The Sweetest Boy Fighting Neuroblastoma

Thursday, April 10th: I am so glad that Andy got to come out yesterday to have some fun because last night at 8:27 p.m. Dot called me and told me that he was running a fever and off the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital for a 7 to 10 day stay. He is very sick today! He is back on his morphine for the pain. Please pray for this sweet little boy! God is the only one who can save this angel boy! I believe that with everything that is in me! Today, (Wed.) I got the most absolute wonderful visitor come bouncing up my back porch steps. And of course it would be my Andy with his sweet smile on his face! Andy wanted to get his picture made beside my beautiful Weeping Cherry and my Indian Magic Crabapples. In this picture I had to ask him....Where are your eyes boy? He found himself up underneath the crabapples and listened to the honey bees just a buzzing up in the blooms. Check out that sweet little bald head. I just love rubbing it.

We pulled the hat up and found his eyes and that crinkles up nose and goofy faced smile. He was having a ball with Dot and me, posing like a rock star.


This is what happens when Ms. Joy puts orange icing in his mouth via a decorator tip and a bag full of orange icing. He was so funny!

I know that the icing is not as sweet as all of those kisses and hugs you were giving me today!
And thank you for answering my cell phone when Ms. Bridgett called. It made her day!

I have a new helper now! Boy he had a ball with all of the icing bags I had sitting out. He had to make a race car to eat.

With Lots and Lots and Lots of sprinkles. Look at his art work on the butterfly for his Mom and a flower for himself. Boy...he didn't think about Ray or Daryl did he?

Thank You Dot for bringing him out today before his counts bottom out! I think you may have figured out by now that when Andy wants to do something....we'll make it happen!

I had told you that I was going to go and visit Andy and Dot today and make more cookies for Relay For Life. Andy was all excited when I got there! He ran around the house and was so excited to help me cut out the cookies. He is also so excited that he lost two bottom teeth and smiles soooooo big so everyone can see his new teeth coming in.
By the time we got finished he was getting very tired. Today was a good day for Dot and Andy...having something fun to do and something creative to help out with Relay For Life! Thank You Dot and Daryl for letting me come up and make such a big mess! And a BIG Thank You goes to Andy for being such a big helper! Andy's Big Birthday will be coming up soon! Andy turns 5! More details to come on this BIG Party!

Relay For Life Cookie Orders

Big David and Joyce Britton ordered two dozen of these darling golf ball cookies for his next trip! Thank You so much for supporting Relay For Life!
Leann Grissom, Andy's Pre-School teacher ordered 3 dozen cookies in Andy's honor. She wanted different color T's for her friend Tonya Scott's birthday! These are done in hot pink, purple, lime green, and yellow sugar. She also ordered 2 dozen for her son's birthday which of course is John Deere. Thank You for supporting Relay For Life!


Debbie Jennings ordered these darling flower cookies and these darling butterflies for Samantha's snack time at The Learning House. Thank you so much for ordering and helping to support Relay For Life! I hope you enjoy them!

Words of Wisdom

A friend sent me this Proverb and I wanted to share it with you. It is very fitting for my line of work. I hope you enjoy!

"Las cosas claras y el chocolate espreso."

(Ideas should be clear and chocolate thick)-Proverb

Go Lady Vols!

The Youth Group at church will be having a devo tonight at Coy, Patty, and Betty Ann's home after services. They will be so excited to see the basketball cake. After the devo they're going to watch the girls play against LSU!

Yoder Bridal Tea

David Yoder and Tiffany Schutte will be getting married soon and the ladies at Westwood Church of Christ are hosting a Bridal Tea for them today in the Educational Building.

Ms. Faye asked me to use yellow as part of the color scheme and I thought that this was a very spring style cake...for such a beautiful spring day!

I was up this morning at 4:30 a.m. and decided then what it would look like. I had been thinking about it since 2:30 a.m. and just couldn't wait until 6 a.m. to get up and get started. I hope that you enjoy this and I hope that you two have many wonderful years together! Enjoy!

Relay For Life Cookie Orders

My sweet friend Penny Keele ordered a dozen of the Lady Vols basketball cookies just for the big showdown tomorrow night. Of course, I had to get the starters names out there for luck! Just pray that Candace Parker is well enough to stick it out against LSU. We sure do need her! Thank You Penny for supporting Relay For Life!

Orders will be taken through May 2nd!

By the way....I will not miss this game...me, the rocking chair, a glass of milk, and my cookies! I don't know who cheers the most...me, John, or John Ryan! John Ryan even paces the hallway. (And Yes, I still have my UT flag hanging out on the front porch)

Happy Birthday Lauren Grandey

Happy Birthday goes to Lauren Grandey. She turned the BIG 20 on April 1st. I've watched Lauren grow from a little tom-boy, dancing ballerina to a beautiful young lady. When Susan asked me to make her cake I started letting my wheels turn. This darling cake is Lauren made over. Her favorite color is pink and she loves pearls, so.......I had to trim it in white pearls. Happy Birthday Lauren Paige!

Kara Green Bridal Tea Cake

One of John Ryan's friends Kara Green is getting married in just a few weeks. Susan and Lauren Grandey ordered this beautiful cake for her bridal shower. I've watched Kara grow up and she will make a beautiful bride! Contrat's go to you Kara!

This cake is a beautiful creation using Kara's favorite color of Tiffany Box Blue. To compliment the bottom layer, I made it 3 layers and added a delicate anniversary style layer on top. We will be adding beautiful white daisy's tomorrow just before the tea. And of course we added the initial G on the top layer (for Gonder). Thank You Susan & Lauren!

Happy Birthday Blair Sinks and Corey Morris!

April showers bring May flowers and it also brings spring birthdays! Today is Blair Sinks and Corey Morris' birthdays. Blair is 1 and Corey is 15.

Lauren and I have been discussing the style of cake for Blair. She said that he loves animals and what more fitting that this darling Westie cake. Actually I have made her two of these darling cakes for two separate parties. They are all homemade white with white buttercream icing. This cake is a double layer. Everything on the cake is eatable. Happy Birthday Blair!
Paula Morris ordered this to die for homemade chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream icing. We did some whispering around and I finally got it delivered to Ms. Paula without him finding out. Corey is just the sweetest boy. He is so thoughtful and courteous! Paula's daughter Casey is just like him. They are such good kids! Happy Birthday Corey!

RELAY FOR LIFE COOKIE ORDERS

Melanie Wright ordered these darling crown cookies! I just love this pattern! I call these my "King Andy" cookies. Melanie is one of Katie's teachers at Centertown Elementary. Don't let Miss Moore know that you have them....she sampled one of my Power T cookies yesterday and I think she had a sugar meltdown! lol Thank you for supporting Relay For Life!

Andy Dunn's Grandmother...better known as Momma D ordered a dozen cookies last night when she came to pick Ray up. Of course if you don't know by now that Momma D is a Vandy fan. Of course it pained me to make these, but my orange blooded husband said that they were absolutely great! I know that March Madness is about over, but I still love the basketballs. I am going to make some of these cookies with UT on them for Sunday's ball game. If anyone would like to order some as well....please let me know asap! If I was a betting person...I'd bet that Andy gets these cookies! Enjoy!

These darling butterflies are for Tanarra Grissom. Her mother Sherry Pelham was such a wonderful Christian example for us all! Tanarra was blessed to have such a wonderful woman as her mother! Sherry was a caterer too! I enjoy all of her recipes that Tanarra has shared with us in her cookbook! Sherry was an absolute wonderful cook!

Jean Martin is a member at Westwood Church of Christ and a cancer survivor, ordered the star cookies. They represent the stars on the Relay For Life symbol. Ms. Jean had a long and hard fight and won! I just loved making them!

Relay For Life means alot to me and my family. My mother is a cancer survivor. She had cancer when she was pregnant with me. Wow...that was 42 years ago. She has always been a fighter and at the age of 85, she is my hero! She said what cured her was only one thing....PRAYER! She had a very serious case of colon cancer and never had the first treatment. She said that she prayed to God and asked him to let her see her baby girl (me) grown and she sure did. My mother is a wonderful Christian example to us and to everyone she meets. My Aunt Eunice had uterine cancer, my Aunt Evelene had breast cancer, my brother-in-law Doug had prostate cancer, my husband's Aunt Martha had breast cancer, and my sweet little Andy has neuroblastoma. My Aunt Eunice, Mom, and Doug are all cancer survivors. Aunt Evelene lost her battle about 22 years ago.

For a "Good News" moment....Andy is doing well. He started his 4th chemo yesterday and the doctors told Dot and Daryl that usually the kids that have his type of cancer and make it to this stage of the chemo have a feeding tube. So far....no feeding tube. He is a trooper. He eats like a horse. Well....maybe a Shetlan pony. lol He eats alot of what he likes...mac and cheese, shreaded cheese, pizza, my sugar cookies, and of course his favorite....his mom's sweet tea. Hey at this point...whatever he wants he is eating.

Relay For Life cookie orders are pouring in! We are so excited and so very thankful to everyone who is helping us by supporting Relay For Life!
These darling cookies were ordered by Mrs. Janice Mayfield and everyone knows how she and Big Dave are truly UT fans! How much more fitting for them to sit and watch the game tonight and eating these fresh baked sugar cookies. To make them complete they have been sprinkled with UT orange sugar.


These darling cookies make me think of the beautiful hibiscus that grow in Hawaii and the cute prints that are on everything for the spring and summer. I hope you enjoy these Mrs. Janice! Thank You so much for helping us support Westwood Church of Christ Youth Group Relay For Life Team!

Thank You to all of the Morris Family! David, Paula, Casey, & Corey came out this afternoon and picked up the first sets of cookies and started delivering them in the pouring rain! Thank You for being our Team Captain Ms. Paula!

When placing your orders, please let me know what type of pattern you would like and if there is a preferred color! We can do almost anything!

***:)Kathy Cummings asked in her comment how did I come up with my ideas for my cakes and cookies? Well Ms. Kathy....I have a phrase I say when I come up with an idea..."The clouds parted and I had a Divine Epiphany". My friend Robin Bell said that to me a couple of years ago and it just stuck. When I am driving I think, when I am laying in bed at night I think, and sometimes I wake from a dead sleep with an idea. The pink on the butterflies represents the pink for breast cancer. Butterflies represent my daughter Katie's love for them. She will take a net and play in the back field for hours trying to catch butterflies in the spring and summer months. Also the butterflies represent life....how beautiful heaven must be. Thank You Ms. Kathy for the sweet comments and I hope everyone enjoys my designs! :)***

Girlie Girl Cake

Madison Helton turned 11 just last week. Her mom Debbie ordered this darling birthday cake for her "Girl Friend Party". Madison likes all of the "girlie girl" stuff. She requested a cake that reflected her personality. Madison likes nail polish, lotions, and all of that "girlie" stuff....so....I though what would be more suiting than a cosmetic bag cake. The cosmetic bag is in her favorite colors of pink and purple. And of course...there's cool makeup for her to enjoy!

Happy Birthday Madison!

March Give Away Winner Is.......

Paula Morris!
Congrat's goes to Ms. Paula! John Ryan drew from the big bowl and you said you wouldn't register again because you didn't win the last two give aways!

Enjoy!

Today is Friday, March 28th and I just had to share Paula's darling Flamingo's and Andy Dunn's King of Cancer cookies.

Pink Flamingo's remind me of a trip my parents took me on when I was a child to southern Florida and we saw beautiful pink flamingo's and monkey's on a river boat ride. I think it was at Silver Springs, FL.

Neuroblastoma is called the "King Of Cancer" by the doctors at VCH in Nashville. So...what more fitting for Andy to have himself some "King Andy" cookies.

Relay For Life Fund Raiser In Honor Of Andy Dunn

Simply Joy Catering Is A Team Member On

Westwood Church of Christ Youth Group Relay For Life Team!

First Annual Cookie Sale In Honor of Andy Dunn!

1 Dzn. Of My Fabulous Homemade Sugar Cookies

(Please Choose Pattern and Color)

$12.00 Per Dzn.

How Do I Order? Post a comment below, call me at 212-7303, or

E-Mail jtubb@blomand.net

Order Dates: Now until 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2nd

Pick Up Date: Saturday, May 3rd @ Westwood Church of Christ Fellowship Center

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO RELAY FOR LIFE!

Please make all checks payable to: Relay For Life

Register For The March Give Away!

I have almost let March slip by and not have a "March Give Away"! Oh my...what was I thinking?

This month I will be giving away a tray of my delicious sugar cookies. I have ordered several new cookie cutters to go with my collection (some are from when I was a child) and want to share them with you!

Here are the rules:

Post a comment about: What is your favorite "Spring Flower" and Why?

Post a link to my give away and every time someone says that they saw it on your web page gets their name added to the hat. Everyone must be entered by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26th. I will randomly draw out a name and have it posted shortly after.

Good Luck!

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Today I have spent almost all day in the kitchen making some yummy treats for Mrs. Underwood and Mrs. Bain....but.....I just had to take time to make these sweet little cookies for our "Not So Young Adult Class" at church tomorrow.

Easter is such a wonderful time for us to reflect on the death and resurrection of Jesus. Where would we be and what would we be without him and his sacrifice.

I do know one thing...Ms. Paula will be the first in line to get one of these sweet little babies!

Birthday's Galore

Janie Underwood ordered this darling cake for her grandson who just absolutely lives, eats, and breathes football. This 3D cake is a homemade chocolate cake with his favorite teams represented in the corners. Mrs. Underwood said he loves UT and the Titans!

Happy Birthday!
I have a wonderful customer that I have done a few things for...Jeanine Bain from Smithville is just the sweetest. It's her mother's birthday and she wanted one of my fabulous homemade white cakes with red roses. Happy Birthday and Happy Easter!

Every Girl Needs A Little Bling!

Susan Grandey is such a sweet friend! She can do some of the nicest things! She popped up at my house last Tuesday with this darling shirt! Susan knows that my favorite color is black! Girls...if you haven't checked out Susan Burks Designs, your missing out! I just love her blogspot. It is www.susanbdesigns.blogspot.com

I am adding it to the bottom of my list to some of my favorites!

Virus Alert!

To All My Blogger Friends,

Please take note to the following message!

There are people out there sending virus after virus on our blogspots. Two comments have been left on my web page from: kalar and galmaran. Both of these two have virus' attached to them. Please do not click on them! My good friend Paula Morris clicked on kalar and automatically had to do a virus sweep.

It's sad that in our times we have people who would be so vicious by sending something so it would attack their computer. My blogspot is set up so I can share my work and give a words of uplifting from time to time.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Spring Break here in Warren County!

Joy

Hoppy Easter

Paula Morris ordered this darling Bunny cake for the Pre-Pioneer Day Care. They are celebrating Easter today with a big old fashioned Easter Party!

Enjoy!

Spring Is In The Air & Birthday's Everywhere!

Today is Mrs. Reba Walker's Birthday. Her daughter Wendy said that her mother was a very traditional person. So...I chose to do this elegant homemade white cake in white and lavender buttercream icing. To set it apart from the rest, I chose to put beautiful fresh white and lavender daisy's on to make it a special cake from a daughter to her mother. Happy Birthday Mrs. Reba! Today is Avery McGiboney's birthday. Her mom Keri and I go way back. Her son Mason attended Day Care at my previous business. I met Avery about a month ago at Ray Dunn's birthday party. She was there with the Morris family. Avery is a very special little girl and loves Elmo! Keri told me that she loves chocolate just as much as her mom! This Elmo cake is my homemade chocolate cake with buttercream icing. Happy Birthday Avery!

Centertown Elementary Science Fair 2008

This year my son Dillon did his Science Fair Project on "Is All Of Our Water Safe To Drink?" We went to several different places in Warren Co. and took water samples. After 24 hours, we tested them at the Warren Co. Utility District Water Plant. We are so excited......Dillon won 1st place in the 6th through the 8th grade and was the Overall Winner & Best of Show in the Science Fair! I am so proud of Dillon!
This is my daughter Katie. She did a project with the help of her Daddy. Katie's project was titled. "How are roads and pavement made? Can I simulate this process with chocolate?" Katie did such a wonderful job with her project too! She was in the Top 3 in her class!

Katie and Dillon worked on their projects for about 2 weeks almost every day.

I am so very proud of my children! Way to go!!!!

University of Tennessee Lady Vols 2008 SEC Champions

Randi Fuston ordered this beautiful University of Tennesse cake.

Everyone is so proud of our Lady Volunteers! Last night's win over LSU had me sitting on the edge of my seat. Pat Summit should be very proud of her girls!

Enjoy!

March Madness

Tanarra Grissom placed this special order for a Thompson Boling Arena cake just especially for Richard.
With March Madness in full swing, I think that she chose the "Perfect" cake for this weekend!
I chose to put the fans as of course all orange for the Vols and yellow and black for Vanderbilt. I hope that the girls win tonight!
Enjoy Tanarra & Richard!

Snow White Cake On A Snowy Day

Leann Grissom ordered this darling cake back in January for Valentine's and when Valentine's came her entire family had strep throat.
We moved the date to today and I am so glad that everyone in her home is well!
Enjoy!

Baseball Birthdays

Today is Grant Hitchcock's Birthday. Jacqueline ordered this cake last week after sampling the Diaper Shower cake at church. Jacqueline and David are a hoot! I've watched Grant and Ethan grow up to be very handsome boys (they look just like their mother!) Grant is a great baseball player! I've watch him sprout up from t-ball through coach pitch!

Happy Birthday Grant!

It's #1 For The Tennessee Vols

Tanarra Grissom ordered these darling cookies for her hubby to take to work tomorrow.

These are a gourmet sugar cookie decorated in of course the traditional colors of a basketball and of course for our Number 1 Tennessee Volunteers.

John and I went with Terry and Patty Boyd a few weeks ago to see the Lady Vols play Rutger. It is absolutely an experience I will never forget!

I hope your hubby enjoys these! Thanks Tanarra, you and your entire family are wonderful customers!!!!!

Maggie May Sliger Cake #2

Today I made Maggie May Sliger this darling cake. She is the daughter of Steve and Danielle Sliger. The Sliger family has had the flu and were unable to attend their Diaper Shower Sunday at Church. This darling cake will go home with them tonight. (Sorry Ms. Paula!)

This cake is a homemade white cake decorated with the most darling eatable baby booties and the sweetest pink and white fringe trim.

Enjoy!

Happy 16th Birthday Leah Steakley!

Leah Steakley is celebrating her Sweet 16 Birthday today! I remember when Leah was just a tot and now she is a beautiful young lady! Jackie ordered this darling cake. Leah wanted a homemade white cake with chocolate butter cream icing with black and hot pink polka dots on it. Leah is so cute and this cake represents her youth!

Happy Birthday Leah!

Welcome Maggie May Sliger

The Sliger Family has been worshiping with us at Westwood for sometime now. Steve and Danielle have been blessed with two beautiful daughters!
Tomorrow our "Young Adult" class is going to give them a diaper shower. As most of you Mom's know that you never turn away diapers. I remember when John Ryan was born....John put the first pack of newborn diapers in the diaper stacker and he said "These will last us a month." They lasted less than a week.

I made this darling cake just with "Baby Maggie May" in mind. Pink booties and pink baby bears.

God blesses us with our children (the future of the church) and what a better way to welcome a baby into the congregation than a diaper shower!