Photos of the 2008 Guiton-Shannon et. al. Family Reunion
July 4-6, 2008, Seminary, Mississippi
Caption 000 The turn out for this reunion was fantastic. Some siblings hadn't seen each other in years. There were cousin who hadn't seen each other since childhood.
Caption 001 First off, in addition to coordinating lodging options, all the food, etc., Jimie had a virtual carnival ground set up, with tons of parking, amusements for the children and tents.
Caption 002 Now that may not be mission critical to you adults, but I'm sure all the young folks appreciated it! .
Caption 003 If any one had any doubts whether this family is blessed, check out this photo of Jimmie with his cousin Ailene.
Caption 004 Dorohty, Bobbies wife, with one of the wee ones.
Caption 005 Pat and niece, Danielle and sister, Nois.
Caption 006 Ron and a little bit of Terry, working that shrimp boil (and I'm talkin' them sweet Gulf shrimp).
Caption 007 (l to r) Ron, Wallace Sr., Jay, Bobbie (seated), Terry and Tony chatting over the shrimp boil.
Caption 008 The moon bounch and the water slide did not go unnoticed by the children!
Caption 009 The whole thing, when it all is said and done, was for the young people. There was a crush of cousins, second cousins and on and on.
Caption 010 Thedra with her eldest (maternal) uncle, Dan.
Caption 011 At any given time, while folks were chatting and generally having fun, a few folks were putting together yet another som'm som'm to eat. Geoff, David and one of the teens look on as Nois and Danielle put it together in the kitchen.
Caption 012 Certain people tried to roll up like nothing was going on, but the Southern Crew was prepared for the birthday situation that presented itself!
Caption 013.Trying to settle folks together for the Meet and Greet
Caption 014 Dan and Geoff chilling with one of their neices/daughters.
Caption 015 L.A. representing! This family pulled together from Los Angeles, Ohio, Chicago, Louisiana, New York and Maryland! It was an amazing experience to be part of. Here is Ailene with one of her daughter's, Andrea.
Caption 016 And on the Third Day, after they had thrown down with the fish fry, boiled shrimp, and fried chicken that would make you slap yo' pappy!!! (l to r) Wallace Sr., Jimmie, Danielle, Tony (that's Terry's brain hiding back there), Ron, Bobbie and Adrienne.
Caption 017 Hosts Jimmie an Pat musing with "Smokin'" Bobby Shannon and Terry by the grill.
Caption 018 Sure it was about a lot of food, fun and family; but it was July in Mississippi too. So it was about chillin' in the shade too!.
Caption 019 There WILL be a fish fry up in this piece today! At some points it seemed like Jimmie, Pat and a few other folks were in two places at the same time. They throw down, I'm here to tell you!
Caption 020.Geoff and Sabrina taking in the air conditioning for a spell, before returning to the festive goings-on outside.
Caption 021.For a while I thought I could keep up and get cameo shots of everyone that came...
Caption 022... Soon however, it was clear that that would not be possible. Here is Rick with cousin Danielle.
Caption 023... Sorry I caught you grubbin' Rick, but I was trying to get a shot of you and Kathy with the baby together, in the midst of getting everybody and everything else...
Caption 024.Dan, Erma, Jimmie and Lee Guiton with their aunt Girleen.
Caption 025 The "Southern Crew" in full effect!.
Caption 026 Co-host Pat giving the newly selected (drafted) 2010 Reunion Committe its marching orders.
Caption 027 We pretty much carried on into the night on both Friday and Saturday, catching up on how folks have been doing and joking around.
Caption 028.Thank you and may God continue to bless and keep you, Jimmie and Pat, and all the Southern family members who really showed the family a wonderful July 4th celebration of our family.
