Landon's First Birthday

One year ago today was the birth of our son Landon John. He came into this world on Friday, March 16, 2007 at 7lb 6oz. I am a little sad that he is a year old, but you can not keep them little for ever. He is gotting so big. He does not like to be held like he did when we came home from the hospital. All that he wont's to do now is be getting in to something. So to celebrate his first birthday we had a party for him with some of our family and friends. So here are some of the pitchers from the his First Birthday Party.

The Birthday Boy in is party hat.








The cake for the guest to eat


The birthday boy and his dad as we sing Happy Birthday to him.


He did not know what to thank about everyone singing to him.




I wonted to make the cake that Landon was going to eat.

Putting the cake into the oven.


He cake is as it is coming out of the oven.


Here the cake is all frosted and ready to eat.



Here the cake is as the Birthday boy gets his hands and face in to it.


Here the cake is just before we took it from him.

I Love Sunflowers

Any one that knows me knows that I love Sunflowers. I had them in my wedding, I have them in my house, and I even have a Sunflower tag on my car. So of course when I found a cake in my Nana's Taste of Home "Best Ever Desserts" magazine that looks like a Sunflower I fell in love with it, and is so simple to make. All that you do to make it is make a two-layer cake and then frosted the top and the sides with chocolate icing. Then on the top placed chocolate chips in large circles, (to make the seeds of the Sunflower) you started using mini-chocolate chips in the middle and then move up to the bigger chocolate chips putting them very closely spaced together, covering the top of the cake. You need to live about 2 inches at the edge for where the Peeps will go that makes the Sunflower pedals. You will just use the Peeps just as the come out of the box and place them around the outside of the cake. So here is some pictures of my Sunflower Cake that I made.