Walker and William Johnson Walker and William Johnson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Burke Johnson of Danielsville, celebrated their birthdays with a barnyard bash at the Johnson family farm on Saturday afternoon, June 3.

Walker's third birthday was May 7 and William was a year old June 21.

Guests were led to the backyard through an arbor wrapped with grapevine and burlap garlands and accented at the top with grapevine wreaths. Bluegrass music played in the background.

A children's table was made from tree trunks and positioned under a large oak tree. It was topped with a white cloth and an overlay of brown Kraft paper. Centering the table was an old cheese box lined with hay that held handmade stick horses made from bright pencils topped with felt horse heads complete with button eyes and rick rack bridles. The horses were part of the favors for each child to take home. Bales of hay arranged around the table served as seating for the children. Small, galvanized tins on the table held crayons for the kids to color on the paper.

A small table at the top of the porch steps held an arrangement of bright flowers placed in an old copper watering can. The table on the main porch was topped with a cloth featuring roosters. Several small clay pots filled with fresh sage, oregano and thyme served as the centerpiece.

Guests were treated to a delicious lunch prepared by the boys' uncle, Ben Gold. The buffet consisted of marinated pork tenderloin with black-eyed pea salsa, fresh corn salad, cucumber salad, celery sticks filled with pimento cheese, red potato salad and pear and bleu cheese bruschetta. Chunks of watermelon were iced in a large galvanized tin. Metal tubs held juice boxes and tea and lemonade were served from pitchers. An old wheelbarrow was filled with bottled Coke and salted peanuts were served on the side. Boiled peanuts, made by the boys' Poppy, were offered as an appetizer and served in an old metal bucket lined with a red bandana.

The highlight of the day was a hayride around the farm. Family friend, Doug Carmichael, drove the tractor. After the hayride, guests enjoyed a birthday cake decorated with a barn and farm animals as well as homemade peach ice cream. William enjoyed his first birthday cake decorated with the face of a cow.

A Radio Flyer wagon held brown lunch sacks tied with red raffia and had personalized tags stamped with a cow. The bags were filled with bandanas, iced farm animal cookies, cow tales candies and magnetic farm animal picture frames. The bags were given to each of the children as favors.

Sixty-eight guests were invited to join Walker and William for the day and included maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Bowman of Washington, and paternal grandmother, Mrs. E. B. Johnson of Danielsville. Other guests with Washington connections were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gold and Elias of Greenville, S.C., Mrs. Brent Marable and Jack Durham of Watkinsville and Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Sapp, Rosemary and Hampton, of Atlanta.