Bass reunion 2011 pictures

 Uncle Jay with the kids at the aquarium. It was raining when we got to the beach, so we headed to the aquarium and had a great time there.

 Lexi, Nikki, Brenna

 Ryan & Nate

 Emma & Hannah

 Nikki, Lexi, Ryan

 Hannah, Nikki, Brenna, Lexi, Ryan, Emma, Jay

 Lexi & Nikki

 Megan, Emma, Aunt Alli, Hannah, Lexi, Nikki, Nate, Jay

Brenna & Ryan

 Ryan on the battleship in Wilmington, NC

 Emma, Nate, Ryan, Roger, Robin, Kellee, baby Katherine

 Jay

 Nikki

 Eliza and Lexi with Jay and Josh in the background

 Kids trying to move the anchor chains: Lydia, Nikki, Ryan, and Hannah -- not sure who's behind Lydia, maybe Emma?

 Ryan and Brenna on the bunks in the ship

 Nate taking a break, he kind of fits on the bunk

 JW and Kate on a cloudy but perfect day at the beach

 Hannah

 Nikki

 Ainsley and Kate

 Katherine, Ainsley, and Kate

 Not-so-little Nate with Little Jay

 Nikki and Eliza

 Roger was trying to take a nap (where's your towel to lay on Roger? Didn't you just get back from buying one? :}) The birds were going crazy from the Cheetos the babies were dropping, and someone put one on Roger. It drove those birds nuts, and one finally couldn't stand it anymore. He came and got it, and Roger didn't even move.

 Emma and Hannah

 This was cute. There was a whole line of people trying to keep their feet still with each wave that came. They stayed at it for a long time. Roger, Robin, Savannah, Kellee, Nikki, Lexi, Lydia, Eliza, Ryan, Nate, and Brenna

 Sherrie and a very sandy Ainsley

 chillin'

 How much sand can you rub in your hair, Ainsley? :)

 Pool day at our house. Yes, the vast majority of those people belong to our crowd.

 William and Ryan

 Kate & JW

 Chris, don't shoot the camera!

 Hannah and Emma were blowing into the noodle having a contest to see who could blow the water into the other one's face.

 Megan styling Savannah's lovely 'do.

 Joe sat in the water throwing the kids for the longest time, and they were lucky enough to have Roger come in as a replacement when they wore Joe out.

 Luke, William, and Brenna

 Brenna, eat brownies in the pool!

 Ryan

 relaxing by the pool

 Brenna and Ryan

 We had a talent show that actually got split into two nights. For some reason I didn't have my camera out for any of it except the skit that the in-laws outlaws did. It was SO funny! They did a great job!

 

I thought I took lots of pictures the first few days, but there is so much that I missed. And I didn't even take any the last couple of days. So, here's a little recap of the week for me.

Church at the Albemarle Branch in Edenton, lunch with Aunt Ruth and her family, driving around Edenton, Hayes, and Paradise, having Robin's family stay with us, the aquarium, swimming at the hotel, chatting in the hot tub, touring the battleship, the BEACH!!, great seafood -- what an adventure to take 21 kids out to eat, swimming at the pool, BBQ with leftovers for days, hanging out at Mike's, looking at old mementos and pictures of Mom and Dad's, listening to a tape of Mom and Dad, Brenna's spitting fish pinata, playing Hearts, family talent show, Jerry Clower recitations by JW and Mike, going to the temple with all of my siblings and our spouses and then out for ice cream afterward, Robin made Hannah's day with a bead art craft one morning, Jordan Lake with Nell and Jill and some of their families, boating - I actually got up when I tried water skiing again after about 4 years -- wahoo!, banana pudding from Jill (I didn't make it, so everyone was relieved to know it would really have bananas in it)

That's all I can think of for now. We have such a great family. Thanks for making it so fun, everyone!