Red Rock Hike,,,,,

Brad and I enjoyed a quick morning hike in Red Rock....Kim opens the store in Tuesday morning, so we get a chance to do a little something in the am. The weather has been cooler this week, so we went on a short hike. It is just so beautiful in the canyon.....but going into summer, we will have to get up there a bit earlier.

I also had a late call from a dear friend from Highland, Shannan Busby called and needed a place to sleep....so she arrived about 11pm with her niece and after knocking on my neighbors door (I said 4th house on the left, but we are the 5th...sorry) she arrived and we had a nice visit. But poor Shannan woke up sick and is still here so nice to still have her around :) but I hope she feels better soon.

Mom, Sammi and Stricklands come to visit!!!

My Mom came for a visit!!! Yeah, I always love when she is able to come for a few days. I love just sitting and visiting with her and catching up on all the news...

To say the least, it was HOT, HOT, HOT while she was here and our AC unit for the downstairs, well was not working. She was a trooper, but with temps reaching 110, it is draining no matter how you try and not get wiped out. Just going back and forth from a store to the car....well it's HOT.. I had to work a lot, but David was here and Sammi came down on Wednesday with two of the Strickland kiddo, so she had company while Brad and I were at the store..

Miss them all :(

New Employee!

I'm sure that there would be a legal issue with her age, but she is just so cute, I hired her on the spot!! Thanks John and Marissa, hope that driving her to and from work will not be to hard on you. :0

Sarah May Moss

Employee of the Month

Sarah, just to fun.

Ryan's 24th

Today our Ryan would have been 24 years old.



What would he be doing?



Would he be married, have a child?



What would he be doing?



Miss him everyday. Miss how loud he was, the house was just to quite when he was gone..



I miss him coming home from school and yelling out "Woman, I'm home!"



I miss that flash of red hair and those brown eyes.



I miss our talks,



I remember once when he was 3 and Sammi 2, I was pregnant with David. They were in the tub and Ryan kept asking me to get in with them. After a bit I said "Fine" when and got on a bathing suit (being 8 month pregnant not getting in without it) and when I started to get in, Ry turned to Sammi and said "Now watch how deep the water gets!!!"



I miss all of the car rides to Utah in the Summer and how much fun we all had with playing the ABC game and listening to fun books on tape on the way to Grandma and Grandpa Sneeds.



I miss our trips to Seattle and showing the kids around the city I love. They always loved the Market and the ferry rides across the sound.



There was an article in the paper once that asked "If you could spend the day with someone who has died, who would it be and what would you do?"



Well that is an easy answer for me. I would spend the day with Ryan and I would love to watch him play hockey. He loved that game. From the first time he ever set foot on the ice....that boy was in love. Sometimes, someone is given a gift and his was on the ice. He just floated across the ice. He was a true puck hog, but it was always a joy to watch him.



There have been empty holes on vacations, Holidays, and just in everyday life, but I do have peace in my life knowing that you are well and with others who love you. You are with Heavenly Father and best of all, with Christ.



This was a sad year with the loss of one of Ryan's dear friends. Robi Sundell passed away in Oct. It was such a sad loss, but in some ways I was happy for Ryan to have a great friend now with him. Boy I hope that they are not causing to much havoc.....



I love you Ryan!!!



Mom

Party Night!!!

On May 7th, we had a party for Friends and Family. We had a great turn out, and had some really fun food from the resturant next door (The Edge of Town). Theresa and Heather stayed and helped on the cash registers and Aaron and his wife Heather came down from from Utah.

Lot of fun friends.

Theresa, one of our wonderful employees

Heather, another great employee

Aaron, helping out on the registers

If you build it, they will shop.

family enjoying the evening

Great Friends

Mark, Heathers husband not wanting to go public.

Lots of great food

Friends checking out the store.

Brad and Rob,

Shoppers all over.

Brads Mom, Sister Sandy and her husband drove down with our Sammi for the weekend and it was so sweet for them to all come down and support us. We were also able to enjoy Mothers day with them before they drove home on Sunday.

We were touched by how many people came to support us and we Thank all of you.

Thanks and Lots of Love

Brad and Lolly

3 weeks down!!

Well we just completed our 3rd week!! And the best news is that we are still alive and kicking!!! Things have gone well and having a great time seeing old friends and making new ones. We love having people come into the store who have never been in a Rod Works, and just look around and take it all in.

We have have many wonderful customer who come in and then get on their phones and call friends and family and tell them about the store, or tell them to drop what they are doing and come up to the store to meet them.

We are working on getting Brad and myself out of the store a bit more. I am going to start taking Mondays off and Brad is going to take Tuesday Morning off, for a much needed bike ride with John.

We have 3 great employees who have been great with us as we get use to the whole schedule thing. We are a bit slower on Thursdays, so on those days, Brad and I are running the store. Saturdays are busy, but so far we can do it with Brad and I and one other girl.

We have really enjoyed doing this, and I love working with Brad.

We are having a Party on Friday night for friends and family. We are going to have some great food, and are looking forward to seeing some great friends and having them check out the store.

More later.

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.