Bittersweet...

Our food season is over for 2009. It was a very good season and very bittersweet to put the business to rest for the winter months. We began our season with new signage made by Kelly which added to our booth greatly this year. She does such a fantastic job at making the banners look great. Thanks, sweet girl for doing them for us.

June was one rough month of nothing but winds and rain. These three kiddos were wet more than they were dry. Poor Meghan was Gramps right hand woman when it came to putting up the sides during the rain storms because she was tall enough to hook them up while her Gramps used the stool on his part of installation. We did get smart toward the end and put sides up at the set up instead of during the storms. We also discovered that by taking the seams of the two tents and clipping them together the rain would stay out of the tent.
We went to lots of places this year and had some wonderful help. Ta'Mera worked every event and ran the whole show if Dick or I had to leave. She was so dependable and such a hard worker. If anyone needs great help, she is a taker.

Tiffeni and Meghan came from Colorado and spent most of the summer working for us (Tiff only two weeks, but Meg lasted her eight weeks). They are both great workers and were wonderful help. Meg even got to learn to fry which she has been wanting to do for a couple of years and this was her year.

Nolan spent five weeks here and had to go back to Arizona early as his school year began on July 20th. He was a hard worker and learned that hard work brings green back rewards. He could really keep the fryer going during a rush. Thanks big boy for helping Gramps on the fryer!!!

We did enjoy having the grandchildren with us for the summer and got to know them better. It was a blast having them here and we would have kept them longer is possible.

Kelly got back from Georgia the last of July and all of August and September was our right hand woman. She is awesome and I had forgotten how much fun she was to work with. She helped us in years 1 and 2 as we were trying to get this business going.

Wendy stopped on her way to Idaho during Davis County Fair and we were so busy that she stepped right in and helped get those orders for funnel cakes. She came again for Peach Days and we did enjoy having her with us very much. She could step into any station and take care of whatever order was needing filled.

Bethany came back this year (her second year) and we sure enjoyed her spunky personality that she has. She really can get the orders taken and filled fast.

I can't thank each of you enough for helping us this year. You were all God sent gifts to us this year and contributed to us having one of the best seasons ever.

THANKS!!!!

Now it is time to work on the crafts. I have six events to get ready for plus the Quilted Bear booth to keep stocked. All week I have been making the reversible superhero capes and will need close to 300 before Novemberfest to fill the booth in Logan and for Quilted Bear on Black Friday.

My body is tired and wanting to rest, but as the say goes, NO REST FOR THE WICKED!! I love making the capes and there are tons of little boys and girls running around wearing MY capes.
Drop by Quilted Bear in Ogden's Newgate Mall and check out all the cute doll furniture that Dick is so busy making. He will be getting new patterns this week of a stove, fridge and hutch for the little ones to play with. They should be in the booth before Black Friday.