Gary Makes Top 3!

Gary has been working as a sales rep for my family's business, Jenkins Enterprises, for the past 4 and a half years.  Jenkins Enterprises imports and wholesales college merchandise (shot glasses, magnets, key chains, car flags, etc. with your favorite college team's logo) for about 60 teams. 

For the first 6 months he worked in Oklahoma as the Oklahoma sales rep, before moving back to Arkansas when we got married to cover the south Arkansas territory.  About a year and a half ago, he got taken off the road and put in the office handling "house accounts" across the country.

This past Thursday, Jenkins Enterprises had their annual Christmas party.  At the party they announce the "Top 3 in Sales" for the year.  This year there were 10 sales reps, and Gary placed #3!  He's worked so hard serving his customers and trying to bring in new business.  I was proud to see him honored at the Christmas party with the 2 other sales reps who made top 3.

My Uncle Carter presenting his award.

His cup.

Jenkins Enterprises' Top 3 Sellers for 2010.

Proud wife!

Our first married Christmas we started a tradition: each year, we pick an ornament for our tree that represents the year.  As we get older we can look back at each ornament and see where our life has taken us. This year our ornament is a football with a Razorback on it, to represent Gary's success in sales at Jenkins Enterprises this year. 

We are so very blessed.  The Lord has granted us the privilege of working jobs we love.  I'm thankful for Gary's success this year and looking forward to seeing what he will accomplish in 2011.

Gameday Superstore.

What a busy weekend! 

Many months ago Jenkins Enterprises signed on to provide all of the Razorback Merchandise sold at War Memorial, and man all of the booths and tents at the Little Rock Hog games.  What a big undertaking!  They all worked very hard to organize everything and get the merchandise to and from the first game.

Yesterday I worked at the salon until 2, then headed over to War Memorial with Laura and Caleb to help the family sell Razorback merchandise to all the Hog fans at the first Little Rock game.  Gary left to help Dad set up the 9 booths and 2 super tents at 6am, and he didn't leave War Memorial until midnight last night! 

Laura, Caleb and I worked a booth inside gate 8, and Gary helped Mom, Dad, John Allen and Jessica with the super tent outside our gate.  We stayed busy from the time the stadium opened at 4:00 until everyone was gone around 10.  We sold everything from seat cushions to t-shirts to hog noses and hats.  You may have seen some of us scattered around wearing "Gameday Superstore" aprons.  If you missed us, no worries, we'll be back for the LSU game in November.

Today we got some much needed rest,  went grocery shopping, caught up on laundry, gaveLola a bath, attended church service at Epoch, and watched the Cowboys loose their first game of the regular season. 
I'm looking forward to another busy week at work and the Epoch Women's retreat to the White River this weekend.

My day off.

Today was my day off. I went to Jenkins Enterprises this morning for the opening celebration for their new building. Everything is so nice. I am so proud of my family! Above is a photo of my parents, aunt, uncles, and grandparents in front of the new building. These are the "key players" for Jenkins Enterprises. And this is the whole staff:

I helped Gary unpack his office. It's kind empty, but we are hoping to go pick up some shelves and decor items at Container Store later this week to fix it up.

After the grand opening Brooke and I went to Conway to check out their TJ Maxx. They have a huge selection of home decor! We were there forever taking it all in. We had lunch at Market Place. I've always seen it, but never eaten there. It was wonderful. I got the chicken wrap. But, the best part was the dessert! We split the "chocolate peanut butter mess." It was to die for. The chocolate and PB covered the outside of the glass and the entire plate it was sitting on. So good!

Tonight we made tacos at home. It was nice to have an evening in. It got cold outside today, only a high of 55. Now we are gonna cuddle up on the couch and watch a movie before bed. It's back to the daily grind tomorrow.

New beginnings and saying goodbye.

After church I finally got to go by the new location of Jenkins Enterprise. It is huge! Everything has come together really nice. They now have room to house all of the new teams they were licenced for at last year. They also can now house their fixture business under the same roof. Tomorrow morning will be the ribbon cutting ceremony. We are all so proud of how far the business has come since my grandpa started it 30 years ago.

This weekend has been a weekend of showers. I dropped by Katie Dacus' bridal shower this afternoon. She is getting married next month. Katie and I grew up at church together and were baptized on the same day. Time flies!

Tonight our church had a farewell party for the Fitzpatrick family. Joe has been our music minister for 20 years. As far back as I can remember! He has been such a blessing to our church. He also led the youth choir at Park Hill and I went on 4 summer mission trips under his leadership. He will be hard to replace.

Change is in the air!

Workin' through the weekend.

Gary had to work today. Jenkins Enterprises is moving its headquarters, so they had to work through the weekend moving. While he worked moving boxes, I worked outdoors on our back porch. I spray painted the table and chairs lime green and bought a few new plants. It will be ready for spring in no time!

Tonight when Gary got home we grilled Brats and watched 10 Things I Hate About You. I had never seen it all the way through. Typical chick flick... which I love! We are happy to be home, especially Gary since he was in Vegas 7 nights before going to Colorado for the week. Tomorrow means back to the usual day to day.