Sno Cones and Screws

At church today, we had a Community Fun Fair for all church members and community members. This is pretty much like the Iowa State Fair on a much smaller scale. Nonetheless, there were still many booths and activities to do. Some of them included:

• Fresh-squeezed lemonade
• Cookies
• Cotton Candy
• Watermelon
• Caricatures
• A rock climbing wall
• Corndogs
• Petting zoo
  

And much more. In fact, the college class was in charge of making sno cones. At first, Kelly started making sno cones when Eryn and I arrived. However, he had to leave shortly after, so it was up to Eryn and I to take care of all of it. Instead, Kory decided to run the machine, while I punched cards and scooped ice and Eryn and pumped the syrup. We shifted roles periodically, but those were our main roles.

It was a warm afternoon, so many kids were happy to cool off with the sno cones. In fact, it was a blast. I loved talking to the kids who ordered. That was my favorite part.

At one point, Kory began running the shaved ice machine and I was scooping cones. As I handed a cone to Eryn to be "syruped," I noticed there was something in the ice. Turns out, there was a screw from the machine nicely placed inside. I'm sure that would taste great. Good thing we didn't have health inspectors there, because we would have been shut down. That gave Kory, Eryn and I a good laugh for the rest of the day.

We closed around 3, all sunburnt and exhausted. I was sweating all over and sticky from the syrup, so I knew a shower would come shortly after I got home. No matter how many "bad" things I can say about today, I really can't complain. I had a great time and I already can't wait until the fun fair next year. :)