THE SELLING SEASON

 

WE OPENED AT 11:00 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23,  WE WERE BUSY ALL  DAY, NOT OVERRUN, BUT BUSY. WE SOLD 37 TREES,  AND HAD ALOT OF LOOKERS.  IT WAS PROMISING!!

 

 

ALOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS FROM LAST YEAR, CAME IN TO BUY AND VISIT WITH US..... SOME JUST TO SEE IF WE HAD COME BACK.  IT WAS A GOOD SATURDAY, WE SOLD 40 TREES, MORE THAN  WE SOLD ON ANY DAY LAST YEAR. ON SUNDAY DARRELL  GOT A LOAD OF TREES, WE SOLD 44 TREES  SUNDAY. IT  WAS PRETTY SLOW DURING THE WEEK, BUT WE WERE LOOKING  FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND.

SALVADOR IS OUR TREE FLOCKER THIS YEAR, HE IS VERY GOOD AT IT!! DARRELL WAS GLAD, HE NEVER LIKED THAT JOB.

 

 

 

 

WE FLOCKED ALOT OF TREES FOR CUSTOMERS, BUT WE ALSO  LIKED TO HAVE SOME ON THE FLOOR  TO SELL, SO JOHN DID SOME FLOCKING ALSO, TURNS OUT HE IS VERY GOOD AT IT TOO. 

 

 

 

 

DAVID  MADE THE KIDS TREES AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND THE KIDS WERE THRILLED!!

 

 

 

 

 

SOME MORE THAN OTHERS............

 

IT WAS A GREAT SEASON.........  OUR HELP WAS AWESOME!!! WE ENDED UP HIRING ONE EXTRA GUY, ANTHONY. SO, WE HAD TWO ANTHONYS.

 

 

 

ANTHONY P.

 

 

 

AND JOHN'S SON ANTHONY H.

 

 

DAVID

 

 

JOHN

 

 

AND OF COURSE, SALVADOR

 

 

 WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER CREW!! AND COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.THE MOST WE SOLD IN ONE DAY WAS 61. THE LEAST WAS  7.  WE WERE OPEN 24 DAYS.   WE SOLD OUT OF TREES ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 AT 9:00 P.M.  THE NEXT MORNING WE TOOK ALL THE SIGNS DOWN,  LOCKED THE GATE  AND CLOSED THE TENT FLAPS.  WHAT A RELIEF!!   THEN WE STARTED PACKING THE TRAILER AND WERE  FINISHED ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20.

 

 

 

  WE HAD PEOPLE AT THE TENT WANTING TO BUY A CHRISTMAS TREE EVERY DAY UP UNTIL THE 22ND. THEY COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WE DIDN'T HAVE  TREES.

WE WENT TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY/BUSINESS MEETING ON CHRISTMAS DAY.  IT WAS FUN!!

 

 

 

ELAINE AND DARYL GAVE EACH COUPLE A "GAG" GIFT.....WE GOT THE LOOOOOONG DACHSHUND STOCKING!! 

 

 

 WE HAD ALL EXCHANGED NAMES AT THE START OF THE SEASON, SO WE ALL GOT GIFTS.

 

 

WE ALL THOUGHT MIKE'S GIFT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE......

 

 

ON THE 29TH OF DECEMBER WE GOT PAID FOR ALL OUR HARD WORK...IT WAS MORE THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE AND WE WERE VERY  HAPPY!!  WE SOLD 645 TREES THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 416 LAST YEAR. IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR!!

 

BEFORE LEAVING SAN ANTONIO WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM LAST YEAR, KAREN AND MIKE.

 

 

I FINALLY GOT TO SEE THE RIVERWALK LIT UP FOR THE SEASON....IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

 

AND THE ALAMO AT NIGHT!!!

 

 

WE LEFT SAN ANTONIO ON JANUARY 1, 2013, HEADED FOR SOUTH PADRE ISLAND FOR A MONTH'S VACATION.