AN ICE CREAM PARTY!!!
So for those of you who haven't heard, I won an ice cream party from Dreyer's Slow Churned ice cream. I entered the contest in May, about 2 weeks after my knee surgery. I was feeling very grateful because at the time I was basically worthless and had to rely on so many people to help take care of me and my family. I thought that it would be a nice way to say thanks and give a little something back. I had to write a paragraph telling why my neighborhood should win the party, and lo and behold- I won! This was a great surprise because anyone who knows me must also know that i am just about the unluckiest person ever! (Matt was sad that it wasn't a trip. He has encouraged me to do better next time!)
Anyway, this past Saturday was the 'Neighborhood Salute' block party. Dreyer's did EVERYTHING...they sent a big box full of supplies- ice cream scoopers, all the paper goods, wet wipes for sticky hands, invitations, an apron, and so on...right down to the sharpie marker to write on my sign! Two days before the party fed ex delivered a big box of ice cream and all we had to do was put up some tables and dig in! It was so fun! We had over 150 people show up and it was wonderful to watch people talk and laugh and enjoy some sweet ice cream. I feel so blessed and grateful to live in such a wonderful neighborhood!!
(My apron said, "I won a Dreyer's ice cream block party!)
The Clawson family was kind enough to set up their awesome movie screen and after eating ice cream quite a few people made their way over to watch a movie. It was a wonderful night! (They rent the screen/sound system out...if you are interested let me know and i will give you an email address)
oh, and we made the front page of The Daily Herald! We're famous! Here is the link. (please pardon my super excited smile...i was having fun!)
http://heraldextra.com/news/local/central/orem/article_c9a68693-29aa-56cb-8b2f-a2ac53c1890e.html (you'll have to copy & paste...for some reason i can't get that link embedded..oh well!)
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