... we all scream for ice cream!

I am a little late in posting this, but the ice cream social on Wednesday night was, as usual, a success. Not sure how many people came through the line or how many gallons of ice cream we went through, but it was A LOT.

The line started early, and went on and on and on:

Here are the scoopers (6 on each side of the line- one for each flavor):

What's an ice cream social without some old-timey music?

The seating inside was packed, as were all of the tables outside (but unfortunately, I neglected to get a picture of that):

Moses skipped the food and ice cream and went right to the cake:

We're all exhausted, but already looking forward to next year!

I scream, you scream...

I apologize in advance for the massive number of pictures in this post. But not only does this serve to keep friends and family up on our lives, but it is also a place where I document important happenings for Moses to read later. And so, a TON of pictures...

K got up at 4:00 this morning to go with the men for ice. Two tons of ice, to be exact. I got up at 5:30 in order to be at the church when everything else started.

Here's where everything begins-- in the church kitchen:






With a whole lot of this, and a bunch of other things:


Here's where it gets cranked:







Cranker-in-training:


It's not a real ice cream social unless it requires a forklift to carry the ice:


Here's where it gets scooped for the bulk sales:


And here is where it gets stored:


The ice cream for the scoop sales is stored in their cans under ice.

I spent most of the morning cutting cakes and pies, only a portion of which are shown below:




I don't know how much meat we make (for loose-meat sandwiches, or "Maid-rites"), but I know that each vat holds 25 pounds, and we had a few going.

And here's the orneriest "old crank" you could ever meet :):


And then the best part of the morning-- we open the last two cans and eat them ourselves!


Not bad for starting at 7, and being done by 11, eh?

And now we have down time until about 4:00!