Chick-fil-A First 100 #2

The third Chick-fil-A in Washington opened on Thursday, May 7th and Justin and Katie were there.  I’d hoped to be able to go as well, but we’ve spent more moola on childcare these last few weeks than we have the past two years combined so I stayed home.

Chick-fil-A changed their policy a few months ago that you had to live within a specified zip code range of the opening restaurant in order to participate in the First 100 event.  We live about 40 miles from Lynnwood so it wasn’t likely that we would be included.  Justin emailed the franchise operator, told him how excited he was to have them in the area and that he’d love to participate in the opening event if at all possible.  The boss man contacted Chick-fil-A headquarters and what do you know? Our zip code made the cut.

Each participant can bring up to 5 guests as long as they are at least five years old.  Since Katie recently celebrated her fifth birthday, Justin decided it would be a fun opportunity for her to tag along.  He woke her up bright and early (4:30am) on Wednesday morning and they were off on an adventure. 

I pulled some photos off the Lynnwood Facebook page.  Here’s Katie lounging in a chair waiting for the fun to begin.

It’s official!

We were surprised that the last two openings haven’t reached 100 participates until late afternoon.  There’s really no way to predict how many people will show up so he wasn’t going to take any chances by getting there late.  Justin had a friend work a half day and show up around 2pm and still make it in the First 100.  He also had another friend from the ward there with his 12 year old daughter, Justin’s co-worker and his son, and another guy from our ward.  Justin also recognized a handful of other participates from the Bellevue opening.

Fellow Chick-fil-A fans from our ward

Lynnwood Chick-fil-A campers

group shot (can you see Katie on Justin’s shoulders?)

 The day/evening consisted of food, games, an evening DJ and free stuff.

Justin proudly showing off the water bottle he won.

And the commemorative First 100 cups

Bubbles

Katie also won herself a prize.  Turns out she was quite the fan favorite and had the help of everyone in the crowd in a scavenger hunt game.

Katie loves her prize she’s named “Moo-Moo”

Enjoying dinner

Katie was even spotted on the news that evening during an interview with Justin’s co-worker.

When morning arrived everyone was herded out of their tents to claim their years worth of free Chick-fil-A.

that’s Justin’s tent on the left

 

new shirts and hats all around

Justin and his buddies (and a random guy who asked if he could be in the picture)

The latest word has the next Chick-fil-A opening even closer to us than the last two so I’m quite certain this will not be our last First 100.  Eat Mor Chikin!