Tiger Day photos

So first we started with Corey and JJ in our VIP section. JJ didn't have family there, so I had Corey call him over. He was all about taking pictures with pretty ladies, and Corey and I were all about accommodating him.

Turns out Corey had several comrades who didn't have family at Tiger Day. My grandmother was fond of the phrase "if there's room in your heart, there's room in your home." Not that the Parade Grounds at Camp Shelby was my home, but the VIP area kind of was, for the day, so we expanded the group.

Corey's gunner, Corey Hatfield, is the beaming yound man actually holding one of the Honeybees around the waist. We want to make Corey Hatfield VERY happy, since he's responsible for shooting any and all threats to Corey Allbritton. My Corey's roommate in Iraq will be Brian Dedon, who is behind the Honeybee that Corey Hatfield is embracing.

Y'all know Corey loves the heavy metal. There's a Baton Rouge band called Meriwether, and Corey would say they weren't heavy, but I say they are. Upon the request and recommendation of my husband, Meriwether was invited to perform at the concert. They were the soldier's favorite, second only to the Saintsations. The guys in the band were extremely grateful to Corey for getting them there, and they signed CDs and drumsticks for all the soldiers.

Miss Louisiana was also a trooper. She stayed the entire time, from 10 AM to 4:30 PM, taking pictures and speaking and singing. When Cami took this picture, she told her the wind was doing wonders for her hair.

This is my favorite.

All of these pictures were taken by Cami Geisman, a gal of many talents, including blogging about food at http://partyonmypalate.wordpress.com/.

None of us got pictures with James Carville and Mary Matalin, who are really cool, down to Earth people who seemed more excited to have been invited to Tiger Day than we were to have them, if that's possible. Corey got to eat jambalaya lunch at a table with Mitch and his wife Cheryl and James and Mary. I didn't get a picture of that either.

But I did get a picture of Team OLG, who spearheaded this event with me. Rowdy's in the LSU pullover, Cami's the one who smiles like she's on the beach, and Kia wears sunglasses. All the time. Practically.

We had another photographer there, but I don't have her pictures yet. She'll have more of the ceremony and such, so I'll get those up soon. My favorites of the ones that Cami took can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2646395&id=23424020&l=6afc567195