My head is swimming with last minute boat show details .. and the weather .. well .. It could be better !!

grab a rag ..

big disclaimer here .. i forgot my camera .. so i had to use my phone .. while it takes ok pictures .. they are just that .. ok .. not amazing and fantastic like all my other pictures that i take .. he he ..

cash and i meet jeff and ellie at the boat show after school on friday .. for one last look before preview night on monday ..

the fellas were still cleaning the boats so jeff told cash to grab a rag and help out .. look mama .. i cleaned that spot right there .. good job cash

can't forget the bottom of the boat mama ..

cash: hey daniel .. what are these for ?

daniel:  those are the bilge holes ..

cash: what ?

daniel: remember when your daddy forgot to put the drain plug in the boat and it filled with water ?

cash: yes .. that was so funny !!

daniel:  that is where all the water came out !

cash: oh .. i guess i better clean them to

we are ready .. i think ..

shopping for molly maxine ..

as i was folding ellie's size 8 clothes the other day i got to thinking about how much more fun it is to shop for girls than boys .. ruffles and pink bows just do lots more for me than blue and trucks .. sorry .. that's just how i feel ..

thanks goodness kim had a girl ..

so of course anytime that i am out i look to see if there is something that might need to find it's way to molly .. usually i have either cash or ellie or both with me when i am "out" .. the things that cash picks out are "interesting" .. i think that just once i will go with his selection and send it with a huge disclaimer that says .. "this is what it's like to shop for a boy" ..

so we found a few things for her the other day .. granny found a few things to ..

i love the little ruffles that are on the back of these little outfits ..

and little frog feet ..

and these .. little pink ballet shoes ..

they did not have these when eliie was a baby .. so i am glad that they have them for molly

and molly if you are reading this they are headed your way so have your daddy watch for the ups man !

halfway there ..

cash and i stopped by the boat show wednesday after school to check on the fellas .. cash wanted to see noah and daniel .. and to check on mike and his "twirly thing" ..

in case you wonder how we get all those watercraft to tulsa .. we haul them on trailers .. sometimes we have to "double up" .. that is a double trailer behind a 4-hole trailer .. that way you can haul 6 watercraft instead of just 2 or 4 .. you just have to be careful when you turn ..

and no .. they don't let me drive "doubled up" .. thank goodness ..

look .. i think i see the twirly thing .. with a seadoo on it .. this was the first thing that we saw when we walked in ..

oh my .. that looks so good !  that mike .. he is good !!

noah would say that is because mike has a very talented helper .. and handsome and smart to .. and clever .. ok noah .. we get the point ..

they were just about done with the lights when we got there ..

the big boats are all placed ..

they need to finish laying the carpet on the other end so that they can place the watercraft .. daniel is our carpet laying expert .. he gets them perfectly lined up and square .. he has a system for this .. not sure what it is but it works great !

cash thought that he would help ..

he would count off 3 squares and then carry them over between the lines ..

this is the "new jeff" or the "nice jeff" .. he is either thinking that we way organized and on top of things or that we are nuts .. i am going to vote for the first option ..

load'em up .. as cash would say ..

cash spent the weekend asking ..

dad .. when are we moving into the boat show .. on monday cash ..

dad .. what boat are we taking with your big truck .. the red and black one cash ..

dad ..is daniel helping us .. yes cash ..

dad .. is noah helping us .. no cash ..

dad .. is grandpa going with his big truck .. yes cash .. dad .. is granny going .. yes cash ..

this went on all weekend .. i played a trick on him and said that they canceled the boat show .. he had a melt down .. i felt bad for a whole second because i caused my kid trauma .. but ellie and i were watching snow buddies and he was bugging us .. i know .. that was not a very nice thing to do to cash ... but .. anyway .. moving on ..

we were told to report to the shop at 8:45 on monday morning .. i got to pick the time since i had to drop ellie off at school .. no sense in making everyone be there early .. of course jeff and cash left the house at 7 .. they had to get organized cash said .. this really means that they were going to stop off at kahoots for chocolate milk and donuts and "power up" as cash says ..

cash graduated from helping with backing up the trailers to fork lift driving ..

daniel can not only operate a fork lift blind folded with his hands tied behind his back .. but he also drive a tractor .. and look great doing it !

let's go already cash is saying ..

we all follow jeff into the the expo building .. i mentioned to daniel that it seems that we just kinda push our way in .. jeff makes a big hole with his truck and trailer and we all kinda follow .. surprisingly enough .. everyone moves out of our way ..

seeing how babe does not back very expensive boats in between other very expensive boats i gladly jumped out of my car to take pictures and let the boys do the backing up of expensive boats ..

this is where we will be living for the next 2 weeks .. stop by and say hi .. if you do .. make sure and bring an oreo or 2 ..

valentines day .. oh how i love valentines day ..

valentines day is my most favorite holiday .. next to halloween .. valentines is more than chocolate .. lovers and sweeties .. those all good and fine .. don't get me wrong .. especially the chocolate part .. but..

valentines to me is about dear friends .. pink and red hearts .. cupcakes .. sprinkles and glitter ..

when i taught school my room looked like someone threw up hearts .. they were everywhere .. even hanging from the ceiling ..

i love the shape of hearts .. skinny ones .. big ones .. tiny ones .. fat ones .. i love them all .. i never meet a heart that i did not like ..

so .. go and get yourself some hearts .. at least one .. i promise you will be a happier person for it ..

and yes .. i know that it is still january and that valentines day isn't until next month .. but .. it's kinda like christmas .. we celebrate it for an entire month at our house ..

getting ready ..

it's that time of year again .. oh boy ! .. i hear you say .. yes oh boy is right .. the boat show is right around the corner .. 9 days exactly .. we have been getting ready since we got back from christmas vacation .. we start to move in on monday ..

jeff has been working on the sales books ..

noah and james have taken all the tv's off their stands ..

the enclosed trailer is full of stuff ... desks .. wake board racks .. tv's .. carpet squares .. brochures .. everything but watercraft .. rangers and mastercraft boats ..

and this is our new addition to our booth .. mike .. our service genius .. ryan and daniel have been working on this for the last few weeks ..

do you see where i am going with this ?

how about now ?

is it even mike asks ..

no .. i think that it needs to go this way a bit .. balance is important .. otherwise we will have a brand new 2011 seadoo falling to the ground ..

now jeff is involved ..

 a little bit more that way mike ..

and there it goes .. it has a little motor on it so the seadoo will twirl around .. there will also be lights on each of the 4 posts that shine on the seadoo and make it look like lots of fun .. fun that someone might want to buy

so .. if you are not doing much the week of jan 31 - feb 6 stop by the tulsa boat sport and travel show and check out our new twirly thing .. i am pretty sure that mike would cringe knowing that i am calling it a twirly thing but i can't think of another name for it .. sorry mike .. that is best that i can do ..