Jingle Bells, Deck the Hulls, and all that Christmas Nautical Nonsense!!
It's that time of year again...and boy was it BIG fun!!
Here is a short video of our bright weekend!
We cannot get enough boats or Christmas! :)
Also, if you want some tunes to listen to while looking at the photos, here is the song we played for the parade...I think you can guess what it is....
This was the BIGGEST single piece of decoration in our 5 year history of the Boat Light Parade! Fint picked out the biggest, brightest, and cutest snowman he could find, and had it made to the length of the boat. And I have to say, he did an amazing job! This snowman was so jolly, so cute, so cool, so bright and so big, that people had to take notice....and say....awwwwwwwwwww! :) This was such a fun Christmas Boat Parade, and everyone's boats looked amazing! Though I am quite partial to our own jolly snowman!
Frosty was so big (he was bigger than the boat really) that Fint had to build a bamboo support structure off the side of Shark Fin just to accommodate his wide tummy!
Fint pulled out all the stops and since we were the smallest boat in the parade, he knew we had to go big to make an impression. This year we opened the parade, yep we were boat #1! And thanks to Fint and his bright, big Frosty, we won first place again!
Here are a few photos of this super fun Christmas adventure!
Tree decorating....boat style.
Serious planning and preparation.
I sewed all the lights onto the hats for the parade...I think they turned out pretty cute!
Supplies!!!
Sewing!
The test.....I was shocked at his size!
Fint had it all planned out...
Never.Enough.Lights. Especially when you are trying to beat Fint. But it didn't work!! :)
It isn't all fun and games! :) At the parade skipper's briefing.
He loves it when a plan comes together! :)
The Grinch couldn't steal Christmas from Frosty!
Really their boat did look amazing!
Who doesn't love a round, jolly snowman?!
He's ready to lead the way at sea!
Pre-parade party! We are a festive group!
#1 Capt ready to set out on #1 boat!
Fint even themed our shirts! Frosty all the way!
Yeah, I think I'll keep him, he's my fav Christmas decoration!
I am one happy girl...boat light parade is my fav!
Photo of the marina taken from one of the condos.
Sea Monster was also in the festivities! Good to see her all decked out!
Lights on...ready to go!
Boat light parade...what boat??!! :)
I do love him so!!! You are amazing babe!
I kinda have a crush!
Sea Monster is still in!! Glad that the new owners are such fun!
The amount of effort and hard work Fint had to go to, to get this snowman on shark fin was impressive! His determination and never give up attitude is amazing...and pays off!
He's cool....and he knows it.
The Snowpeople!
Our super fun friends on board!
And the results!! Fint proved that it isn't the size of your boat, but the size of your heart that gets the win!!! :)
Such a fun weekend...lots of work, but worth it all.
Thanks so much Fint for saving boat light parade when I was ill, and putting all your passion into my favorite Christmas activity, when I wasn't able to. xoxo
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
(SEE YOU ALL IN 2019!)
