In Attendance

Donna - Ms. Priss

Angi - TexiAngi (her 2 kids)

Gail - Gail

Art - Wooden Nickel

Amanda - KoRnGurlAmanda

Nakoma - Nakoma (their 2 kids)

Megan - Irish Raven

Sean - Voice of Reason (their daughter)

Stacie - Sand Ghost

Kate - Katetastic (friend Mike)

Ray - Predictor

Judi - ShadowedbyAngels (her son)

Heidi - Enchantress

Cyndi - Cynion (her son)

 & Non-members

 (but local friends of Gail, Amanda, Nakoma, Cyn and Woody that attended for a bit)

Ray (we call him Blues)

Officer Richey

Basham (thanks for taking the group pictures!)

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and we can't forget the U.S. Coast Guard guys! haha

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I had a blast this year meeting a few people that I hadn't had the honor to meet before. I didn't get as many pictures this year as I have in year's past. I will try to pick some to add directly to the post here in a few minutes. We had a blast though. I hate that not everyone can attend these, and see how much fun they are and how it's almost impossible to put into words everything that we talked about or did.

We enjoyed Donna's famous cooking. Woody did the cooking, but the recipe was all Donna's... :) It was delish! We had a blast playing the White elephant game. I ended up with 2 sippy cups and a t-shirt. Still not sure how the shirt ended up in my bag.. haha!

I think I drew all over the plastic table clothes.. It's a shame we forgot them, and I think the park people trashed those though :( I did paint Irish Raven and Voice of Reason's daughter a cute shirt! :)

I spent most my time this year talking and cutting up. I had a blast and I hope that every single person got a laugh out of me, because I was sure on my "A" game there. haha!

OH! And we called the cops on some people in the next pavillion, which is why there was an officer friend on this list. haha... They were speeding through our parking area like there was a going out of business sale or something they had to rush to get to. We tried telling them, but they didn't stop it, so... we had a reinforcement step in. Fun stuff. I think this is the first time we've had to do that!

Saturday while food was cooking, We took Sean, Megan (& their daughter), Ray, Angi (her kids), along with my hubby and our son, to a local splash pad. We wanted to swim, but the hotel decided to be stupid and shock the pool in the middle of the afternoon. xD.... The kids LOVED it! After food though, we had to say good bye to Sean and Megan. :( We definitely missed you the next day, ya'll! <3

Saturday night, I had a sleep over with Stacie over at my mom's. That was so much fun! :D She and Kate are my sister friends for sure. I wish we had more room to have a huge stay over... but can you imagine how tired we would have all been the next day???! haha 

Sunday, having to say goodbye is always so tough.  

Sunday night, hubby, my two sons, and I hung out at the pool though, with Angi, then afterwards until about 10 in their room. Lots of fun.

We'd make these events a week long if we could, but if you have ever been to one, you know, that by the end, you are so tired that really all ya wanna do is catch up on sleep. hehe... I loved every single one of you. A few of you, I've met and known for years, and the ones I got to finally meet, I adored as well. Definitely can't wait to do it all again.

will add pictures here soon <3 *hugs* ~Amanda