Keeping up with the Jones': Urban Air - Grand Opening

This Sunday it will be 6 months since we opened our doors and I am just now writing the post. Does that give you a glance into my life the last 6 months??

I wish I had blogged about grand opening weekend when it happened because I am sure I forgot so many funny stories and good details. Here's what my memory has of this day and all the deprived sleep that came with it.

*Thankful to Tanya for taking my camera when she arrived so the day could be documented, thanks T!*

We left the store around 1-2am the night before opening and we had one family already camping out! We couldn't believe it! By mid-morning this was the crew hanging out waiting for us to open our doors at 5pm. The first 100 people in line got free jumping for a year.

The line was loonnngg, we couldn't believe it! It was wrapped down and around the building by 5pm and it was h-o-t out!

We snuck our kids in the back doors to play before everyone came in.

Adam's whole fam came in town to show support,

obviously we were so happy to have them!

these 3 girls = inseparable.

If I remember correctly, those pendants were installed just hours before we opened our doors. There's that black rectangle my dad was penciling in a couple nights before.

This is me thinking, 'I have no idea what I am doing but hopefully I look the part?' ;) We were doing a lot of 'winging it.' Adam, Aimee, Nicole and I look back at that first day, week (maybe even month!?) and laugh. We were totally learning on the fly.

Somehow, we let Em sneak in with the competitors socks!

Hi, we are sleep deprived and just a tad stressed.

My mom put together the beautiful arrangement and my sister sent my breakfast, lunch and dinner for a couple of days...so delish!

This crowd was so awesome!

Adam and I made New Year's Goals on Jan 1 2015 while driving back from Wash, MO and no where on that list (or even close to it!) was to open a trampoline park, nevertheless with 2 gals we had never met before! But here we are, 8 months into the year and we are about to open the doors to Urban Air with our new business partners and friends. You just never know where life is going to lead you.

God works in mysterious ways and this has been a fun one...a tad crazy but lots of fun too!

Let's do this!

Ready or not, the crowd was here and ready to jump!

I am so excited!

Our first concessions customers.

Our nieces and nephews could fill the kids bowl without any other customers!

He cracks me up!

The kid doing the crazy jumping here is now a great employee!

Sweet Laney Faith!

Our first birthday party was 2 hours after we opened!

We were so happy to host this sweet boy as our 1st birthday party customer.

And the love of dodgeball begins.

This boy had a rough few nights adjusting to the craziness of his parents never being around. Thankful for my mom, sister, and Adam's family for taking him from the store screaming/crying a few nights because he wanted his parents to come home. Dagger.in.the.heart. I felt like the worst mom several days those first few weeks/months. My kids' worlds were definitely rocked, but hey - if your parents are going to open a business and turn your life upside down, at least it's one you can enjoy!!!

Cooper and Aimee's oldest boy became quick buds! Notice the clock-wouldn't be surprised if it was 10:17pm and they were still going strong on the dodgeball courts.

My mom picked up some champagne at my request and we toasted sometime after midnight when the doors were closed and the park had been cleaned. We toasted that we got the doors open on time and laughed at all the funny stories from the night.

Day 1 complete, in bed around 2:30 and back at the store by 8ish the next morning. Also, doing laundry during those hours because somehow we lived on 1 Urban Air t-shirt for a couple weeks.

Adam's family covered the kids grand opening weekend and clearly they had no fun ;).