Hello, everyone. You're listening to Family Talk, a radio broadcasting ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute.

I'm Dr. James Dobson, and thank you for joining us for this program.

Well, welcome to another edition of Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk.

I'm Roger Marsh sitting in the co-host seat today for the broadcast,

and we have a delicious offering for you today to talk about life and faith and Bluebell ice cream.

Ricky Dixon is with us today here on the broadcast.

Ricky is the former CEO and president of Bluebell Creamery's,

a graduate of Baylor University,

began his career with Bluebell all the way back in 1981 as a territory manager in Dallas.

He transferred to the Fort Worth branch in 1982, became a sales manager, and then worked his way up.

By the year 2017, he had been promoted to company president, and in 2019, he was elected as CEO and

president of Bluebell Creameries. In 2024, he received the International Dairy Foods Association

Laureate Award for his significant prolonged contributions to the development and growth

of dairy, and he's also been inducted into the Dairy Products Institute of Texas Hall of Fame.

He's written a book that is perfect for this time of year.

When is it never a good time to have Blue Bill ice cream?

But a new book that's called One Scoop at a Time and talks about his life.

It talks about his faith and some leadership principles that we can all learn,

not only from God's Word, but also from the ice cream products that Bluebell is so famous for. Ricky Dixon, welcome to Dr. James Dobson's family talk. Thank you so much for being with us today. Well, thank you, Roger. It is truly a pleasure and an honor to be on the show. And thank you for that introduction. I want to go get a ball of ice cream right now after just talking about it.

It kind of, it does something to you, mind-body insults. I'm not trying to overstate this because

if you're a storied career with Bluebell, but I mean, there is something about ice cream, isn't it,

that just kind of brings people together. I totally agree. In fact, we like to say we make

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