Blue Bell Factory

Last week Brian, Kelly, and Macy came to visit us! Brian and Jordan went to nurse anesthesia school together, and Kelly and I became fast friends. When the guys graduated last December, Kelly was pregnant. Then they moved back to Michigan, and we moved back to Texas. Now, the next time we've seen each other, Kelly has a sweet little baby, and I'm the pregnant one!

We had a great time when they were here. - I hope they did, too! :-) One morning we went to the Blue Bell Factory in Brenham. I loved it! And the ice cream was great, too!

Ready to go!

Brian, Kelly, and little Macy

The girls

The little girls

Our scoop of free ice cream that comes with the price of a tour

And here's our second scoop of ice cream - Each scoop after the first is only one dollar!!!

I had cinnamon ice cream first, and then I had blueberry cheesecake ice cream. YUM!!!

Yes, I'm very pregnant! :-)

We couldn't take pictures during the tour, but I really enjoyed it! We learned some things, too. For instance, the top five Blue Bell flavors are 1) Homemade Vanilla, 2) Cookies & Cream, 3) Chocolate, 4) The Great Divide, 5) Neapolitan. Also, a slogan that we saw there said, "We eat all we can, and we sell the rest." And that's true! The employees have access to unlimited ice cream and other Blue Bell treats while they are at work. So what they can't eat, they sell! And finally, did you know that butter was the first product made by Brenham Creameries, which later had its name changed to Blue Bell Creameries? Pretty cool, huh?

I like this picture spot because the barn doors are actually elevator doors! 

We fully expected to see ice cream at the Blue Bell factory, but we had no idea we would see items from the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame!

Here's the pitching coach, Ernie Johnson, from Jordan's high school.

Macy wanted to stir up some trouble.

Jordan found some pictures of people he played baseball with - Laynce and Jayson Nix. Pretty cool!

For anyone else who wants to visit the Blue Bell factory when they come to visit us, I am totally happy to go again! And I'm so glad Kelly and Brian were able to enjoy Blue Bell, too!