HHC Bowl - a -Thon
June 14th 2008
Norcross, Georgia
Well where should I begin? {This review is from my eyes and what I saw} We got ready and headed to the bowling alley, it was about twenty minutes from our hotel which wasn't bad. We arrived and wasn't sure how to go about signing in so we just walked around and I went over to say hello to Jesi. Brian was over at the Wylee table helping finish setting it up.
After awhile I signed in and got my bag, made my nametag and went to go sit at a table but we kept getting moved around, we finally got seated, and we were 3 tables away from Brian, Leighanne and Baylee. Holly and I both signed the prayer shawl that was there for Howie and his family. Leighanne was so touched that she said if the needed help finding a address she would help.
We started to bowl and let's say I totally sucked, I didn't get ONE strike! We had a girl name Kimberly with us since she came alone and she did pretty good in the first round in the beginning. More towards the end I started playing less because I was doing so bad it was sad and honestly no idea who won the first game but we didn't have enough time to finish the 2nd game and they had shut off the lanes.
In the beginning when Holly and I went to get our shoes, Brian came into the line was like joking around about how long the line was {He was getting a size bigger for Baylee} we all kept telling him he could cut in line ha and he was like "no that's okay" and next thing I knew he was behind us anymore and Holly and I was just talking about how Brian kept popping around us and after we said that Brian came back from the other end of the line and scared the crap out of me when he was like right there but I have to admit love the way he jokes around, we need more people like him in this world *nods* At one time when I was bowling I was walking back to the end and I noticed Brian had just bowl same as me and he looked at me and started doing this dance so I started to do it back with him, it was cute ha!
Every time they would do a raffle I would go over and to just watch, and one point Brian saw me and started talking to me and into my camera while I was getting ready to take a photo.
Every so often I would go over by the Littrell's and just watch them bowl, but I would still give them their space. Few times Baylee posed for me, even one time he decided to stick his tongue at me which makes me feel special, {really I'm kidding} he just saw me taking picture's and so he decided to pose for me which I thought it was cute.
One point in time I saw Leighanne and Baylee at the Wylee table and I walked over when I knew she wasn't busy I just wanted to mainly say hello. Baylee was getting his stuff to put on it was cute he kept wanting more and more Wylee stuff to put on. Leighanne looked at me and I was like "I just wanted to say hello" and we hugged and she said hello back and we chatted for a minute or so and she had to go with Baylee he was ready to go bowl I think so I told it was okay and I went on my way back where Holly was.
Holly, Kimberly and I all walked together to go do something I couldn't remember what but then we stopped by Leighanne and we all talked to her, and she was so sweet. J Holly asked her if she remembered her which she did so that was awesome J and then I was kidding around when Leighanne looked at me and I was like "yeah you don't remember me, it's all good" and we both laughed, and then she and Kimberly started talking, then Brian was talking loud for Leighanne to his score so Leighanne was like "I got to go be with my husband" and she said she'll see us later and excused herself.
Holly had Christina on the phone while we were bowling, Holly's turn came up so she handed the phone to me so I walked over to Brian and waited to see if he could maybe talk to her, as I was standing there Leighanne was there and I was explaining to her what was happening and I was like "Yeah it's really fun here, Leighanne is actually standing right by me eating a banana, so I don't think she could chat and Leighanne starts making chewing faces and pretends to hurry up but she had to go take care of something and I told her it was okay, few seconds later it seemed Brian was done bowling for a minute so I called his name and,
Me: Hey, someone wants to say hello
Brian: I can't, I'm bowling"
Me: "Just for me, please" *making hand motions* lol
Brian: "Sorry only one person per event" {on the lines of that}
Me: *gets back on the phone* "Sorry, Brian doesn't want to say hi, he says he's to busy bowling, he's giving me a hard time *laughs*
Brian *Starts to walk over and puts out his hand* { he said something to me but I cannot remember} ha!
And I gave him the phone, Brian wasn't looking towards me, he was chatting and watching the game and so I had NO clue what they were chatting about. I really wanted to have him chat with a friend of mine who couldn't make it to the event but I didn't have my cell with me since it doesn't work in the area and I didn't know the phone by heart. L
I remember bowling and I walked back to Holly and I saw Brian over by us getting a green bowling ball so he started talking to Holly which made her laugh and then as head was heading back to his table to bowl, he looks over at me and I'm like "That's my ball"! he looks at me all serious *stomps foot* "No it's not"! and giggled and walked away LOL! J that was um priceless really. I was also by the group of people just watching the Littrell's bowl and some fan mentioned bout his shoes because he wasn't wearing bowling shoes, and I just laughed lol he was all "Don't tell anyone, I don't want to get into trouble" I just laughed.
When the lanes got shut down, people started gathering at the raffle table which where Holly and I started heading to. It was really fun to see them low key having fun. Brian kept drawing his name which was funny but he asked fans who wanted the cookbook and I reached my hand up and he looks at me goes "You want it" I'm like "yeah sure" and he hands it to me and smiles, he gave another fan a autographed BSB comic book, which I thought was really nice of him J Brian gave me a lot of eye contact and talked to me as he was explaining things which was cool, he goofed around a lot which made everyone laugh of course! Brian was wearing his tickets as a scarf, which was funny. Couple of the prizes for the raffle was the lunch box which was autographed by the guy's and when he saw them he pretended it was a purse, and he was like "I used this in the 8th grade" and when the young boy came to get it he's was all begging him to not take it to school *laughs*
Brian name got called for a 2nd time in a row during a raffle and so he won this cookbook and a autograph comic book by the guy's so he yelled "who wants this" and he looks at me and goes "do you want it" and I said "sure" so he comes over and hands me it and gives me this warm smile, and I just had the huge smile grin on my face and he gave another fan the comic book which I thought it was very nice of him :)
One point of time he looked at me while the raffling was going on, someone was talking and he looked at me and saw that I was holding ticket's {honestly it wasn't mine it was Holly's} but anyways he goes "What's your number, what's your number" and I told him 709274 and he starts digging into the bucket thing for a good period of time {don't know what it was called, sue me} and then he looked over again and goes 709 what, so he didn't understand the last few number's I said so as stupid as I was I went over and showed him *laughs* he kept looking for it for while and later on Holly won two gifts, a sticker box, with a autograph photo of the boy's, and the 2nd prize was the blue jean jacket with Backstreet Boys on it and it lights up. When her name was called I screamed because I thought it was mine {Holly and I had not much of communication earlier} so Brian hands me the jacket and was all happy for me and then Holly went up and said it was hers so Brian hugged her but looked at me like so confused, like he felt bad {but he didn't really know what was going on} but it was really exciting especially when I kept saying to her "We're going to win something"
Leighanne came to discuss about the Wylee bag's and Baylee was running to her and he wouldn't let go of her hand it was so cute seeing that he walked right by me and holding onto Leighanne. One point in time Baylee made a shirt for the raffle table and so he was like "Ok, this is me, and this is my dad, and this is my mom, and this is God, and this is a deer, and...well, to tell you the truth, you might not understand it, so I'll start from the beginning."
The meet and greet:
Before the meet and greet, I got a Wylee beanie hat to go with the jacket that I had gotten earlier in the day. Holly and I got in line and waited as I went in first they kept Holly back but we tried to explain to them that she was with me and they finally let go through. As I was waiting in line I had my beanie on and Leighanne looks at me and see's me wearing it and she goes "That's Baylee's hat" LOL and was all happy that I had the beanie on it seemed. I really don't have to explain how the meet and greet went since I got it on video {Thanks to Holly} J but after the video was stopped, the photo was being taken and it wasn't working {go figure} so as they were trying to figure it out I was like "It's all good, I'm just chilling with the Littrell's, and Leighanne heard me and she just laughed, so after taking a photo with my camera, it ended up still being blurry again and really dark so I walked over by Holly to see if I could see what was wrong with our camera's and the guy asked me to check to make sure my photo came out which didn't it was really blurry so I asked to get my photo retaken but waited until Holly was done, but that's when I was trying to figure out my camera and I tested it on Brian {ha} I went back over and asked for another photo {I felt really bad} as we got our photo taken again, I thanked them and then the guy said he'll take another just to be safe so we did, I thanked the guy who took our photo and went to get my stuff, then I went over and saw Baylee playing with the children which was so cute how they were all playing and I took a couple of photo's and then I was TOLD to leave which hurt me a bit because I really wanted to stay but I guess I wasn't allowed, I really wanted to talk to Leighanne private about a few things but that couldn't happen either L *sighs* As we exited we had to go find to see how we can call a cab to get back to the hotel since Holly's parent's was already back at the hotel, so we just hanged out and waited.
{Yes I had a good time although I felt like a outsider of the event and I really wish I could of helped with the event}
{Random Notes}
I totally loved the shirt style Leighanne was wearing I thought it was so adorable! I hope to get a Wylee bag or two in fact I think they are so nice and creative! As to people who think it's weird to take photo's of Baylee and get autograph I really didn't see the huge problem of it because most likely I'll be making copies of my photo's I've taken and give them to the Littrell's {I hope} Heck, I got Baylee's autograph back in 2004 {yes a scribble} LOL but I saw some people getting autograph's and as well getting their photo, I would of loved to gotten my photo with Baylee but I didn't know how to approach to ask and didn't want to be rude in any sort of way but it's all good.
