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Sunset Happy Hour

BigFun Saturday was a busy day with the photo scavenger hunt starting at noon at JJ’s and finishing 2ish at Wrecked. You’ve already seen all those fun photos. Next up for the day was Sunset at the Brits, BUT our hostess with the mostest went down for the count (bad cold) so Owen & Shirley stepped up to host sunset. The beautiful day progressed into a perfect night to entertain 60 people in your home. Lots of food, drink & fellowship is what the Hood specializes in and this one was one of the best. Ruthanne, with the help of Johnny’s duddle work, had Gill join us in sprit as you can tell by all the Gill Photos.

A toast to BigFun and all our friends.

 

Everybody gathered around to get a first glance at the photo we took during the hunt.

 

Ruthanne always has a big birthday party since it falls during BigFun. The party was the perfect opportunity to sing and wish her a happy birthday.

 

Click on any picture to see it enlarged.

 

 

 

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Brian took the opportunity to spend time with his friends before leaving the next morning for his surgery.

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JJ’s Cantina Party (Saturday night)

 

Next stop… JJ’s Cantina where a local salsa band was waiting to get everybody moving on the dance floor. It’s amazing how quick the night flew by..

Innovative Muscia had a great sound and was a nice change giving us a little more local flavor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gill’s presence everywhere.

Of course I had to add a few more tattoos on  cantina friends… We sold near 500 raffle tickets for the signed Roger Mexican Moonshine poster. Kelley won it. This raised $500 for the Cholla Love fund. Now Kelley will use the poster in her and Dave’s animal rescue fund raiser Thanksgiving weekend. Roger can be proud that his contribution has and will do so much.

As you can tell everybody is having a great time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It wasn’t long until Table dancing broke out everywhere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice moves!!! Yep, That’s Gill dancing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We even got the kitchen staff out dancing on tables. 3 hours of constant dancing and we’re a little soggy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not sure what to say about this one.!

 

 

 

 

Two happy hosts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frankie and Chris re-enact cantina bar climbing that they did years ago.

The Gill abuse continued’..

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One BigFun Night… Maybe an annual event???

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Sunday night sunset dinner at Xochitl’s Cafe

 

 

Dinner on the upper deck. All you can eat Salad, Pizza, Wings and a golden sunset sky made for a perfect evening to tell our stories of a fun weekend.

The caption for this photo is ka-boom.. Adrianna & Johnny will understand.

 

25 years… It’s hard to believe it. Seems like only yesterday we were having a sailing retreat for a few guys.. Each year has special memories and the 25th will be hard to top but with all our great friends it only seems to get better.

 

It reminds me of lyrics that Brain & Frankie wrote…

And we’ll have Big Fun, Big Fun now that we’re together now.

 

Thanks again for all your support for our special Cholla friends Brian & Heather.. Here’s hoping for a complete quick recover for Brian. We are so looking forward to having them back in Cholla with us soon.

 

 

Hope to see everybody soon..

Until the next update.

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