CELEBRATING THE WEEKEND

Today is Sunday.  The LDS Church is holding their semi-annual General Conference this weekend.  So this makes it a weekend in which a couple of different things are celebrated. 

The first of these to be celebrated, and perhaps more celebrated locally, is the invention of ice cream.  The origins of ice cream can be tracked back to at least the 4th century B.C.  That's a long time, and a lot of celebrating.  From what I saw last night, ice cream will be celebrated for at least that much longer.

   As most of you know, conference weekend includes the priesthood session on Saturday night.  I happened to be working yesterday, and in the morning we were joking that we hoped the store had ordered extra ice cream for the weekend.  We knew what the evening would bring.  Sure enough, just like we see every 6 months, at about 8:15 p.m. the parade began.  From our position in the store we have a direct view of the ice cream freezers.  In fact, most of them walk past the pharmacy to get there. At any time during the 8 o'clock hour there is probably no less than 8 white shirts and ties looking at the ice cream.  Men and boys of every age.  Grandfathers, fathers, and sons all celebrating together.  Kind of neat to see these family traditions.  This tradition of ice cream following church meetings is nothing new.  I found this picture that had the included caption.

children making ice cream to be sold
for the benefit of the church at a ministers and deacons meeting

It got me thinking.  It's not just the supermarkets either.  I remember being surrounded by white shirts in Leatherby's (local ice cream diner) on one such Saturday evening.  What if you could develop a mobile ice cream business, like the ice cream man but with less annoying music, and set up just outside the chapels on these occasions?  It would have seating for those that prefer to go out for ice cream, as well as take out for those that prefer celebrating at home.  Maybe a couple of specially designed semi trailers at each location.  Let's call it Deseret Desserts.  Anyone want a job?  And how about the Sisters?  Do you have your little celebrations after your meetings?  If so, this could be really good.

In our house, and many others, the weekend also means celebrating the greatest game, FOOTBALL.


Austin seems to have football on his mind

 Austin is playing football this year for the first time.  He is having a lot of fun learning the game.  He gets better every week, although he still has a long way to go until he will be as good as his dad was.  He might never be that good, but I will still love him.


 
 

He is a big fan of the Minnesota Vikings. Not sure why.  At least he is a better pick when it comes to fantasy football.  He currently leads his league, having gone undefeated to this point.  He calls his team the Mustags. (his little league is the mustangs)

Hope you all have a good weekend!  Enjoy some football (sorry BYU fans) and some ice cream.  But, not too much.  Tomorrow is weigh in.