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

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.