WORKING THE PUMPKIN PATCH

IT TURNS OUT WE DID HAVE A RECORD YEAR!! WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF PUMPKINS WE SOLD! WE HIRED A COUPLE OF GUYS TO WATCH THE BOUNCIES ON THE WEEKENDS, WHICH WAS A GREAT HELP TO US.

IT STAYED HOT!

 THERE WERE QUITE A FEW DAYS THAT IT WAS TOO HOT FOR THE KIDS TO BOUNCE. ONE AFTERNOON A MOM AND HER KIDS CAME IN, WE TOLD THEM  IT WAS JUST  TOO HOT TO BOUNCE. WE SUGGESTED THEY COME BACK IN THE EVENING. THE KIDS LEFT CRYING, BUT IN THE EVENING HERE THEY CAME BACK AND BROUGHT US THIS!! I GUESS WE ARE NOW  "PUMPKIN  PATCH PEOPLE."

 HOW SWEET! 

 THEY ENDED UP HAVING A GREAT TIME!

WE CELEBRATED MAGGIE'S 12TH BIRTHDAY ON OCTOBER 12.

SHE IS PRICELESS!!

I WAS WALKING AGAIN IN CENTRAL PARK.

WE GOT BUSIER AND BUSIER! IT TOOK DARRELL AND I BOTH RINGING THE CASH REGISTER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

 ONE DAY WE HAD A LINE THAT STRETCHED  FROM THE CASHIER BOOTH TO THE OTHER  END OF THE TENT AND  NO AVAILABLE WHEEL BARROWS OR WAGONS, SO OUR CUSTOMERS WERE HOLDING THOSE HEAVY PUMPKINS!
BENNETT'S KEPT BRINGING US PUMPKINS!

 WE SOLD $66,000 WORTH OF PUMPKINS, WE MORE THAN DOUBLED LAST YEAR'S BUSINESS!
 ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25,  WE SOLD 788 PUMPKINS AND HAD 241 BOUNCERS.

AS IT GOT CLOSER TO HALLOWEEN, THE KIDS WOULD COME IN ALL DRESSED UP!

WE HAD MINIONS!!

AND MAD SCIENTISTS!

FAMILIES!!!

THIS GUY WAS MY FAVORITE!

FOR THE FIRST TIME.....WELL BEHAVED DOGS WERE WELCOMED!

MAGGIE AND MARLEE SPENT SOME TIME IN THE TENT  WITH US.

 DARRELL AND I BOTH  CAUGHT  COLDS A FEW DAYS BEFORE WE CLOSED. WE WERE TIRED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME  REST AND RELAXATION. WE CLOSED AT 6:00  HALLOWEEN NIGHT  AND WENT OUT   TO EAT AT OLIVE  GARDEN.

YEARLY CHECKUP AND OPENING OF PUMPKIN PATCH

I WAS DUE FOR MY YEARLY CHECKUP AND DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL WE GOT TO CALIFORNIA . I WAS GLAD I DID! I JUST WALKED IN TO "THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE", NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY. GOT ALL MY BLOOD WORK DONE RIGHT THERE AND MY PRESCRIPTIONS RENEWED FOR A YEAR.
WE DECORATED THE CASHIER'S BOX AND DUG OUT THE WAGONS AND WHEELBARROWS.

WE GOT PUMPKINS AND BOUNCIES.

WE OPENED SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4.

THE CREW DIDN'T PUT UP THE BOUNCIES UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.

OUR CUSTOMERS KEPT TELLING US WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD YEAR, BECAUSE LOMBARDIE RANCH WAS NOT OPENING THIS YEAR. WE WEREN'T TOO SURE, PUMPKINS WERE HARD TO GET. 

27000 BOUQUET CANYON ROAD

IT WAS NOW  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, DOUG DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD GET PUMPKINS UNTIL THE 10TH OF OCTOBER. WE HAD WAITED UNTIL WE GOT HERE TO GET OUR FLU SHOTS, SO THAT AFTERNOON WE WENT TO THE CORNER OF HAPPY AND HEALTHY.

THAT EVENING  WE WENT TO FOOD TRUCK NIGHT, I WANTED TO GO LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE HERE, BUT WE NEVER MADE IT.

WE SPENT THE WEEKEND GETTING SETTLED. IT WAS HOT ALL WEEKEND, SO WHATEVER YOU  DID, YOU HAD TO DO IT EARLY IN THE MORNING OR WAIT TILL IT COOLED OFF AT NIGHT. I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW BEAUTIFUL THE CALIFORNIA SUNSETS ARE.

WE WANTED TO PAINT THE CASHIER'S BOOTH BEFORE WE OPENED,  WE BOUGHT PAINT AND MONDAY MORNING WE STARTED PAINTING.

IT LOOKED REALLY NICE!

LEAVING FOR SAUGUS, CALIFORNIA

WE DROVE RIGHT DOWN LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD .

WE DIDN'T THINK THE TRAFFIC WAS BAD AT ALL!

IT WASN'T LONG AND WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE TO LOS ANGELES.

CALIFORNIA INSPECTION STATION AHEAD.

BACK IN CALIFORNIA!

WE WERE GETTING CLOSER!!

OUR TURNOFF FOR BOUQUET CANYON ROAD

BACK IN SAUGUS!

AND THERE IS THE TENT!

AND OUR LITTLE SPACE JUST WAITING FOR US!

THE NEW GRAVEL LOOKED WONDERFUL!

AND DOUG ENLARGED OUR SPACE!

GETTING BACKED IN......OUR NEW HOME FOR THREE MONTHS!!

IT WAS HOT HERE!!

WE WERE SWEATING AND MAGGIE AND MARLEE WERE PANTING BY THE TIME WE GOT BACKED IN AND HOOKED UP!!