Sunday, January 17, 2010

Ras Runs Half Marathon

Ras lost her mind this last weekend and ran her first half marathon (13.1 miles) with her friend Lisa. The conditions were miserable. Down pouring rain and wind gusts to 40mph along the race route on the usually beautiful Pensacola Beach. It was a red flag day to boot. Did the girls back down in the face of a vengeful Mother Nature? Hell no. Did I take the kids and cheer mom on from the warmth of the car? Hell yes.

There was a sweet after party for the run at Captain Fun on the beach. I drank free beer. We partied with Lisa and Cindy. It was a blast. The band (Dirty Mutha Truckers) banged out some great tunes and took a liking to our table. Mikey rocked so hard that the lead singer pulled him on-stage to rock out. What helped was that the band played a lot of hits from the many Guitar Hero games we own.
Congrats Women!!!
Around mile 11
The finish - 2:31 and some change

Brutal!!

Wet but happy.



Post race beer - very deserving

The sweet taste of IRON!

The lead singer of Dirty Mutha Truckers with Dirty Mikey

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Beatles Rock Star

We went out and got the Beatles Rock Star game for the Wii the other day. I have always been a huge Beatles fan and now my kids are singing the songs. I need to turn in Metallica and Aerosmith games cause they are crap compared to the Beatles. Only a couple of good songs on each of those, where the Beatles songs were all hits. Here is Mikey rocking out to some classics...


Mikey tackles Sgt. Pepper and his Lonley Hearts Club Band

Mikey, John and Ringo partake in a rendition of Yellow Submarine off of the Revolver album.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Grammy and Grampy

Grammy and Grampy Everett spent a nice week+ down here. We all had fun going to the beach, hitting garage sales, swimming in the pool, partying with the neighbors, celebrating Grammy's birthday, and eating smoked pork boston butt. Miss 'em already. Did not take many photos while they were here, but took this one after they left. Even the dog feels sad when they leave. He sleeps in front of their room for a couple of days after...


Next up...Grandpa Simancek.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Getting ready for All Sports

We are getting ready for the Grand Opening of All Sports Consignment!! Ras and I have been putting in a lot of hours getting ready. Ras more than I, but I am told I have to keep my regular job. We open for regular hours starting the 3rd, and our Grand Opening is on Saturday the 8th. Everyone is excited and we are getting tons of positive feedback from folks in the community. Here are some photos...


A local guy painted this surfboard for us. We hope to work with him in the future on some other items for the store.

I made this golf area last weekend

We have two of these life like punching bags. Sam has spent a lot of time cleaning them. Too much time in fact.

Our wall of water sports has grown.

Some of our exercise equipment by the front windows

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Random stuff from last few weeks...

A lot of stuff has been keeping the Everett clan busy in the past month. If I was real good I would be able to post more, but instead I share with you some random photos with explanations. That's huge.

When we were up north in Michigan, I showed my family how I used to cook hot dogs when I lived on the streets. Take a hot dog, put it in a bun and wrap it in one layer of tin foil. Then wrap it loosely in newspaper and place it in a cardboard box. Light the box on fire and once it all burns up, unwrap the foil and before you can say Kwame Kilpatrick, you are enjoying a perfectly cooked hot dog. Watch out for hobos.

Sammi and Mikey take in a sunset over Grand Traverse Bay


Mikey and his best Michigan buddy, Tyler, testing out some of the sports gear we picked up in Michigan.


This will be the video we use to demonstrate that we have rigorous quality control methods and that we only sell quality merchandise at All Sports. Here are two of our quality assurance employees.


I picked up this mounted northern pike in Michigan to hang with my salt water species. The folks where I now live have never seen a fish like this.

My mom and dad got me this barracuda to also hang on the wall. Also pictured is the sailfish with electrical tape being used to repair a broken bill.

Larry and LaCoe came down for a week vacation. We had a blast. Lots of activities during that week and many, many beers down the hatch.



We went to the Forth of July fireworks in Milton. Nice view of the show. Did sparklers before. Used Ras's camera to take the cool shot of Sammi and a sparkler.

Sammi holds Caleb's ears during the fireworks.


Larry, Scotty, Sammi, Mikey, and I went to Fort Pickens on Pensacola Beach. This is the fort that they imprisoned Geronimo at. Sam and Mikey pose behind bars.

Larry, Scott and I went fishing early one morning and saw this boat floating when we went out - when the tide was low. Apparently they owner tied his boat too tight because when the tide rose, the ropes prevented the boat from rising with the water. Instead, the water rose over the back, flooded the boat, and sank it. This is what we returned to four hours later. Mother Nature is a bitch.

We did not do very good fishing, but we spotted this huge grasshopper trying to swim across the bay. Larry scooped it up with his bare hands. Biggest grasshopper I have ever seen.

Today is Sammi's 11th Birthday. She chose Red Robin to eat at and had the pizza.

Per usual, the restaurant staff made a scene by singing Happy Birthday to Sammi. She was even lucky enough to get the red bird himself to make an appearance. Sammi was horrified.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

More photos from the north...

Last day up in northern Michigan. Here are a few more photos. We had a great time and the weather was great. In Pensacola, the heat index has been 105 - 110F for the past few days. Here it has been in the 70s.


Jason, Tanya, Ras and I went to the wineries off of Old Mission Peninsula. We bought over 30 bottles of wine between us.


Ras and Rox at the Mackinaw Brewery


We hit the hard stuff after the wine


Mikey trying to get close enough to roast a marshmallow. The fire was fierce.


Sunset over Grand Traverse Bay


Me, Sammi, and Uncle E enjoying our last afternoon

Mikey, Sammi, and cousin Nick

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Still in Michigan...

We are having a blast back home in Michigan. We spent the first week going to a Tigers game (they actually won) and spending time with Ras's parents. The kids went to the Detroit Zoo with Nana and Grandpa while I was up at the cabin. We also spent time with our good friends, the Rayls. This week we are with my parents near Traverse City enjoying the beauty of northern Michigan. Tanya, Jason, and baby Nick are with us, as well as Roxanne. The weather has been great. We are going wine tasting tomorrow in Traverse City. After I post this, I will be Jack Daniels tasting. Here are some photos I grabbed off of other cameras (Ras forgot the computer cable for our camera...RAS!)

Nick enjoying his first beer


Nick advertising for All Sports Consignment

Sammi and Mikey on Grand Traverse bay at sunset

Aunt Tanya, cousin Nick, and Uncle E

The Everett men in 45 degrees Grand Traverse Bay water. We are very tough.

The whole clan