Happy 25th Anniversary to the Blizzard® Treat– and to Us!
My husband and I were married 25 years ago, and I think it’s cool that we celebrate our 25th the same year the Blizzard Treat does. We had a picture perfect day. Hollywood couldn’t have done it better – it was the end of August, beautiful blue skies, not too hot, and there was a full moon that night. Surrounded by our combined family and dear friends, we had the best time!
Here we are 25 years later, and I really wouldn’t change a thing. O.K. I would still like to be taller, and I sure wish my metabolism would speed up again… but as far as the marriage goes? Nope. No changes there. Not always perfect, sometimes pretty tough, and worth every minute.
We have managed to celebrate nearly every day this past week with some kind of fun gathering or event starting with a dinner at a fancy restaurant with our kids and my mom. And it looks like our celebrations are going to extend into this weekend as well!
Last year we celebrated my Aunt and Uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary – again a delightful celebration and they were surrounded with family and dear friends. I cannot wait to see what the next 25 years will bring for the two of us.
I know there were a ton of other weddings in 1985 – and folks are celebrating 25 years of all kinds of anniversaries. What are your favorite anniversary memories? How are you celebrating this year?
As I was scanning my personal Facebook account recently, I noticed that a friend of mine had just been in a wedding. So I was nosey and checked out the photos of her in the wedding. Among the pictures were shots of the bride and groom stopping at a Dairy Queen® store on their way to the reception. Intrigued, I contacted the bride and groom and asked them to share their story.
As I was scanning my personal Facebook account recently, I noticed that a friend of mine had just been in a wedding. So I was nosey and checked out the photos of her in the wedding. Among the pictures were shots of the bride and groom stopping at a Dairy Queen® store on their way to the reception. Intrigued, I contacted the bride and groom and asked them to share their story.
Here’s Matt and Karen’s Story:
It seems that as we grew up together, there was always ice cream involved. Throughout the years, major events always involved ice cream. While dating in high school, our first date was going out for ice cream. Following college, we both performed in the local outdoor theatre for three years and ended each evening rehearsal with ice cream. And while some people meet for coffee to chat, we always met for ice cream. To continue our pattern, we both ran our first marathon together on a hot, humid day in Duluth, Minn. Following the race, only yards from the finish line, we had a Dairy Queen cone to celebrate. It tasted glorious!
More marathons, theatre performances and dates came and went and all the while we ate ice cream. Somewhere along the way we got engaged and began to plan our wedding. We knew we wanted to have ice cream on our wedding day, so we decided to do what my parents did 25 years ago on their wedding day: stop at a Dairy Queen store between the ceremony and reception! So we informed our limo driver about our plan and told our wedding party to bring a few dollars for a DQ® stop!
The day of the wedding arrived and everything went perfectly. Following the ceremony, we, along with our wedding party, got into our limo and rode to a DQ store. We drew a few eyes our way, but we were all so excited about getting ice cream that we hardly noticed. We didn’t wait long to start enjoying it. The cones were the only thing we both ate all day long – the nerves of getting married diminished our appetite, but not our craving for ice cream! We posed for pictures as we ate, even linking arms to eat our treats! Once everyone had their treats, we made our way outdoors to enjoy continue eating. In the evening sun, we talked and ate with our friends. Our side trip was full of laughs and time to simply enjoy being with our closest friends as we began our new life as husband and wife.
Following our DQ stop, we made our way to the reception to join the rest of our guests. The day continued to flow beautifully and we celebrated with our family and friends late into the evening. Now following the wedding, our pictures get many comments… but our DQ pictures bring the most smiles and laughs. Those pictures capture what we truly love: each other… and ice cream.
Thank you Karen and Matt for sharing your story with us! Check out the photos from their wedding:
Karen’s parents enjoying a DQ Treat!
Karen and Matt enjoying DQ Treats!
The Wedding Party posing with their DQ Treats!
You may have heard of scuba divers getting married underwater, or daring couples saying “I do” while skydiving, but you probably have never heard of a wedding with this unique twist. On Feb. 21, 2009, happy couple Toni Walker and James Manzano sealed their sweet deal when they exchanged vows at a DQ Grill & Chill restaurant in Bethlehem, Pa.
Walker works in the restaurant as an assistant manager, and after general manager Louis Romero learned that Walker was planning a simple wedding at the local courthouse, he insisted that the ceremony take place at his location. The event took about three weeks to plan.
“This is our wedding,” Manzano said. “We thought, ‘Why not make it fun?’”
Afterward, the newlyweds enjoyed a meal of Chicken Strip Baskets before treating invited guests and restaurant customers a custom Blizzard® wedding cake. Curly Topâ was also in attendance.
“I thought it was very romantic,” said Erin Wimmer, an 8-year-old from Bethlehem Township, who became part of the celebration when she happened to visit the restaurant on the day of the wedding. “It’s fun to get married at a place you don’t usually get married, like where you can get ice cream.”
