Our Beach Day Celebration With #TCBYGrocery!

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Yesterday afternoon, I hosted a really fun beach day celebration in honor of National Vanilla Ice Cream Day for my friends and family. Since we live a mile away from the beach in Seaside, Oregon, summer is the perfect time to head down to the ocean. So on Saturday we packed up a bag of outdoor games and a cooler full of TCBY Frozen Yogurt and headed down to the beach for a party!

Since I’m a hostess at heart and also extremely busy, this wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment affair, but one that I planned out for a week prior. I wanted to make cute invitations and plan out my refreshments and entertainment, so I started on Monday evening by heading down to the water to beachcomb for shells to incorporate into my handmade invites. I super-glued shells and sand dollars onto the back of my printed invitations and then delivered them in person to those who lived nearby. For those that weren’t in the immediate vicinity, I took the cute photo you see above and e-mailed it to them as their “E-Vite”! I wanted to give people as much notice as possible since everyone has a lot going on.

Then on Wednesday, I headed over to Walmart to pick up party snacks!

We picked up a selection of TCBY Frozen Yogurt Bars and Sandwiches, which were easy to find in the ice cream aisle. There were many varieties available, including large tubs, but we opted for bars as we thought they would be the perfect summertime treat to have at the beach.

When I woke up on Saturday morning, I was dismayed. In true Oregon fashion, it was raining and gloomy! Would my party be ruined by the elements?

As luck would have it, the clouds parted an hour before the party started and the sun came out. It went from drizzling rain and miserable clouds to bright sunshine and perfect weather. As they always say in Oregon – if you don’t like the weather, just wait an hour! 😉

Jai and I found a good spot on the beach and set up chairs, some large beach candles, bags of games and towels, and of course, a cooler full of TCBY!

Grandma was the first guest to arrive, so she and Jai had a seat and tucked into a Vanilla Frozen Yogurt Sandwich. Jai has always loved ice cream sandwiches, so of course I had to pick up a box of these! Everyone loved how creamy they were.

Meanwhile, I decided to have an Orange & Vanilla Bar! Mmm!

One of my BFFs arrived with her husband and dug into the tasty treats!

Of course, it wouldn’t be a party without games!

Later on, my friend used the beach toys to build a sort of sand sculpture. 😉

More friends arrived to join the fun!

As the party wound down, I sent each guest home with a box of the TCBY Frozen Yogurt to enjoy!

We really lucked out having such perfect weather for the day. Everyone had a blast trying out the different flavors of frozen yogurt, and I really enjoyed spending time with my friends and family on such a beautiful day. For more photos from the party, along with snapshots of my shopping trip and more details on how I made my party invitations, click here to check out my Google + photo album!

If you’d like to include some frozen yogurt treats at your next beach day, check out TCBYgrocery.com to find them at a grocery store near you. For recipes and other cool stuff, be sure to follow TCBY on Pinterest, Twitter, and Facebook.

Join us on Thursday, July 26 from 1 – 2PM EST for the #TCBYGrocery Twitter Party! We’ll be discussing yummy TCBY Frozen Yogurt and there will be prizes of (3) $25 and (1) $100 Walmart Gift Cards given away. For more info and to join in, click here to RSVP. You can access a custom TweetGrid for the party here. I’ll be tweeting @hardertobreathe during the party so be sure to say hi to me if you attend!