First Week

Well we survived our first week!!! It was a lot of fun and a lot of work. I do not think I have ever worked 13 hour days for weeks straight ever, but we did it and the store did well.

We had really had not problems to speak of. Aaron was there from Monday to Wednesday afternoon helping us and Mark flew in on Wednesday to check out the store. I really think he liked what he saw. :) We are so thankful to both of them for the wonderful opportunity.

People loved the store!!! It was fun to watch them come in and to, well just watch them look at everything.

We heard over and over again, how wonderful it was to have a store like this here in Vegas. Others had been in the stores in Utah and were so excited that we were now here. They really had fun, and that is what we want for our customers.

We had our first really big coupon go out on the front of the Sunday paper, so we are excited to see what that will do for business this week.

Its here!!!! Rod Works Las Vegas, Baby!!!

Almost 6 months to the day that we decided to open the first franchise of Rod Works, it is Go Time. We opened on Monday, April 12th 2010 and had a wonderful first day, (second day looking good also)

Ashley, working her magic!


That Sweet Baby Boy

New Product

Fun Spring things.

Lady bugs all over

We want to thank everyone who came in and helped open and price and get everything ready to go.

Aaron (who I'm sure is sick of us, but we love him)

Sandy (Brads sister) was amazing. She sat for two weeks and opened, priced and put away product.

My Family, Katie, Jane, Even, Dad and Judy.

Our new employees, Kim, Thersea and Heather.

Friends, like Lisa, John and Marissa Moss and many others.

And Ashley Eller, my friend from the Lehi Store. She was amazing!!! She arrived on Friday, and my Sunday night we were ready to Rock and Roll. Thanks Ash, Joanne and that sweet baby boy!!

So we are open and ready for business and excited for this new chapter in our lives!!!

Our very first customer!!!

One week left until store opens!!!

Brad, Lolly and Sandy after a very long day.

We have been working really hard this past week getting ready to open the store. We have had wonderful help from friends and family (I hope we have not abused anyone). We really could not have gotten as far as we have without the help. My sister Katie even spent a lot of her vacation with a box cutter in hand, along with Jane and Even. Brads sister Sandy has been here for 6 days and is staying for 3 more and she has been wonderful.

My Sister, Katie, working hard.

Even was a great help (those are many, many jellybeans in his hand)

Jane and Evan.

My wonderful Sister-in-Law, Sandy

My Wonderful Friend, Lisa McIntyre.

Theresa, one of our first employees!!

Marty (brother-in-Law) he was a huge help in the backroom with Brad.

Brad telling me, that is enough pictures and get back to work. :)

Aaron arrives from Utah tomorrow to get all of the computers on line and the credit card machines working. I will start training the girls on the tills this week and they are all looking forward to Monday as we are.

It almost Go Time!!!!

2nd Day!!!

Brad and Paul Roundy

Another long day, 6am until about 7pm, but we (with wonderful help) opened, priced and placed 7 pallets worth of product!!! Now just about 40 more to go. Brad and I had help from David, My Dad and Step Mom, Paul Roundy and Aaron. Aaron leaves today and won't be back until next Monday, we will miss all of his help and hope things do not fall apart this week. Thanks again to all.

Dad and Judy pricing flowers.

Aaron pricing more flowers!!

Brad also doing more pricing

Piles and Piles of Cardboard!!!!!!

Rod Works Las Vegas!!

Truck arrives!!!

Well I posted last time that Brad and I moved back to Las Vegas to open a new business called Rod Works. Well today was a big day for us. We received all of our displays and our first 7 pallets of product. We where there from 8am until about 10pm and will be back at 6am to start opening those pallets. We had a lot of help today from my Dad, David, Paul Roundy and Aaron (from Utah). We are having fun, but it is a lot of work.

Working on the back room, Brad watching the work.

David helping to open many boxes!

Aaron checking it all out.

First pallets arrive. Brad handles the fork lift like a pro.

easy does it.

Aaron keeps a safe distance.

First product for Rod Works Las Vegas!!! Yeah

Store taking shape.

The Baby is 20!!!!!!

It is official! We no longer have any teenagers!!! (and we survived) David turned 20 last Friday. He is a wonderful young man and we are proud of him. I think he likes having us back in Vegas. He and Brad have been on many bike rides and our kitchen has also seen quite a bit of him. :)

Well lets see.......

Home in Utah


Well lets see..... What have the Sneed's been up to? Well selling a house, buying a new house, moving back to Las Vegas, Buying a business, opening that business..... Renting moving trucks (two different loads) and then renting a home for a month, moving out of that home and into our new one and then unpacking..... Boy Im tired just typing it and I had to do all of that. (Thanks to eveyone who help us pack in Utah and unpack in Vegas) :)



New Home!! And Grass!!


New back yard. Fun to have real grass in Vegas



The backyard.


We have been really busy. I have been working at a great store in Lehi Utah for the past 4 years, and in October they started to franchise, so what the heck, we will be Rod Works first franchise!!!!



The Store!! Got our sign up on Friday, March 19th



We hope to have the store up and running the first week of April. Fingers crossed!!!